Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

"In Rachel Carson and Her Sisters, Musil fills the gap by placing Carson's achievements in a wider context, weaving connections from the past through the present. Readers will find new insight into Carson and contemporary figures she influenced...who have historically received less attention. Musil's respect and enthusiasm for these women is evident throughout the book, making it a deeply engaging and enjoyable read. A valuable addition to scholarship on Rachel Carson, female environmentalists, and the American environmental movement in general. Highly recommended. All academic and general readers." -Choice "This is a long overdue book, giving great credit to the long line of women who have done so much to shape our culture's view of the world around us and of our prospects in it. We desperately need that culture to heed their words!" -Bill McKibben, author Oil and Honey: The Education of an Unlikely Activist "A vibrant, engaging account of the women who preceded and followed Rachel Carson's efforts to promote environmental and human health. In exquisite detail, Musil narrates the brilliant careers and efforts of pioneering women from the 1850's onward to preserve nature and maintain a healthy environment. Anyone interested in women naturalists, activists, and feminist environmental history will welcome this compelling, beautifully-written book." -Carolyn Merchant, author of The Death of Nature and professor of environmental history, philosophy, and ethics, University of California, Berkeley. "Bob Musil brilliantly documents the rich trajectory of women's intellectual and political influence, not just on environmentalism but on public policy and activism. Musil offers fascinating details of Rachel Carson's struggles to be taken seriously as a scientist and unearths the stories of the women-unsung heroes all-who influenced her. A must read for anyone interested in American history, science and environmental politics." -Heather White, Executive Director, the Environmental Working Group "Musil uses the life and writings of Rachel Carson as an exemplar of women's participation in the American environmental movement. He places Carson's achievements in contexts by illuminating...the lives of trailblazing female scientists who inspired her and for whom she, in turn, paved the way. Extremely well-researched." -Foreword Reviews

Women environmentalists --- Women naturalists --- Women and the environment --- Environmentalism --- Environment and women --- Human ecology --- Ecofeminism --- Naturalists --- Environmentalists --- Women scientists --- Carson, Rachel, --- Carson, Rachel L. --- Carson, Rachel Louise --- Kārsūn, Rāshil, --- کارسون، راشل

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

This book casts a light on the daily struggles and achievements of ‘gender experts’ working in environment and development organisations, where they are charged with advancing gender equality and social equity and aligning this with visions of sustainable development. Developed through a series of conversations convened by the book’s editors with leading practitioners from research, advocacy and donor organisations, this text explores the ways gender professionals – specialists and experts, researchers, organizational focal points – deal with personal, power-laden realities associated with navigating gender in everyday practice. In turn, wider questions of epistemology and hierarchies of situated knowledges are examined, where gender analysis is brought into fields defined as largely techno-scientific, positivist and managerialist. Drawing on insights from feminist political ecology and feminist science, technology and society studies, the authors and their collaborators reveal and reflect upon strategies that serve to mute epistemological boundaries and enable small changes to be carved out that on occasions open up promising and alternative pathways for an equitable future. This book will be of great relevance to scholars and practitioners with an interest in environment and development, science and technology, and gender and women’s studies more broadly.

Ecofeminism. --- Women and the environment. --- Environment and women --- Human ecology --- Ecofeminism --- Eco-feminism --- Ecological feminism --- Feminist ecology --- Green feminism --- Feminism --- Women and the environment --- Bernadette Resurrección --- environmental management --- feminist political ecology --- gender analysis --- gender professionals --- Rebecca Elmhirst --- Sociology --- Social Science --- SOCIOLOGY --- SOCIAL SCIENCE --- Social science --- Nonfiction. --- Sociology.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Environmentalism --- Human beings --- Women and the environment --- Women --- Environmental movement --- Social movements --- Anti-environmentalism --- Sustainable living --- Homo sapiens --- Human race --- Humanity (Human beings) --- Humankind --- Humans --- Man --- Mankind --- People --- Hominids --- Persons --- Environment and women --- Human ecology --- Ecofeminism --- Human females --- Wimmin --- Woman --- Womon --- Womyn --- Females --- Femininity --- Effect of environment on --- Political activity. --- Political activity --- Greenwashing

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Ecofeminism --- Women and the environment --- Environmentalism --- Feminism --- Religious aspects --- Emancipation of women --- Feminist movement --- Women --- Women's lib --- Women's liberation --- Women's liberation movement --- Women's movement --- Social movements --- Anti-feminism --- Environmental movement --- Anti-environmentalism --- Greenwashing --- Sustainable living --- Environment and women --- Human ecology --- Eco-feminism --- Ecological feminism --- Feminist ecology --- Green feminism --- Emancipation --- S26/0820 --- S26/0710 --- S26/0900 --- Taiwan--Women --- Taiwan--Agriculture (incl. 'rural reconstruction'), forestry, fishery and environment --- Taiwan--Religion

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

"This project focuses on environmental practices among Mexican-American women and offers a rethinking of ecofeminism from the standpoint of Chicana feminists. Christina Holmes examines ecological themes across film, literature, murals and other visual art, Chicano nationalist activism, and contemporary direct action organization and presents how Chicana artists, activists, and scholars craft alternative models for ecofeminist praxis. Drawing on debates central to earlier ecofeminist work, Holmes analyzes issues around embodiment, women's connections to nature, and the place of spirituality in ecofeminist philosophy and practice. Chicana environmentalism provides pathways to insights in decolonization by linking social and ecological justice outside of a narrow framework, and Holmes seeks to explore the challenges to debates in the canon of ecofeminist literature to develop a more inclusive model of environmental feminism to alleviate some of the biases in Western feminism. Close readings of theoretical work; careful elaborations of ecological narratives in Chicana cultural productions; histories of land, water, and work rights struggles in the Southwest; and a detailed description of an activist exemplar of Chicana eco-feminist practices all work in tandem to underscore the importance of living with feminist commitment in body, nature, and spirit. Chicana Environmentalisms demonstrates how Chicana feminists have actively and materially stretched themselves into coalitions with human, nature, and spirit others, and these acts underscore the role of agency in Chicana ecofeminist work"--

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies. --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies. --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory. --- Mexican Americans --- Feminism. --- Environmental justice --- Women and the environment --- Women --- Mexican American women. --- Ecofeminism --- Eco-justice --- Environmental justice movement --- Global environmental justice --- Environmental policy --- Environmentalism --- Social justice --- Environment and women --- Human ecology --- Human females --- Wimmin --- Woman --- Womon --- Womyn --- Females --- Human beings --- Femininity --- Chicanas --- Women, Mexican American --- Eco-feminism --- Ecological feminism --- Feminist ecology --- Green feminism --- Feminism --- Emancipation of women --- Feminist movement --- Women's lib --- Women's liberation --- Women's liberation movement --- Women's movement --- Social movements --- Anti-feminism --- Mexican American studies --- Study and teaching. --- Emancipation