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Through their bodies of work, these women make a collective call and create a compelling case and manifesto for loving nature, especially its fertile and life-giving functions. This is ‘femopolitical ecology’, the political ecology women create in writing or artworks for all people that deconstruct and decolonize the gendered construction of reality, not only of living beings, but also of processes, places and spaces, and nurtures love for them.  The truly transnational group of women come from a vast range of backgrounds across the north-south divide. Their work comes from a variety of disciplines and approaches, including psychoanalysis and feminism, and uses different materials, media and genres, such as poetry, painting, novels, essays, textiles and baskets.   As Giblett argues, all of these Wise Women for Loving Nature have a common concern with having and showing respect and reverence for the creativity and fertility of the life of the earth. 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