Feminist Ecological Economics

Economy, women and nature are interrelated because markets cannot function or exist outside of social and natural contexts. Feminist ecological economics focuses on the family, household, community, and other interrelationships among humans, and between humans and « nature », which underlie and make possible the existence of the market economy. They focus on activist work. They provide a theoretical grounding in how social change and community building takes place, and why it is necessary both for the well-being of many women and for ecological/economic sustainability.