Ecologism and feminism are two of the most important strands in political thought today. If you don't believe me, perhaps reading Mies and Shiva will change your mind.There may be as many ways to combine ecologism and feminism as there are Green ideologues, but the argument of Mies and Shiva is most compelling. They explain, clearly, how paternalism and commodification have first excluded women and nature, then controlled them, then turned them into commercial products.
Although men are predominantly responsible for this violence, Mies and Shiva make it clear that they do not see men as the problem but rather the system that some men have created.
Ecologism is based on a holistic approach and Ecofeminism gives an all-encompassing analysis of the problems caused by capitalism and industrialization, particularly in regard to food and reproduction. At last, the unity of oppression to people and planet has been disseminated.
