Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics EJAIB

140 Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics 19 (September 2009)
Request for Contributions on
the Draft Outline on WG15
Gender Perspectives on
Environment Ethics and
Practices, with a focus on
Energy Technologies
1. Introduction
1.1 Defining environment and energy
technologies
1.2. The concept of gender and history of gender
based metaphors of nature
1.3 Gender aspects in human relationships with
the environment
1.4 Gendered division of labour, time and
subsistence
2. Case studies (For example…)
-> Biofuel Collection (e.g. firewood gathering)
-> Biofuel Production
-> Occupational Exposure to Risks (e.g. cooking,
factory labour, coal mining, oil industry)
-> Gender related risks of Radioactive substance
exposure
-> Rice intensification in Cambodia
-> Climate adaptation practices
-> Socioeconomic implications
Gender and economic crisis aversion
3. Changing Practices with Policies
- Reciprocity/disharmony in gender relationships
contributes to increasing environmental adversities
-Structural basis of society: gender equity and
implications
- Quotas, work-bans, other examples of policies
- Social, Economic and Environmental Impacts
of Trade Liberalization-with reference to gender)
Please send comments, and outlines for
contributions; and case studies or contributions to:
Ms. Zahra Qureshi (Email: z.qureshi@unescobkk.org)
Dr. Darryl Macer (Email: d.macer@unesco.org)
This report will analyze the inherent traditions
and relationships in Asia and the Pacific that
peoples have with the environment through a
gender lens. Submissions of case studies from
different communities are requested, along with
general contributions to the relevant sections listed
below. The report will explore the issues from
multiple disciplines in the context of the web of
human relationships, exploring how practices and
policies are inter-related.
Call for Contributions on the
Outline for WG2:
Ethical worldviews of nature
[Revised outline after COMEST]
This report will review the worldviews
inherent in philosophical and religious traditions of
the Asia Pacific that shape ethical relationships
with the natural world. Submissions of case studies
from different communities will be amalgamated
into the relevant sections, with examples of how
these world views can lead to different policy
options.
Key questions for each section (2-6):
How do our worldviews allocate value and
meaning to people, plants, animals and the
biosphere
1. Introduction
Including distinction between anthropocentrism
and transpersonal ethics.
Need for world views
2. Linguistic analysis of the word nature
3. Anthropocentricism
4. Biocentrism
5. Ecocentricism
6. Ecofeminism
7. Cosmocentricism
8. Theocentricism
9. Visions for the Future
10. Policy Options
What are the relationships between such
worldviews and actual decisions made by
policymakers or the daily lives of the people they
represent What changes would be expected in
policy if different world views were taken.
11. Case Studies (Some will be integrated into the
relevant sections)
Please send contributions and/or outlines for
contributions to:
Prof. D. Nesy (Email: nesy.daniel@gmail.com)
and
Dr. Darryl Macer (Email: d.macer@unesco.org)