Why Women Will Save the Planet by Jenny Hawley

Why Women Will Save the Planet by Jenny Hawley

Cities today are environmental nightmares with polluted air, excessive energy consumption and an absence of nature. But they can be turned around to be powerhouses of well-being and environmental stability - if we empower women. This book reveals just how women's empowerment is critical to environmental sustainability.

…this book is relevant to a wide audience (arguably everyone): to inform our understanding of discrimination against women, and to provide inspiring insight and encouragement into opportunities for achieving not only gender equality but environmental sustainability too* Environment and Urbanization *
Hope is a potent catalyst. And while our failure to adequately appreciate and guard against ecological destruction fills me with frustration, my hope is not meek or weak. It is urgent and raging. It’s a hope that believes a better world – away from cyclical war, the annihilation of the earth’s treasures and the grinding down of the poor – is possible. * Caroline Lucas MP *
This book is a wake-up call for the environmental movement. It shows conclusively that women’s empowerment is essential to achieving environmental sustainability. This has been a blind-spot for us for far too long. Under my leadership, I am determined that Friends of the Earth will take this issue seriously, build campaigning alliances with women's groups and mainstream gender equality throughout our work. * Craig Bennett, CEO of Friends of the Earth *
You can’t save the planet without equality … We need a new economics informed by the larger picture, an economy that puts women and the Earth at the centre. * Vandana Shiva *

For more than forty years Friends of the Earth has seen that the well-being of people and planet go hand in hand – and it’s been the inspiration for our campaigns. Together with thousands of people like you we’ve secured safer food and water, defended wildlife and natural habitats, championed the move to clean energy and acted to keep our climate stable.

This book forms part of our three-year research project Big Ideas Change the World, which aims to inspire a new campaigning journey for Friends of the Earth and others. It is collaboratively researching ten topics, including the future of cities, innovation, women’s empowerment and the history of change. It starts from the premise that humans are ingenious and have enormous capacity for collaboration and empathy, even though right now we are doing some pretty stupid things.

Big Ideas Change the World will identify what needs to change to focus some of humanity’s amazing abilities on solving the challenges we face and building a brighter future for everyone.

Find out more and get involved at www.foe.co.uk/bigideas

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ISBN 13	9781783605798
ISBN 10	1783605790
Title	Why Women Will Save the Planet
Author	Friends Of The Earth
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	2015-12-01
Number of pages	299
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