Moving Toward the Gynocene: Exploring the Intersection of Feminism, Environmentalism, and Education Through Collective Biography

• In Event: Critical Environmental Education: Considering Gender and Indigeneity

Abstract

The challenges of the Anthropocene are affecting the planet in unprecedented and unexpected ways, and women’s voices are becoming more salient in responding to these emerging global conundrums. As education and research continues to grapple with Anthropocenic issues and realities (Olvitt, 2017), it is crucial to explore the ways in which environmental agency is understood, mediated, and/or inhibited in women environmentalists. This paper introduces the Moving Towards the Gynocene project, which employs an adapted collective biography methodology to deeply explore the lived experiences of women environmentalists through co-created common stories. Educational researchers, practitioners, and policy makers who are interested in post-qualitative and/or collective research methodologies in general, or gender and environment issues in particular, will find this exploration relevant.

Author

• Lisa Siegel, Southern Cross University