“It's More Than Planting Trees, It's Planting Ideas”: Ecofeminist Praxis in the Green Belt Movement

KP Hunt - Southern Communication Journal, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Southern Communication Journal, 2014Taylor & Francis
Led by Wangari Maathai, the Green Belt Movement emerged as a response to
environmental degradation in postcolonial Kenya. This essay examines three Green Belt
Movement campaigns that operated as praxis to resist environmental and political
oppression, empowering rural women to enact a political consciousness toward democracy
and environmental justice. The ecofeminist conception of power-toward drives an analysis of
the ways participants were empowered to materially rearticulate an environmentally stable …
Led by Wangari Maathai, the Green Belt Movement emerged as a response to environmental degradation in postcolonial Kenya. This essay examines three Green Belt Movement campaigns that operated as praxis to resist environmental and political oppression, empowering rural women to enact a political consciousness toward democracy and environmental justice. The ecofeminist conception of power-toward drives an analysis of the ways participants were empowered to materially rearticulate an environmentally stable and democratic Kenya. As a case study of environmental justice in the Global South, this essay demonstrates the applicability of an ecofeminist framework in critical rhetorical analysis by exploring the dynamics of social change.
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