The rich history of eco-feminism goes back to the 1970s and is still going strongWanted: a fresh generation of feminist super heroes to stave off ecological catastrophe. Setsu Shigematsu,a California-based academic, has created the “Guardian Princesses” – seven female Disney-style cartoon characters, or which she hopes will inspire enthusiasm for non-violent collective eco-action in the younger generation.
There is a rich history of eco-feminism,starting from the coining of the term by French feminist Françoise d’Eaubonne in 1974 in her essay Feminism or Death. This launched a wave of women linking feminist viewpoints with earth-saving, which built on Rachel Carson’s work in Silent Spring. And in Rape of the Wild (1989), and the authors hold issue with “Man’s” violence against animals and earth.
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Source: theguardian.com