Vandana Shiva At the heart of the ecological and social crisis we are experiencing today lies a simple yet revolutionary truth: biodiversity is life. It is not only the foundation of our food, our soil, our health, our landscapes,...
By Dr Vandana Shiva Over the past few decades, GMO crops have been imposed in countries around the world, touted as a solution to food insecurity and malnutrition crises. However, hunger, disease and malnutrition have increased, while biodiversity has...
By Dr. Vandana Shiva on World Environment Day Now is the time to reject the industrial agriculture model, a model that came from and behaves like war. Industrial agriculture is destroying life on Earth, destroying the role of women...
By Dr Vandana Shiva This year, International Women’s Day falls on the same day of Holi, the festival of colours, joy and diversity. On this day, millions of people take to the streets to celebrate the coming of spring...
I could tell you that, around the world, three people are killed every week while trying to protect their land, their environment, from extractive forces. I could tell you that this has been going on for decades, with the...
By Dr. Vandana Shiva Mustard is the colour of our spring — basant. It is the flavour, and aroma, of our foods. It is a warm massage for a baby, and the glow of our oil-lamps on Diwali. Mustard...
By Dr Vandana Shiva, 27 October 2022 The web of life is a food web, and we are interconnected with natural systems and all living things. Thus, food sovereignty is primarily an ecological process of co-creation with other life...
By Dr Vandana Shiva – Pressenza, 19 September 2022 | Source Regenerating Biodiversity in our farms, forests, and our Gut Microbiome for Zero Hunger and Good – Health for All Mother Earth is self-organised. Mother Earth has created and...
The Failure of GMO Bt cotton and the continued success of Native Indigenous Cotton in India A Briefing Paper of RFSTE* based on a 35-year study in Vidarbha’s Cotton Suicide belt – Download Pdf India is a paradise of...
The Nitrogen Problem in Agriculture: Reduce the use of chemical fertilisers, make the chemical industry pay for pollution instead of criminalising farmers who were trapped by in the chemical treadmill through industrial agriculture – By Dr Vandana Shiva The...