Inspiring Women Healing the Earth is a collection of interviews of diverse women who take part in climate change action. Some of them do it in a very obvious way, others make a considerable impact with invisible daily actions. From grassroots environmental leaders to small farmers, mothers or sisters and different kinds of educators or artists, the profiles that are portrayed are not necessarily reflective of a single model but the wide umbrella of possible actions we can be part of to heal the planet, the ecofeminist way. That means, approaching the idea of putting care and the sustainment of life at the center. This collection of conversations tries to embody how personal stories link with theoretical concepts which do not need to be explicitly defined to be embraced. Its framework is strongly tied to Joanna Macy’s theories on ‘The Work That Reconnects’ and its language aims to be simple and understandable, from a very personal perspective.
In this conversation Taisa opens up about her roots and how she grew up by the beach “in a nice environment and a very supporting family”. That doesn’t mean her family would have necessarily wished her choices were the ones she made, as Taisa Mattos never prioritized settling or having a stable job. She needed to work on things she liked, that was the priority. Read the full article.
Inspiring Women Healing the Earth: Interview with Shilo Shiv Suleman
Shilo Shiv Suleman is an Indian visual artist & activist. Her work and practice encompasses art for social change, technology and magical realism through illustration and urban art. In this interview, she talks about imagination as an empowering tool.
Berta Garriga, a woman with ‘flying roots’ creating community
In this interview, Berta talks about environmental education through nature but also about its very important role in cities or more urban areas. She also reflects out loud on the word ‘witch’ and its controversies from a feminist perspective.
Filka Sekulova: On happiness, mountains, Academia and transformation
Filka Sekulova is an activist and a transdisciplinary scholar engaged with Degrowth and the study of meaningfulness, among many other things. In this interview, she reflects out loud on her personal story and early days, but also her last years in Academia. She touches deep topics such as coherence, meaningfulness, social change and connection to nature.
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Inspiring Women Healing the Earth: Pupak Haghighi
Pupak Hagighi defines herself as an artist, activist, writer, and earth healer, among others. In this interview, Pupak talks about her personal journey and its connection with making soil, rewilding, decolonising, and healing on different levels.
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Pupak interview has two parts. If you feel inspired with the first one, don’t forget to watch the end;
Inspiring Women Healing the Earth is a collection of interviews of diverse women who take part in climate change action. Some of them do it in a very obvious way, others make a considerable impact with invisible daily actions. From grassroots environmental leaders to small farmers, mothers or sisters and different kinds of educators or artists, the profiles that are portrayed are not necessarily reflective of a single model but the wide umbrella of possible actions we can be part of to heal the planet, the ecofeminist way. That means, approaching the idea of putting care and the sustainment of life at the center. This collection of conversations tries to embody how personal stories link with theoretical concepts which do not need to be explicitly defined to be embraced. Its framework is strongly tied to Joanna Macy’s theories on ‘The Work That Reconnects’ and its language aims to be simple and understandable, from a very personal perspective.
