生态女性主义是当代西方女权运动和生态环境运动结合的产物。1974年,法国女性主义者奥波尼(F. d’Eaudbonne)首先提出生态女性主义这一术语,她想使人们注意妇女在生态革命中的潜力。此后,许多关心环境问题的女性主义者、关心妇女问题的环境主义者以及关心环境问题和妇女解放的科学史学家、哲学家等在不同意义上使 Ecofeminism is a product of the combination of contemporary Western feminism and eco-environmental movement. In 1974, the French feminist F. d’Eaudbonne first proposed the term ecofeminism, and she wanted to draw attention to the potential of women in the ecological revolution. Since then, many feminists who care about environmental issues, environmentalists who care about women’s issues, and historians and philosophers who care about environmental issues and the liberation of women have used them in different senses