Earth Follies

Coming to Feminist Terms with the Global Environmental Crisis

Author: Joni Seager
ISBN: 9780415910590

What can feminists contribute to our understanding of environmental problems? Does it matter that the institutions that control our environmental fate are constructs of male culture? We have so polluted the earth, so degraded our environment, and so disrupted our biosphere that the continued existence of life on the planet is at risk. but "we"--An undifferentiated humanity - have not done so. Most of the really large-scale environmental problems - not litter on the streets, but the environmental disruptions that might kill us all - are the products of very powerful institutions that control the state of our environment, including prominently militaries, multinationals, and governments. And overwhelmingly, these institutions are controlled by men. Earth Follies offers a powerful argument for looking at "agency" in understanding our environmental affairs. The environmental crisis is not just the sum of ozone depletion, global warming, and overconsumption. It is a crisis of culture precip

Publisher: Routledge
Publish Date: 1994-08

Subjects: Science / Environmental Science

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Environment)