By Tanishka Sachidanand...
Over the years, ecofeminists have raised concern over geoengineering’s hyper-masculinist approach towards addressing the climate crisis.
Geoengineering is wrong because it alienates indigenous knowledge on climate mitigation to establish the supremacy of western scientific thinking... feminism should take the lead on future-making discourse by embracing zoë – the idea wherein life is not human-centered but is geo-centered, to include all nonhuman lives.
Zoë calls for a species egalitarianism to develop a future wherein human and nonhuman life are valued beyond their utilitarian worth...
Geoengineering will carry forward the imperial legacy of racism, sexism and ecological destruction if left unchecked.
Therefore, it is important now more than ever for feminism to challenge the hegemony of western scientific thinking and take the lead on future-making for all humans and nonhumans.
Tanishka is a graduate from Mount Holyoke College with a BA in Biology and Environmental Studies ... her hobbies include playing squash , re-watching episodes of Planet Earth, and Anthropocene fiction/film/art
