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Reclaiming ‘Sustainability’ and Transcending The Rhetoric of ‘Choice’ through Ecofeminist Pedagogy

Bibliographic Data

ID15021848
AuthorsPilgrim Pilgrim (corresponding author), Davis Davis
Year2015
Volume20
Issue1
Pages123
Publication date2015-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthics & the Environment (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1085-6633 • E-ISSN: 1535-5306
PublisherIndiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2979/ethicsenviro.20.1.123
OpenAlexW1579549260
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited10

This paper advances a theory for ecofeminist sustainability pedagogy. The need to adapt to a world of diminishing resources is central to ecofeminism, sustainability, and permaculture, and for this reason, the integration of principles drawn from these theoretical frameworks can serve as a powerful means of transforming what is taught in the classroom and beyond. Ecofeminism considers the ecological and social dimensions that reinforce women's oppression globally, while sustainability practitioners and environmental justice activists expose the tensions inherent between human wants and needs in juxtaposition to environmental limits. Permaculture offers a conceptual map for moving forward in a holistic and integrative way by cultivating long-term systems thinking and situating human behaviors and practices within a local-global framework with social justice at its core. An ecofeminist sustainability pedagogy advocates empowered citizenship and inspires students to assume responsibility for their own choices, while fostering new approaches to culture change

Aesthetics · Biology · Ecofeminism · Environmental ethics · Pedagogy · Rhetoric · Sociology · Sustainability · Theology · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Environmental Philosophy and Ethics · Environmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies · Philosophy · Ecology

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