Douglas A. Vakoch is President of METI International, a nonprofit research and educational organization devoted to Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence (METI) and supporting the sustainability of human culture on multigenerational timescales, which is essential for long-term METI research. Sam Mickey is Adjunct Professor in the Theology and Religious Studies Department at the University of San Francisco, U.S.
This innovative and engaging anthology on women and nature reveals the ongoing relevance of ecofeminism in today's global world by emphasizing postcolonialism, ecocriticism, queer ecology, animality, and feminist materialism. Anyone interested in the nuances and complexities of the women-nature connection across histories, belief-systems, and regions will want to buy this book. Carolyn Merchant, University of California at Berkeley The myriad ways that Earthly bodies - both human and nonhuman - continue to be bound by structures of patriarchy and domination requires sustained analysis. This transnational, transdisciplinary volume brings the lens of ecofeminism to bear on timely topics, including transgender studies, animal studies, and the new materialism. Elizabeth Allison, California Institute of Integral Studies