Protect farmers, don’t target them
By Dr Vandana Shiva – The Asian Age, 23 June 2017 Now farmers have started to awaken the nation to the farming crisis with strikes in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
Sowing the seeds of Earth democracy in Trump Times : The Planetary Crisis, Responsibilities and Rights
(Reflections on World Environment Day of President Trump abandoning his responsibility to the Earth and the community of nations) By Dr Vandana Shiva, 4 June 2017 5th of June is World Environment Day – a day to remember that...
Why Sarson Satyagraha is still needed
If GMO mustard is approved, India as a democratic, sovereign country dies.
Biodiverse Small ecological farms and Artisanal Processing feed the world, not corporations
Press Release New Delhi, 27 May 2017: Over the last few decades, in the name of feeding the world, giant corporations have created hunger, spread chronic diseases and are killing the planet. As Dr Mira Shiva one of the...
Navdanya condemns GEAC decision on GM Mustard – writes to Environment Minister
“ Navdanya with the National Women’s Alliance for Food Sovereignty (Mahila Anna Swaraj) started the Sarson Satyagraha to bring back our pure mustard oil. The first bottle of the Satyagraha Mustard Oil was gifted to the then Chief Minister...
Keep food diverse. It’s healthy
By Dr Vandana Shiva – The Asian Age, 29 March 2017 Most of the chronic diseases of our times are “food style” diseases.
Vandana Shiva: Small Farmers Are Foundation to Food Security, Not Corporations Like Monsanto
By Dr Vandana Shiva – Ecowatch, 23 May 2016 | Source May 22 has been declared International Biodiversity Day by the United Nations. It gives us an opportunity to become aware of the rich biodiversity that has been evolved...
Launch of Citizens’ pact on World Soil Day
Photos by Seed Freedom, Dagmara Bojenko for Solidarité, Becket Films, Hummingbird Project and Tadpole Artists Collective On the afternoon of World Soil Day – December 5, 2015 – on the occasion of COP21, leaders in defense of life and...
Which Future of Food and Farming
Reflections on World Food Day 16th October 2015, By Dr Vandana Shiva
Making Peace with the Earth and Each other
By Dr Vandana Shiva – The Asian Age, 2 December 2015 Humanity stands at a precipice. Merely 200 years of a fossil fuel age have driven species and biodiversity to extinction, destroyed our soils, depleted and polluted our water,...