There is emerging global agreement that environmental change is one of the greatest threats to ecosystems, culture, health, and economies of humankind. In response to these environmental changes and the expected human vulnerability they will continue to produce, the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare has highlighted intervention to address the human impacts of the changing climate as one of the profession’s grand challenges. This article troubles the often anthropocentric worldview from which such responses emerge and proposes a framework informed by the wisdom of deep ecology and ecofeminism. Born from critical methodologies that question the rigid bifurcation and valuation of male/female and human/nonhuman, these perspectives invite social workers to think in novel ways about environmental challenges. We argue that the social work profession, which has historically sought to disturb power dynamics and reprioritize society’s needs, is uniquely situated to think holistically about responding to this crisis. By honoring the interrelated nature of human and nonhumankind, social workers can more mindfully lead the social planning and advocacy efforts necessary to meet this grand challenge.

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深层生态学与生态女性主义：应对全球环境危机的社会工作

越来越多的全球共识认为环境变化是对生态系统、文化、健康和人类经济的最大威胁之一。为了应对这些环境变化以及它们将继续产生的预期人类脆弱性，美国社会工作和社会福利学院强调了应对气候变化对人类影响的干预，作为该行业的重大挑战之一。这篇文章扰乱了产生这种反应的通常以人类为中心的世界观，并提出了一个以深层生态学和生态女性主义的智慧为基础的框架。这些观点源于质疑男性/女性和人类/非人类的僵化分叉和估值的批判方法，邀请社会工作者以新颖的方式思考环境挑战。我们认为，历史上一直试图扰乱权力动态并重新确定社会需求优先次序的社会工作专业，处于独特的位置，可以从整体上思考如何应对这场危机。通过尊重人类和非人类相互关联的本质，社会工作者可以更谨慎地领导应对这一巨大挑战所需的社会规划和宣传工作。