Environmental Science & Policy 225 - Colloquium: Ecofeminism

What is the relationship between gender, feminism and the environment? Ecofeminism unites scholars and activists who have asserted that environmentalism is a feminist issue, that nature is gendered or that gender liberation and environmental liberation are linked. This course introduces students to the theory and practice of ecofeminism from the late twentieth century to the present. While this course is titled “Ecofeminism,” some would consider it more apt to use a lens of “ecofeminisms,” foregrounding the considerable variation in theories, assumptions and activist movements. Recognizing this variation, students study debates within ecofeminism and define ecofeminism expansively. Enrollment limited to 25. (E)