Open AccessThe environmental costs of femininity
Author(s) -
Carly Bowman
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
ekistics and the new habitat
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2653-1313
DOI - 10.53910/26531313-e200471424-426226
Subject(s) - bachelor , sustainability , femininity , the arts , feminism , sociology , politics , ecofeminism , media studies , foundation (evidence) , natural (archaeology) , political science , library science , gender studies , environmental ethics , geography , ecology , law , archaeology , philosophy , computer science , biology
The author graduated in 2004 with an Honours Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto. Specializing in "Environment and Society" in the Division of the Environment, her senior thesis constituted the foundation for the present paper reflecting her interests in sustainability, feminism, history, politics and popular culture. She is currently preparing for graduate study in the field of urban planning. The text that follows is an edited and revised version of her paper presented at the international symposion on "The Natural City, " Toronto, 23-25 June, 2004, sponsored by the University of Toronto's Division of the Environment, Institute for Environmental Studies, and the World Society for Ekistics.