An ecofeminist approach to the current EU policies

11/23/23 • 33 min

In this episode, Sofiia talks to Katy Wiese, who is a Policy Manager for Economic Transition and Gender Equality at the European Environmental Bureau (EEB). Katy started her professional path at the advertisement agency where the leadership applied gender lens to the workplace which politicised her in this matter. Later she went to work on renewable and sustainability projects in Ghana and Ethiopia, where she experienced climate injustice first hand. It was exactly this experience that made her work on intersection between climate, environment and gender as well as structural inequalities or rather “ecofeminist” policies within her current organisation - EEB. This episode also delves into understanding what ecofeminism is, and how this concept can be applied in today’s European policy realities.

If you want to connect to Katy, check out her LinkedIn and Twitter accounts, as well as the accounts of the European Environmental Bureau - LinkedIn, Twitter.

Relevant links and recommendations from Katy:

Why the European Green Deal needs ecofeminism - EEB Report

A Feminist European Green Deal – towards an ecological and gender just transition

Ecofeminism - book by Vandana Shiva and Ariel Salleh (Contributor)

Queer Ecofeminism: From Binary Environmental Endeavours to Postgender Pursuits - book by Asmae Ourkiya

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Podcast hosted by Sofiia Shevchuk

Visuals and podcast production by Tamas Viski

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If you want to connect to Katy, check out her LinkedIn and Twitter accounts, as well as the accounts of the European Environmental Bureau - LinkedIn, Twitter.

Relevant links and recommendations from Katy:

Why the European Green Deal needs ecofeminism - EEB Report

A Feminist European Green Deal – towards an ecological and gender just transition

Ecofeminism - book by Vandana Shiva and Ariel Salleh (Contributor)

Queer Ecofeminism: From Binary Environmental Endeavours to Postgender Pursuits - book by Asmae Ourkiya

For more on VONA:

Instagram @vona.international

Twitter @VONA_int

LinkedIn VONA International

Podcast hosted by Sofiia Shevchuk

Visuals and podcast production by Tamas Viski

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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In this episode, Sofiia talks to Cass Hebron, who is an editor of The Green Fix and a climate communications consultant with diverse environmental advocacy NGOs mainly based in Brussels or those campaigning at the EU level. Cass shares her fascinating and very real story of becoming a climate activist as a student and continuing it today in her professional life. One of the lockdown projects Cass has been working on with a team for the past three years is The Green Fix, a newsletter that is aimed to bridge the gap between individual and systemic change. Cass shares her vision and tips on how one can contribute to climate action. Is it even possible to be a perfect climate activist and what you can really do to be part of changes not only through recycling or eating less meat but actually acting at a political level - listen to more in this episode.

If you want to connect to Cass, check out her LinkedIn and Twitter accounts, as well as the accounts of The Green Fix - LinkedIn, Twitter.

Relevant links:

Subscribe to The Green Fix

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If you want to connect to Mareike, check out her LinkedIn and Twitter accounts, as well as Teresa - her LinkedIn and Twitter.

Relevant links and recommendations from Teresa and Mareike:

COP28 Dossier by Heinrich Boell Stiftung

"Hear Her Roar" - Talking Feminist Foreign Policy - a podcast with FFP HBS fellows

Climate Finance Fundamentals 10: Gender and Climate Finance by Heinrich Boell Stiftung

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Podcast hosted by Sofiia Shevchuk

Visuals and podcast production by Tamas Viski

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