4 credits Examines the linkages between contested gender roles and environmental issues. Areas of focus include:
The Ecofeminist movement in the US that drew parallels between the exploitation of women and the domination of nature
The intersectionalist theories of Alice Walker and “Womanism” examining the relationship between feminism, the black American experience and the environment
The leadership roles of women, in the US and globally, in grassroots environmental activism
The relationship between education/improved social status of women and better environmental outcomes in developing nations.
