In reaction to concerns regarding the state of the earth and its people, many different paradigms have formed as to how the earth should be treated and why it should be that way. Two of these frameworks are ecofeminism and conservationism. Although these two models have fairly contrasting methods and ideas, they can be connected through the concepts of dominance and hierarchy. While Conservationists promote the idea of humans existing on a higher plane than …showed first 75 words of 1485 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1485 total…to raise women’s position in ecological issues. In my opinion, neither of these paradigms are the best solution to the problems the world faces today. While each paradigm that exists tends to have at least a few beneficial ideas, it may be in the best interests of the earth to take bits from each and look at their part in a historical view to determine which should be used and which should be discarded