Earthcare: Women and the Environment

Green Criminology: Reflections, Connections, Horizons

“…and comparisons that can be made between male violence against nature and against women (for example, see Collard with Contrucci 1988;Epstein 1993;Merchant 1980Merchant , 1996Wachholz 2007) and the role that women have played in resistance and advocacy concerning intergenerational and environmental justice (Gaarder 2013;Lane 1998), it is surprising that feminist criminology and related disciplinary areas have not played a more powerful role in the development of green criminology -though the works of Sollund (2013) and Gaarder (2011) make serious and significant contributions to this gap.…”

Globalisation : Building a Partnership Ethic for a Ecopedagogy in Western Australia

“…In an attempt to overcome this problem of dualism and a complexity of ideology, Merchant (1996) provides several principles to frame a partnership ethic. In respect to the obstacles found in the conceptual and practical demarcations that exist in the eco-philosophical and ecopolitical debate this ethic offers a practical guide.…”

“…In contrast to the paradigm of global technopoly, environmental reformers (Hallen 1988, O'Riordan 1989, Merchant 1996, A. Gough 1997 2001). Concerns such as high levels of ultraviolet radiation, shifting climatic patterns, higher energy costs, a demand for sustainable technologies, increased salinity, the loss of old growth forests and indigenous fauna will continue to occupy public attention in Western Australia.…”

Beyond Uncertainties: Some Open Questions about Chaos and Ethics

“…As Carolyn Merchant pointed out, "Because nature is fundamentally chaotic, it must be respected and related to as an active partner through a partnership ethics." 37 The expression, "partnership," is an ideological term indicating a view that we should all strive for a common goal, for example, a new balance in which both humans and nonhuman nature are equal partners, neither having the upper hand, yet cooperating with each other. Both humans and nature are active agents.…”