Article by Ella Jarman-PowisPhoto by Ashkan Forouzani on Unsplash Depending on who is reading this, you might have remembered where you were on Friday the 24th of June last year. Or you may have not. I for one, remember waking up on a winter morning during my...
Category: Ecofeminism
Redefine Gender Roles in Agriculture
Article by Wen SuPhoto by Elaine Casap on Unsplash Within agriculture, a new era is unfolding, challenging age-old gender stereotypes and embracing inclusivity is guiding us toward a new world of farming practice.Redefining gender roles in agriculture involves...
Where Do Men Fit in the Debate of Gender, Equal Rights, and Sustainable Development?
Article by Grace Swainston Photo by john crozier on Unsplash 94% of people think that it is important for women to have the same rights as men [1]and 49% of American men argue that gender equality has not gone far enough[2]. So why is there still such hatred when...
Why We Cannot Solve World Poverty Without Achieving Gender Equality
Article by Apolline Harvey Photo by Ricardo Díaz on Unsplash The 2015 Sustainable Development Goals place ending world poverty as goal number 1, however, I believe this is not realistic without resolving goal number 5 (gender equality).[1] Poverty has been an...
Why Gender Equality Needs to be at the Forefront of Climate-Related Decisions
Image: Climatelinks By Mary Levack It is now common knowledge that we are living in the midst of a Climate Emergency. There is also increasing awareness of the stark gender inequality that prevails in our world. So why is it that we have failed to recognise a...
Why women as environmental activists will bring about necessary political change for a sustainable future
by Holly Wright Since the 1960s ecofeminists have posited that women as a universal, homogenous group are biologically predisposed to care and conserve the environment and bring about social change. Especially since women are more vulnerable to the...
Climate change: a woman’s world?
(Cairns Climate Strike - Image by School Strike on Flickr) by Hayley Vick Whether you agree or not there is mounting evidence that climate change is a very real phenomenon, (the unseasonably warm weather we experienced at the end of February a prime...
Ecofeminism: biodegradable trash or revolutionary theory?
For many modern feminists the assumption that biology makes women closer to nature seems counter-intuitive and regressive. Ecofeminists’ first major error is to assume that female characteristics are a product of biology and the capability to reproduce makes women closer to nature.
Plastic women create and plastic beaches
by Christie Lawrence Any frequent user of social media (and let's face it, who isn't these days?), will likely be aware of the increasing number of images depicting, what appears to be, a 'plastic-soup' in the place where our oceans used to be,...
Feminism and sustainability
by Saoirse Joubert In light of the recent movements for the battle for gender equality (Reclaim the Night, International Women's Day, #MeToo, etc.), it is crucial that we acknowledge the various social, political, cultural and economic inequalities that...
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