Environment and Feminism - Ecofeminist Theory and Sustainable Development

Growing up in Switzerland and Oregon, I learned that nature is greatly valued and it is necessary to respect the environment to prevent impending environmental collapse. Living in a society whose morals and ethics include

“Individual human beings are all tools, that the others use to help us all survive”

In this article “Enough For All Forever: A Handbook for Learning About Sustainability,” David Suzuki (2010) explains how the human beings see and understand the changing world, nature and sustainability.

That is why we must instill the new generations or just equality between people, but we must also foster an eco-friendly success. Transmitting respect for nature and the

The first couple chapters of Ecofeminist Philosophy goes over the basics of the theory of ecofeminism. One of the biggest ideas is that "Male centered thinking is the root cause of environmental destruction"22. The basic theory doesn’t just apply to women, but people of color, people in poor districts, and non-human nature. One example of this is how women are being related to lumber. How men take lumber over use it, and leaving nothing.

The first part of this essay will outline the main arguments of the feminist ecologists and deal with the concept of Ecofeminism. The second part will sketch the main arguments of Rosemary Radford Reuther book, "Gaia and God". The final part of this essay will analyze: Starhawk's The Spiral Dance, "Witchcraft as Goddess Religion", The Homeric Hymn to Demeter, and "the Descent of Inanna" and examine the pros and cons of the position that a return to goddess worship would save our planet.

The piece of some the assigned reading that interest me the most is the effect of greediness and behaviors impacting the environment. As such, in ‘Eco Defense”, however the writer pointed out the imperative for one’s to take action to preserve the environment. Addition, in “The call of Wild” the author highlights the behaviors of humankind destroying everything; such as, earth and naturel resources, and as well as animals, trees and plant are being affected by the disruption of the human. Basically my topic will be on the environment and what other aspect that are destroying the planet and also what can be done to educate the new generation about it. Not only I believe it is a patriotic thing to preserve the planet and also believe that it

The ecofeminist counter-narrative of the Scientific Revolution was a change of shift in the ideology of treating nature with respect and care to an aggressive one and justifying it by merely calling it studying (Merchant, 2006, 518). As discussed in class, according to Carolyn Merchant nature was starting to be perceived as a wild woman who should be governed and taken in charge of; an indication that the experiments that were conducted after the Revolution were extracting the truth out of nature by means of torment rather than studying it respectfully. Francis Bacon portrayed the image of that to the torment on accused witches in the 15th century by James VI (Merchant, 2006, 522). Since nature was considered feminine it was not only the nature that suffered but also the women in the society as they were devalued by the use of metaphors such as “torture” and “vex” for nature in

In order to have a sustainable society, the environment it lives on must be nourished and preserved. In addition, the people that control the environment have to be

Our education should be aimed at educating people who love the world they lie in and who are ready to become peacemakers and healers of the world (Orr 55). A sustainable society “consists” of citizens, workers, specialists, technicians, etc, who are ready to work in order to build and support such society. One of the ways to provide such education is to “get outdoor”. The skills and abilities develop in real world and not in artificial situations in class. In this regard, we may refer to the Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave”. One should “touch” the real world problems and get personal experience from it. Shadows in the cave are the retrospectives of the real knowledge. To acquire the knowledge, we should leave the “cave”. We can learn theory separated from practice and this will not have any result. Instead, we should understand that every individual is a part of the natural world, thus, education should be based on ecological literacy as “health of our planet” is one of the most urgent questions of the modern social community.

Across the world, people of all different cultures struggle dealing with and understanding the nature of gender. By definition the “Feminist theory is one of the major sociological theories which analyzes the status of women and men in society with the purpose of using that knowledge to better women’s lives” (Crossman n.d.). Throughout history, women have fought to become equal, to have the same rights as men. Although the power that women are allowed to have has greatly improved over time. At one point in time, women had absolutely no rights what so ever and now women not only have rights but they have the right to run for a political office of power. “The feminist theory is mostly concerned with giving a voice to women and highlighting the various ways that women have contributed to society” (Crossman n.d.). Women fought for their rights, they came together as women, stood up for themselves and fought for their right to be equal.

Environmental issues have been a cause of a lot of debate in the recent past. Governments and nongovernmental organizations have been in constant consultations on how to help protect the environment. Apparently, as a result of man’s many actions, the natural environment is getting torn apart so quickly that the coming generations will not enjoy this kind of environment, unless a

This should be firmly implanted in a child’s mind so that he may constantly be aware that man has a special responsibility to protect Nature. Students should be made aware of their responsibility and duty towards protecting nature and prevent its wanton destruction which unfortunately seems to be order of the day. Some simple practices like encouraging planting of trees periodically in their neighbourhood, watering the plants and nurturing them, digging pits for rain water harvesting should be taught. These and other would foster in a child caring and sharing attitude towards nature and life on earth and a deep appearance of the flora and fauna.

This essay will review two significant environmental experiences I have encountered exploring the influences of these my life and how these have altered my view on what is environmental sustainability. An examination into these two experiences will follow into reviewing my perspectives on environmental sustainability and how these two experiences influenced this. To conclude a discussion on my role as a teacher and how this will impact myself when in the classroom.

As a 17-year old teenager going to high school, contrary to the environmental activist, David Suzuki’s, remarks about the ignorance of humans about nature, I receive much information about these kinds of problems at my school, from dedicated assemblies, eco fairs and special days that address our responsibility to deal with nature in a more responsible fashion. Yet, when the school day is over, all of the information seeps out of the roof of the school; plastic water bottles are still found in the corners of hallways and leftover Tim Hortons cups are still present in the desks of my former Business class. Even when I step inside the door of my house, the disconnection from nature is apparent. Most of my time at home is spent looking at a screen and doing homework and the only sign of nature would be the fly