Here the potential strengths and weaknesses of the growing eco-feminist movement are critically assessed by scholars in a variety of academic disciplines and vocations, including anthropology, biology, chemical engineering, education, political science, recreation and leisure studies, sociology, and political organizing. Writers explore the real-life concerns that have motivated eco-feminism as a grassroots, women-initiated movement around the globe; the appropriateness of ecofeminism to academic and scientific research; and philosophical implications and underpinnings of the movement. The new perspectives on theory and practice outlined in this collection highlight the power and promise of eco-feminism. The contributors include Candice Bradley, Douglas J. Buege, Adrienne Elizabeth Christiansen, Deane Curtin, Wendy Donner, Karen Marsten Fox, Susan Griffin, Lori Gruen, Petra Kelly, Ruthanne Kurth-Schai, Wendy Lee-Lampshire, Gretchen T. Legler, Joseph R. Loer, Judith Plant, Val Plumwood, Eliane Potiguara, Robert Alan Sessions, Andy Smith, Charlene Spretnak, Noel Sturgeon, Dorceta E. Taylor, Karen J. Warren, Betty Wells, Holly L. Wilson, Danielle Wirth, and Catherine Zabinski.