Sowing Hunger, Reaping Profits – A Food Crisis by Design
Download Pdf Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, headlines have been dominated by the warnings of risk in global food supply shortages and rising global food prices, all due to the conflict. But, according to many international groups, there is currently no risk of global food supply shortages. So why are so many countries now […]
BIODIVERSITY IS LIFE
DOWNLOAD PDF To celebrate World Biodiversity Day, Navdanya International presents Biodiversity is Life. We break down how all levels of biodiversity have a direct and tangible tie to human health. Especially as an intimate connection exists between the biodiversity of our diets and gut, and our surrounding ecosystems, making health a continuum. Biodiversity is, hence, […]
The Corporate Push for Synthetic Foods: False solutions that endanger our health and damage the planet
Artificial Food is Detrimental to Ecological Transition Foreword by Dr Vandana Shiva The Corporate Push for Synthetic Foods – An Impossible Menu: Fake Food is taking over our tables – Download pdf Artificial food is detrimental to ecological transition How can we heal our relationship with food in the age of artificial food? In response […]
Climate Change is Ecological Destruction: Greenwashing and false solutions at COP 26
Deforestation – Effects on Biodiversity – The Impact of Chemicals – The COP 26 – The False Promise of ‘Nature-based Solutions’ – The False Promise of Fake food – Carbon capture and net-zero – Geo-engineering – The Role of Biodiversity and Agroecological Systems – The climate emergency we face today is part of several interlocking […]
Plants, Planet & People – The Living Earth and Climate Change
Author: Dr Vandana Shiva Earth care and the regeneration of biodiversity and living soil is the most effective and revolutionary Climate Action in times of extinction. The solutions to Food Crisis, Biodiversity Erosion and the Climate emergency lie in making peace with the Earth , recognising that the Earth is living, her biodiversity and biosphere […]
The Story of Rice
As one of the most important and most widely produced staple crops in the world, the story of rice is deeply tied to place and time. Throughout Asia, has always had a deeper significance than just a basic food, it holds an important place in cultural ceremonies and rituals, is a connector and creator of […]
UNFSS – Where Multinationals Continue to Design our Food Systems and Control our Diets
The Pre-Summit of the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) taking place in Rome, as a preparative stage to the New York September Summit, is, as expected, going in the wrong direction. As many civil society members, as well as past and current Rapporteurs on the Right to Food, have denounced, this summit is yet […]
The Earth Care Handbook
Download pdf Based on: Earth Democracy: Connecting the Rights of Mother Earth to People’s Rights and the Well-being of All, Navdanya, Mother Earth Day, 2021 Author: Dr Vandana Shiva with Navdanya Team Earth Rising The denial of nature’s rights has led to destruction of nature and now threatens the very conditions of human survival. The […]
Pesticide Residues in Foods in Argentina: Implications for the EU Mercosur Deal
For the last few months civil society has been calling for a reform of the EU-Mercosur trade agreement which produces a double standard when it comes to pesticide importation and exportation, especially in food and agriculture trade. Roughly 45.5% of EU imports from Mercosur countries are agricultural products, making the issue of pesticides central to […]
Bill Gates e as Suas Falsas Soluções para as Alterações Climáticas
As Soluções Tecnológicas não vão salvar o nosso planeta *No seu último livro, Como evitar um desastre climático: As soluções que temos e as inovações necessárias, o cofundador da Microsoft, Bill Gates, expõe um plano para deter o aquecimento global através da redução a zero da emissão de gases de efeito estufa. Um facto […]