Heather Eaton, PhD, is a Professor in the Conflict Studies Program at Saint Paul University in Ottawa, Canada. Her work focuses on peace studies, gender, ecology, religion, animal studies, and nonviolence. Her PhD is in ecology, feminism, and theology.

Dr. Eaton has written numerous books, including, but not limited to Ecofeminism and Globalization (2003) (co-edited with Lois Lorentzen), Advancing Nonviolence and Social Transformation (2016) (co-edited with Lauren Michelle Levesque), and Introducing Ecofeminist Theologies (2005).

She grew up on Lake Huron and in her free time she likes to canoe, sail, travel, study elephants in Africa, birdwatch, garden, and cook.

In this episode we explore ecofeminism’s past and present, considering its contextuality and relevancy for our current moment. As a social critique, it is often misinterpreted and misunderstood. But it still has traction, and we explore its application to politics, government, society, family, and especially how it, as an approach, transforms our relationship to the natural world. 

Luisely Melecio-Zambrano is a spiritual director, midwife, and theologian. She received her Master's of Divinity at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, CA. She has accompanied people as a spiritual director in correctional institutes, detention centers, retreats, shelters, churches, and in a counseling office. She offers spiritual direction to BIPOC, but is inclusive of, and welcoming to, all the mysterious and multi-faceted ways the Divine emerges in our lives in an embodied way. 

In this episode we explore the wildness within, and the practice of embodiment as a way to encounter our own wild selves.

You can contact her at: https://www.birthinglight.org/

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