“His nurse is the earth,” Michael Maier, Atalanta Fugiens, ca. 1618 (source)
Messing with Mother Nature.
Chapter 9 introduces feminist thought as a way to help understand the environment. This approach focuses on how a patriarchal society contributes to social and environmental problems and how feminist perspectives suggest tangible solutions including the “diverse economies” approach, countering gender bias in science research, and feminist-inspired technologies.
Feminism & the Environment slides here.
Paul Robbins, John Hintz, and Sarah A. Moore, Environment & Society: A Critical Introduction (3rd edition), Chapter 9.