Knitting NannasandFrackman: A gender analysis of Australian anti-coal seam gas documentaries (CSG) and implications for environmental adult education

Frackman (FM) and Knitting Nannas (KN) are two documentaries about the anti-coal seam gas movement in Australia. Frackman features a former construction worker turned eco-activist, Dayne Pratzky (DP), fighting coal seam gas extraction. Knitting Nannas follows a group of women also protesting fracking. In this article, we set a challenge to environmental adult educationists to expose gender agendas embedded in environmental education documentaries. A scene-by-scene analysis of these two documentaries through a poststructuralist ecofeminist evaluation reveals there are lessons to be learned because of the repetition of gender blindness in FM, whereas KN offers potential solutions for greater inclusivity in environmental education. The article concludes with recommendations for community-based approaches in environmental adult education.