1st Edition

Ecofeminism: The Basics

By Susan Buckingham Copyright 2027
160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

Ecofeminism: The Basics introduces the ecofeminist approaches to understanding how humans interact with, dominate and are embedded within the natural environment, of which we are a part. Tracing ecofeminism from Françoise d’Eaubonne’s coining of the term in Feminism or Death through to the mid-2020s, the book examines its theoretical debates, activist practices and creative expressions,... Read more

1. Introduction; 2. The emergence of Ecofeminism; 3. Controversy and co-option; 4. Resurgence; 5. Ecological masculinities, queer and trans ecologies; 6. Practising ecofeminism in a polycrisis.

Biography

Susan Buckingham is a writer, researcher, consultant, campaigner and activist. For 25 years she taught gender and environment in higher education, and has recently worked on the UN Decade for Ocean Sustainability and EU waste minimisation. She edits the series Routledge Studies in Gender and Environments, and is co-editor of Feminist Climate Policy in Industrialised States (2026).