Ecofeminist

Environmental Justice: Some Ecofeminist Worries About A Distributive Model ABSTRACT: Environmental philosophers, policy-makers and community activists who discuss environmental justice do so almost exclusively in terms of mainstream Western distributive models of social justice. Whether the issue is treatment of animals, human health or property, wilderness and species preservation, pollution or environmental degradation, the prevailing and largely unchallenged view is that the issues of environmental

Patriarchal views privilege masculine over feminine, reason over emotion, competition over cooperation and force over empathy. The Ecofeminist believes it to be evident in our world that these aforementioned dichotomies are abetting to a world lacking in equilibrium. Because we value terms like ‘progress', ‘competition', as well as ‘economic and technological growth' over language such

tional vs. Intuitive                Hierarchy vs. Circle                Masculine vs. Female Ecofeminists challenge the patriarchal conceptual framework and the accompanying dualistic

Karen J. Warren had her PhD in philosophy and has written multiple books supporting her field and beliefs including Ecofeminist Philosophy published in 2000. Karen J. Warren wrote this book to help spread the accuracy of Ecofeminist Theory. Ecofeminism is the idea that men dominate both women and nature. 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

Ecofeminism is also referred to as a theory which makes the links between the oppression of women and the oppression of nature in patriarchal culture; an ethical position informed by ecofeminist thought and activism is one which resists these oppressions (Constance et al, 1996). Early ecofeminist analyses of the causes and solutions for environmental ethics were based on the idea of a feminine principle of care that was thought as a foundation for a sustainable livelihood (David, 2003)

In spite of the plethora of venues critics could focus on, most ecofeminists would agree that, at its most basic level, ecofeminists regard “the Western dominations of ‘woman’ and ‘nature’ as conceptually linked and that the processes of inferiorisation have mutually reinforced each other” (Twine 1). Furthermore, “advocates a model of oppression as

Warren in her book Ecofeminist Philosophy opines "Ecological feminists ("ecofeminists") claim that there are important connections between the unjustified dominations of women, people of color, children, and the poor and the unjustified domination of nature. (1) These unjustifiably dominated or marginalized

solidarity among women. This essay seeks to unravel the connections between Plumwood's ecofeminist critique of hyperseparation and Hook's interrogation of utopian sisterhood,

Ecological feminism is the position that there are important historical, symbolic, and theoretical connections between the domination of women and the domination of nonhuman nature. Karen Warren, an author and scholar, has written extensively about environmental ethics and ecofeminism. She believes that ecological feminism has the power to provide a framework within which to reframe feminism and develop an environmental ethic which can respond to these connections. For her, environmental degradation

In addition to the spiritual vision, parallels between Gaia and Eywa exist in the ecofeminist environmental vision of natural harmony. Within this segment of ecofeminism, the focus departs from the religious and settles on a utopian vision of global interconnection. Like Pandora, Earth is viewed as a one enormous ecosystem, where all life is linked to each other. Humans are no exception despite the blind ignorance that keeps us from our role within Gaia, Earth’s self-regulating biosphere. Unlike