Betty Shiver Krawczyk (August 4, 1928 – May 9, 2025) was an American author, blogger and environmental activist based in

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, Canada. She identified as an

ecofeminist Ecofeminism integrates feminism and political ecology. Ecofeminist thinkers draw on the concept of gender to analyze relationships between humans and the natural world. The term was coined by the French writer Françoise d'Eaubonne in her 1974 ...

. Krawczyk is known locally for having been arrested and imprisoned numerous times for defying court orders related to logging and highway developments. On March 5, 2007, she was sentenced to 10 months imprisonment for her role in protesting highway construction on the Eagleridge Bluffs in

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. In the 2001 provincial election, Krawczyk finished third in the riding of

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, garnering 9.32 per cent of the popular vote for the

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, her highest showing ever. In the

2008 Canadian federal election The 2008 Canadian federal election was held on October 14, 2008, to elect members to the House of Commons of Canada of the 40th Canadian Parliament after the 39th Canadian Parliament, previous parliament had been dissolved by Governor General o ...

she ran unsuccessfully in the riding of

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for the

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, earning 1.02 per cent of the popular vote. Krawczyk died on May 9, 2025 in Parksville, British Columbia after two strokes, at the age of 96.

Bibliography

* ''Clayoquot: The Sound Of My Heart'' (January 1997) * ''Lock Me up or Let Me Go: The Protests, Arrest and Trial of an Environmental Activist and Grandmother'' (August 2002) * ''Open Living Confidential: From Inside the Joint'' (June 2008)

References

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-betty-krawczyk-obituary-eco-activist/

External links

Betty's Early Edition
blog
Schiver Rhodes Publishing
- Betty's Book Publishing Company
Records of Betty Krawczyk are held by Simon Fraser University's Special Collections and Rare Books
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