ABSTRACT
This chapter will introduce the reader to feminist theory as it has been applied to environmental issues. It will take as its focus the concept of ecofeminism, which is founded on both the recognition of a shared societal classification of women and the environment and the application of feminist scrutiny to the particularized impacts of environmental degradation on women. Ecofeminism is best understood as a very broad church. It is rooted in and accommodates diverse (if often contested) areas of social praxis and scholarship, and thus comprises an extensive range of approaches to a wide variety of issues concerning gender and the environment.
