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This anthology situates the cultural and literary theories of ecofeminism in an interdisciplinary and global dialogue. It brings ecofeminism into conversation with several areas of inquiry, including ecocriticism, postcolonialism, geography, environmental law, religion, geoengineering, systems thinking, family therapy, and environmental justice

Why is ecofeminism still needed to address the environmental emergencies and challenges of our times? Ecofeminism has a chequered history in terms of its popularity and its perceived value in conceptualizing the relationship between gender and nature as well as feeding forms of activism that aim to confront the environmental challenges of the moment. This book provides a much-needed comprehensive overview of the relevance and value of using eco-feminist theories. It gives a broad coverage of traditional and emerging eco-feminist theories and explores, across a range of chapters, their various contributions and uniquely spans various strands of ecofeminist thinking. The origins of influential eco-feminist theories are discussed including key themes and some of its leading figures (contributors include Erika Cudworth, Greta Gaard, Trish Glazebrook and Niamh Moore), and outlines its influence on how scholars might come to a more generative understanding of the natural environment. The book examines eco-feminism's potential contribution for advancing current discussions and research on the relationships between the humans and more than humans that share our world. This timely volume makes a distinctive scholarly contribution and is a valuable resources for students and academics in the fields of environmentalism, political ecology, sustainability and nature resource management.

In the context of climate change and rising risk of environmental crisis caused by pollution and unsustainable exploitation of natural resources, the concept of environmental security, primarily defined as the resilience of countries and individuals to the challenges of environmental degradation, is rapidly obtaining the interest of general public and experts from various scientific disciplines. However, it seems that the gender aspect of security in general, and particularly of environmental security has not been given the amount of attention it deserves until recently. Thanks to the ecofeminist movement, based upon the idea that women are more closely related to nature than men and more vulnerable and susceptible to the negative impacts of environmental degradation (especially those emerging as the consequences of pollution and climate change), the role of women in the improvement of environmental security through participation in decision-making processes in legislation and public policy making is finally being recognised. The aim of this paper is to analyse the modern concept of environmental security as well as the evolution and contemporary discourses within ecofeminist movements and to explain the link between them, i.e., the contribution of ecofeminism to the shift in the approach to environmental security in the sense of taking into consideration the rights and interests of women as more common victims of negative environmental impacts as well as their potentials as relevant stake holders in this field.

Environment is the source of all forms and support system of life (UNESCO&ICSU,1999). There are different types of environment comprises physical, cultural, social, economic, intellectual etc. The survival of human and nonhuman creatures depends on the protection of terrestrial eco system and halt biodiversity loss. The environmental protection activities are undertaken by Governments, Writers, NGO's, Political parties, religious institutions and Medias etc. The Earth was called as goddess, which represents a feminine gender implies intimate relationship between Earth and Women. The concept of Mother Goddess is a personification of nature, Motherhood, Fertility, creation, destruction etc. Women, children as well as marginalised sections are the prime victims of natural degradation (Akwa, 2008 ) . The gender discrimination and suppression of women and nature gave rise to the emergence of ecofeministic theories. The term ecofeminism is used to describe a feministic approach to understanding ecology. Ecofeminist literature is a recent origin in Kerala but several authors and women activists follows its path years ago. Sugathakumari, Balamaniyamma, Sara Joseph, P. Valsala, C.K Janu, Mayilamma, ect contributed more in protection

Much recent work in ecological economics, degrowth, climate justice, and political ecology focuses on 'commons' as an emergent paradigm for sustainable governance institutions to address or rectify ecological crisis. This paper summarizes definitions and typologies of commons, give some examples of commons which help to further climate justice, and discusses these ideas from an ecofeminist perspective. ; his research was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, FRN IDRC and SSHRC File Agreement No. 2017-0082

Both within the introductory essay and elsewhere in this new collection Karen Warren's (2000) metaphor of a patchwork quilt, 'made up of different "patches", constructed by different quilters in particular social, historical and materialist contexts', is introduced to describe ecofeminism and the metaphor is extended to suggest that the collection itself can be thought of as 'a selection of "patches" that represent contemporary thinking in ecofeminism' (1-2). If ecofeminism is indeed best represented by the motif of a patchwork then this collection is a fitting contribution, since it brings together a range of very different voices, discursive styles, critical approaches, topics, and perspectives. As in a patchwork, the coherence of the piece is reliant primarily on the linking threads rather than on any innate patterning or similarity of approach within the various 'patches'. What might be perceived as the threads stitching the various elements together are the urgency of climate change (what one contributor refers to as 'climate chaos', 114) and the need to find ways of challenging the mind set of global capitalism, the dualistic Western worldview, and the inertia of governments in finding effective ways of responding to the current crisis.

Various environmental issues begin to be discussed widely and the movement of women does. Ecologists come up with new ideas that there is a strong relationship between women and nature. Ecofeminist spreads to various sectors in life. Starting from the industrial, economic and political sector that are intensively making the issue of women's relations and the environment as a matter of discussion. Related to literary works, ecofeminist is going with new ideas based on literary works t in Indonesia. Indonesian literature that presents the relation between women and nature as a form of an image of women concerning the environment.

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