What is ecofeminism? Ecofeminism represents ecological and feminist concerns. It is analysis, critique, and study of the roots of the destruction of nature and misogyny, and is the resistance to the associated exploitation and subjugation of women and nature.

Who brings the concern of nature to the public realm from an eco-feminist perspective? Rachel Carson (1907-64) was the first ecofeminist. Carson 's Silent Spring was the first book written by a woman with a clear sense of mission that challenged major chemical companies who produced pesticides. She accused human beings of arrogance in thinking that they could control nature. Although she did not use the term ‘ecofeminist' in Silent Spring , she showed a keen awareness the interrelationship among the forms of life in ecosystem:

How have different ways of ecofeminist perspective contributed to ecofeminism? There are three categories of ecofeminist perspectives: liberal, radical, and socialist feminism. All have been concerned with improving the human/nature relationship, and each has contributed to an ecofeminist perspective in different ways. Liberal ecofeminism is consistent with the objectives of reform environmentalism to alter human relations with nature through the passage of new laws and regulations. Thus, it argues that more effective scientific research, conservation, and laws are the proper approaches to resolving resource problems. Radical ecofeminism analyzes environmental problems from within its critique of patriarchy and offers alternatives that could liberate both women and nature. Radical form of ecofeminism is a response to the perception that women and nature have been mutually associated and devalued in western culture and that both can be elevated and liberated through direct political action. It argues that women's biology and nature should be celebrated through revival of ancient rituals centered on Goddess worship as sources of female power. Socialist ecofeminism grounds its analysis in capitalist patriarchy. It sees the domination of women and nature inherent in the market economy's use of both as resources. For socialist ecofeminists, environmental problems are rooted in the rise of capitalist patriarchy and the ideology that the earth and nature can be exploited for human progress through technology. The consequence of capitalist patriarchy is the alienation of women and men from each other and both from nature. Although there is diversity among liberal, radical, and socialist ecofeminism, their critiques commonly showed that the exploitation of nature is linked to the exploitation of women, and their common goal is the restoring the natural environment and quality of life of human beings, especially women.