Intertwined Women, nature, and climate justice

Rebecca Kormos

Book - 2024

"A powerful argument that greater inclusion of women in conservation and climate science is key to the future of the planet"--

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Published
New York : The New Press 2024.
Language
English
Main Author
Rebecca Kormos (author)
Physical Description
xxviii, 304 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN
9781620977491
  • Land Acknowledgment
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Roots
  • 1. The Planetary Polycrisis
  • 2. Vulnerability
  • 3. Women's Work
  • 4. Braided Inequities and the Roots of Climate Change
  • Part II. Trunks and Branches
  • 5. Mother Nature, Mother Earth
  • 6. Interconnecting Movements
  • Part III. Leaves
  • 7. When Women Are Empowered
  • 8. When Women Lead
  • 9. More Than a Seat at the Table
  • Part IV. Mycorrhiza
  • 10. Alliances
  • 11. Women Telling Stories About the Earth
  • Part V. Ecosystems
  • 12. Allies
  • 13. Everyone
  • Part VI. Seeds
  • 14. Rise Together
  • Acknowledgments
  • Biographies
  • Notes
Review by Booklist Review

Wildlife biologist and primatologist Kormos, a National Geographic Explorer and filmmaker, writes from a specific, gender-based perspective. She declares her thesis early on; to succeed, efforts to protect the environment require the advancement of women's rights so that women are empowered to fill worldwide leadership positions to reduce or even stop the devastating impacts of climate change. She sets out to prove these arguments by referencing an enormous amount of published research that supports her conclusions that women have the necessary and unappreciated abilities to lead on global warming, while social injustices committed against women result in greater damage from environmental disasters. There is a great deal to parse in the narrative, and Kormos often runs through dozens of issues in a paragraph, namedropping studies that refer to disasters around the world as she loops them into her conclusion that women suffer most from their impact. The result is an introductory analysis of a big, complicated topic that will likely succeed most in compelling readers to research more on their own.

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