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In this episode of Voices Across Waters, Mariona Bonsfills Clotet speaks with Jasmina Husanović about ecofeminism emerging from the wounds of war, neoliberal transition, and extractivist violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Jasmina traces her journey from feminist peace activism during the 1990s war to co-founding EKOFEM BiH, a national ecofeminist platform that connects nearly 30 organizations across the country.
From this experience, ecofeminism becomes a response to both historical violence and present-day inequality.
Together, Mariona and Jasmina explore how environmental destruction, energy poverty, toxic waste, and so-called green transition projects turn the Western Balkans into a sacrifice zone for global capital.
They also reflect on environmental democracy, radical municipal assemblies, and the crisis of social reproduction.
At the center of the conversation is the urgent need for sustained, face-to-face solidarity across the Mediterranean. In a time of authoritarian capitalism, this episode asks how trust can be rebuilt and how society itself can be defended.
Jasmina Husanović (interviewee) is an activist, scholar, and professor from Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is one of the founders of EKOFEM BiH, working on the politics of the commons and emancipatory social transformation.
Mariona Bonsfills Clotet (interviewer) is an ecofeminist researcher, labour unionist, and organizer from Catalonia. She is part of Research & Degrowth and works on ruralism and the transition toward an ecosocialist future.
Voices Across Waters, a podcast series of the Ecofeminism in the Mediterranean initiative. It uses a chain-interview format to create relational dialogue across territories, experiences, and struggles.
Research & Degrowth is an academic association dedicated to advancing research, training, and collective reflection on degrowth, ecological justice, and post-growth transformations. Through interdisciplinary collaboration, it supports critical thinking and collective action toward socially just and ecologically viable futures. Project coordination and leadership by Lena Penšek, activist and communicator of the Ecofeminism in the Mediterranean project, with visual identity and artwork by Alexandra Mestre. Find out more at degrowth.org
Efecto Colibrí helps create narratives that advance a just, diverse, and regenerative reality. It drives systemic change by transforming the stories that quietly shape our worlds. Through narrative research, co-design of systemic-change narratives, and story activation, Efecto Colibrí builds understanding, moves conversations forward, and equips teams to create change through narrative clarity in times of noise and polarization. Creative design by Ana Amrein, founder of Efecto Colibrí, together with Gonzalo Díaz, architect and editor. Find out more at efectocolibri.com/en/
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