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Ecocomposition is a way of looking at literacy using concepts from ecology. It is a postprocess theory of writing instruction that tries to account for factors beyond hierarchically defined goals within social settings;however,it does not dismiss these goals. Rather,it incorporates them within an ecological view that extends the range of factors affecting the writing process beyond the social to include aspects such as "place" and "nature." Its main motto,then,is "Writing Takes Place".
Ellen Meloy was an American nature writer.
Ecocriticism is the study of literature and ecology from an interdisciplinary point of view,where literature scholars analyze texts that illustrate environmental concerns and examine the various ways literature treats the subject of nature. It was first originated by Joseph Meeker as an idea called "literary ecology" in his The Comedy of Survival:Studies in Literary Ecology (1972).
The environmental humanities is an interdisciplinary area of research,drawing on the many environmental sub-disciplines that have emerged in the humanities over the past several decades,in particular environmental literature,environmental philosophy,environmental history,science and technology studies,environmental anthropology,and environmental communication. Environmental humanities employs humanistic questions about meaning,culture,values,ethics,and responsibilities to address pressing environmental problems. The environmental humanities aim to help bridge traditional divides between the sciences and the humanities,as well as between Western,Eastern,and Indigenous ways of relating to the natural world and the place of humans within it. The field also resists the traditional divide between "nature" and "culture," showing how many "environmental" issues have always been entangled in human questions of justice,labor,and politics. Environmental humanities is also a way of synthesizing methods from different fields to create new ways of thinking through environmental problems.
Political lesbianism is a phenomenon within feminism,primarily second-wave feminism and radical feminism;it includes,but is not limited to,lesbian separatism. Political lesbianism asserts that sexual orientation is a political and feminist choice,and advocates lesbianism as a positive alternative to heterosexuality for women as part of the struggle against sexism.
Feminist political ecology is a feminist perspective on political ecology,drawing on theories from Marxism,post-structuralism,feminist geography,ecofeminism and cultural ecology. Feminist political ecology examines the place of intersectional social relations in the political ecological landscape,exploring them as a factor in ecological and political relations. Specific areas in which feminist political ecology is focused are development,landscape,resource use,agrarian reconstruction and rural-urban transformation. Feminist political ecologists suggest gender is a crucial variable –in relation to class,race and other relevant dimensions of political ecological life –in constituting access to,control over,and knowledge of natural resources.
In the early 1960s,an interest in women and their connection with the environment was sparked largely by Ester Boserup's book Woman's Role in Economic Development. Starting in the 1980s,policy makers and governments became more mindful of the connection between the environment and gender issues. Changes regarding natural resource and environmental management were made with the specific role of women in mind. According to the World Bank in 1991,"Women play an essential role in the management of natural resources,including soil,water,forests and energy...and often have a profound traditional and contemporary knowledge of the natural world around them". Whereas women were previously neglected or ignored,there was increasing attention to the impact of women on the natural environment and,in return,the effects the environment has on the health and well-being of women. The gender-environment relations have ramifications in regard to the understanding of nature between men and women,the management and distribution of resources and responsibilities,and the day-to-day life and well-being of people.
Ariel Salleh is an Australian sociologist who writes on humanity-nature relations,political ecology,social change movements,and ecofeminism.
Greta Gaard is an ecofeminist writer,scholar,activist,and documentary filmmaker. Gaard's academic work in the realms of ecocriticism and ecocomposition is widely cited by scholars in the disciplines of composition and literary criticism. Her theoretical work extending ecofeminist thought into queer theory,queer ecology,vegetarianism,and animal liberation has been influential within women's studies. A cofounder of the Minnesota Green Party,Gaard documented the transition of the U.S. Green movement into the Green Party of the United States in her book,Ecological Politics. She is currently a professor of English at University of Wisconsin-River Falls and a community faculty member in Women's Studies at Metropolitan State University,Twin Cities.
Marti Kheel was a vegan ecofeminist activist scholar credited with founding Feminists for Animal Rights (FAR) in California in 1982. She authored several books in deep ecology and ecofeminism,including Nature Ethics:An Ecofeminist Perspective and several widely cited articles in college courses and related scholarship,such as "The Liberation of Nature:A Circular Affair","From Heroic to Holistic Ethics:The Ecofeminist Challenge",and "From Healing Herbs to Deadly Drugs:Western Medicine's War Against the Natural World". She was a long-time vegan in diet,lifestyle,and philosophical commitments,working out her understanding of its implications in every area of our human relationships with nature and its constituents,and she found a wide audience for those deep reflections. Reportedly,she had pursued a raw vegan diet later in her life. Her pioneering scholarship in ecofeminist ethics is foundational for continuing work in these fields.
Chris Cuomo is the Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies at the University of Georgia. She is also an affiliate faculty member of the Environmental Ethics Certificate Program,the Institute for African-American Studies,and the Institute for Native American Studies Before moving to the University of Georgia,Cuomo was the Obed J. Wilson Professor of Ethics at the University of Cincinnati.
Ecofeminism is a branch of feminism and political ecology. Ecofeminist thinkers draw on the concept of gender to analyse the relationships between humans and the natural world. The term was coined by the French writer Françoise d'Eaubonne in her book Le Féminisme ou la Mort (1974). Ecofeminist theory asserts a feminist perspective of Green politics that calls for an egalitarian,collaborative society in which there is no one dominant group. Today,there are several branches of ecofeminism,with varying approaches and analyses,including liberal ecofeminism,spiritual/cultural ecofeminism,and social/socialist ecofeminism. Interpretations of ecofeminism and how it might be applied to social thought include ecofeminist art,social justice and political philosophy,religion,contemporary feminism,and poetry.
Ecofeminist art emerged in the 1970s in response to ecofeminist philosophy,that was particularly articulated by writers such as Carolyn Merchant,Val Plumwood,Donna Haraway,Starhawk,Greta Gaard,Karen J. Warren,and Rebecca Solnit. Those writers emphasized the significance of relationships of cultural dominance and ethics expressed as sexism (Haraway),spirituality (Starhawk),speciesism,capitalist values that privilege objectification and the importance of vegetarianism in these contexts (Gaard). The main issues Ecofeminism aims to address revolve around the effects of a "Eurocentric capitalist patriarchal culture built on the domination of nature,and the domination of woman 'as nature'. The writer Luke Martell in the Ecology and Society journal writes that 'women' and 'nature' are both victims of patriarchal abuse and "ideological products of the Enlightenment culture of control." Ecofeminism argues that we must become a part of nature,living with and among it. We must recognize that nature is alive and breathing and work against the passivity surrounding it that is synonymous with the passive roles enforced upon women by patriarchal culture,politics,and capitalism. Ecofeminist art is an art form that showcases the intersectionality that is present among gender,environmentalism,and social justice. It grabs ideas and concepts from the original term "ecofeminism" which was created to highlight the parallels between the historic oppression and exploitation of both women and the environment. This style of art can be presented in many different mediums including performance art,original literature pieces,and visual art displays. In simpler terms,ecofeminist artwork is environmental art that has been created by a woman who values gender equality and stronger representation of nature.
Gloria Feman Orenstein is a feminist art critic,pioneer in the field of the women of Surrealism and scholar of ecofeminism in the arts. Orenstein's Reweaving the World is considered a seminal ecofeminist text which has had "a crucial role in the development of U.S. ecofeminism as a political position".
Queer ecology is the endeavor to understand nature,biology,and sexuality in the light of queer theory,thus rejecting the presumption that heterosexuality and cisgenderedness constitute any objective standard. It draws from science studies,ecofeminism,environmental justice,and queer geography. These perspectives break apart various "dualisms" that exist within human understandings of nature and culture.
The Goose is a biannual Canadian literary magazine published by Wilfrid Laurier University's Association for Literature,Environment,and Culture in Canada (ALECC). It has an "emphasis on regional specificity and the promotion of Canadian literature,arts,and environments" and "serves as a forum to counter broad cultural assumptions about North America." The editors-in-chief are Rina Garcia Chua,Rachel Webb Jekanowski,and Jessica McDonald.
Feminism or death is a book of essays about ecofeminism by Françoise d´Eaubonne. In it,d'Eaubonne first coined the term ecofeminism (l'eco-féminisme),which conceptualizes the apparent linkage between the treatment of women and the environment.
Ecofeminism generally is based on the understanding that gender as a concept is the basis of the human-environment relationships. Studies suggest that there's a difference between men and women when it comes to how they treat nature,for instance,women are known to be more involved with environmentally friendly behaviors. Socially there's an important claim in the ecofeminism theoretical framework that the patriarchy is linked to discrimination against women and the degradation of the environment. In Canada the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Toxics in 2020 shows that ineffective environmental management and mismanagement of hazardous waste is affecting different age groups,genders,and socioeconomic status in different ways,while three years before that,Canadian Human Rights Commission in 2017 submitted another report,warning the government about how the exposure to environmental hazards is a different experience for minorities in Canada. There have been ecofeminist movements for decades all over Canada such as Mother's Milk Project,protests against Uranium mining in Nova Scotia,and the Clayoquot Sound Peace Camp. Ecofeminism has also appeared as a concept in the media,such as books,publications,movies,and documentaries such as the MaddAddam trilogy by Margaret Atwood and Fury for the Sound:the women at Clayoquot by Shelley Wine. Ecofeminism in the Canadian context has been subject to criticism,especially by the Indigenous communities as they call it cultural appropriation,non-inclusive,and inherent in colonial worldviews and structures.
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