Blog Number 3: Women's Indigenous Knowledge and Biodiversity Conservation

Summary:
The author believes women pay a much larger role in society, especially agriculture, than goes recognized.  Some of the reasons she believes this are that women's work is done in the "in-between" stages such as working with seeds after harvest to replant the next year, quality control of seeds before they are planted, as well as other jobs which are not normally considered.  Another issue is  large corporations claiming property rights of seeds, preventing women from recuperating them after they are grown, the inability to take responsibility for the seeds, which women were largely in charge of reduces the amount of power women have within the environment. 

Critical Thinking:
1. What is an “ecofeminist”?
Ecological feminists are able to recognize the connection between women and nature's roles in todays society which often dominates both.