Ecofeminism has become an ever
more significant field in both contemporary feminist and environmental
studies. According to Diamond and
Orenstein ecofeminism is actually ‘a new
term for an ancient wisdom’. It is
in the early 1980’s that this term became prominent, it’s substratum is founded
by feminist philosophy, environmental activism, and the European and American
peace movements of the late 1970s.
Francoise d’ Eauborne is the one who used this term first ever, in 1980,
and then onwards it is adopted by both environmental activists and scholars.