“Visionary Women: Champions of Peace & Nonviolence.”
The National Women’s History Project is excited to announce the theme for Women’s History 2019:
This year we honor women who have led efforts to end war, violence, and injustice and pioneered the use of nonviolence to change society.
Spring begins today so let’s look at some women who advocate “Nonviolence” towards the environment.
Can you imagine caring so much about a single tree, that you’d spend two years of your life among its branches, your feet rarely touching the earth below? Julia Butterfly Hill did just that in 1998 and ’99 for the love of “Luna,” a 200-foot redwood tree that was in danger of being felled by loggers. She didn’t come down until an agreement was reached with the logging companies to give Luna a 600-foot buffer to protect her from destruction. Hill’s dedication brought nationwide attention to the problem of deforestation.
Nobody in the world knows more about chimpanzees than Jane Goodall, who spent 45 years in the jungles of Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park observing their lives and challenging conventional notions about their diet and behavior. Goodall pioneered the belief that chimps were capable of rational thought and emotions and has since become a global leader in the effort to protect them and their habitats. http://ecosalon.com
Quote: “Only within the moment of time represented by the present century has one species -- man -- acquired significant power to alter the nature of the world.” Rachael Carson Lynn Watters