17th March 2021
“The Second Body”, a poem for International Women’s Day
On 8th of March 2021, TKPT, a women organization in Indonesia, held the Kalimantan Island meeting. This meeting was attended by 16 women representatives from all provinces in Kalimantan Island, who rely on extractive economies – such as big mining,
9th February 2021
Entrelazamientos entre la Economía Solidaria y el Degrowth. Una perspectiva desde un corazón latino
Hoy me desperté a las 6:45 am, como de costumbre. Decidí que hoy sería un día productivo, como de costumbre, pero no lo fue. “Das Leben läuft nicht besonders gut, nicht nur für mich, sondern für alle”. Bueno, para algunos
Our partner Prof. Dr. Rebecca Elmhirst, from the University of Brighton, together with Dr. Bernadette Resurrección, released a new book in December 2020: “Negotiating Gender Expertise in Environment and Development – Voices from Feminist Political Ecology”, by Routledge. This book casts
29th January 2021
Meeting and Caring with a group of feminist activists in Indonesia
Cancelled weddings, work challenges, homesickness, menstruation talks, loss of friends to Covid-19. Even with all the hardships, our enthusiasm at the Ruang Baca Puan Collective did not subside to promote activism and cultivate feminist literacy. Since last year, I have
22nd January 2021
Environment and Sustainability in the globalised classroom
A students’ review of Andrea Nightingale’s book “Environment and sustainability in a globalizing world”. Back in 2019, at the beginning of the winter semester, we were sitting in a blank white classroom at the University of Passau, in Germany, waiting
22nd January 2021
WEGO and Feminist Political Ecology
The Innovative Training Network WEGO (“Well-being, Ecology, Gender and Community) was born in the Convent of Santa Maria del Giglio in Bolsena, Italy, resulting from the meeting of several women active in academic research and feminist organisations. The Institute of
8th December 2020
Los quince proyectos – e investigadores/as – que forman WEGO
WEGO-ITN apoya el surgimiento de una nueva generación de investigadores/as como parte de una plataforma de investigación relevante para la sociedad. Conozca aquí nuestros 15 proyectos. Nr. 1: “Programas de adaptación al cambio climático y violencia política en Nepal” (Universidad
23rd November 2020
Thinking through the relations between feminist political ecology, degrowth, commoning and post-development
The Lalang river, in Indonesia, is a common property for the Murung people – almost all Murung activities happens on or around the river. However, catching fish has become more difficult for the Murung women when extractive projects such as
16th November 2020
Covid-19 pandemic and oil spills in the Ecuadorian Amazon: The confluence of two crisis
How can we reframe the current planetary crisis to find ways for decisive and life-changing collective action? The Amazon region of Ecuador, at the center of two crises –Covid-19 and a major oil spill–, but also home to a long
A new open Series co-organized by the Undisciplined Environments and FLOWs blogs looks at struggles over more just and ecological water presents and futures. Water connects every aspect of life: from our literal physical sustenance, to economic activities and political regimes.