![]() ![]() This study shows the privileged position of women in attempting to reach sustainability on earth, to concern about the natural environment, and to maintain the endurance, diversity, and productivity of nature. On the contrary, the dystopian South which is governing by a totalitarian regime is experiencing many irreversible problems through unsustainable development. In this Utopian/Dystopian novel, natural elements such as air, water, fire, and earth that sustain all life are considered sacred in the utopian North which its management and defence groups' members are mostly women. It focuses on women's role in achieving sustainability on earth, which demands using water sustainably, utilizing renewable energy, and protecting the biodiversity of lands. This paper which is a qualitative library-based study, analyses Starhawk's The Fifth Sacred Thing from ecofeminism perspective. Dualistic mind sets, as the main standpoint of ecofeminism, cause hierarchal fashion between entities and create imbalance power relationships which give the right to men to dominate nature, animals, and women. Ecofeminism depicts insights of ecology and feminism to show the ideologies behind the oppressions of women and nature is the same. Looking through an Eco-feministic lens at Starhawk's The Fifth Sacred Thing (1993), this essay tries to take on women's efficiency in sustainable development. ![]()
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