By Dr Vandana Shiva The Earth is Living. She is Gaia, Pachamama, Vasundhara, Terra Madre. For indigenous cultures she is Mother Earth. Even scientists like James Lovelock call her Gaia because they have understood that she is living. The...
Edward ‘Teddy’ Goldsmith left us 12 years ago this August. His passing left a huge void in our lives. His clarion call on the perils of industrialization, globalization, and climate change decades ago sounded the alarm to all who...
On 23 June 2021, Navdanya International hosted an online event – Which Future for our Climate? Technofixes vs Biodiversity-based solutions. This workshop and discussion was organised as part of the European project ClimAlt, co-funded by the European Union’s Erasmus+...
On Earth Day Navdanya International calls for Earth Democracy – The fulfilment of human needs and human survival flow from the care we provide the Earth. A global economy based on the myth of limitless growth, and limitless appetite...
In Bill Gates’ vision, technology seems fated to fix every single damage that has been inflicted on our planet and climate change has recently been added to the list. But this is the same mentality that has taken us...
Browse: Techno Fixes will not Save our Planet – The Imposition of a Failed Agriculture Model Global Commission on Adaptation – Breakthrough Energy Ventures: The Revolving Door for “Super Emitters” The False Promise of Fake Food – Biodiversity and...
Over five decades I have witnessed how food imperialism is at the root of violence against the Earth and against women. In India, wherever industrial agriculture has displaced women, women have been reduced to a disposable sex and female...
This January 7-13, 2021 Navdanya International participated in the annual Oxford Real Farming Conference. Although previously based in the UK, the now online conference brought together multiple food and farming movements and actors− ranging from farmers, activists, policy makers...
Over the last few months the ClimAlt project team has been developing an online course on climate change causes, impacts and potential solutions for young people. Given the previous success of the course, the team has now opened an...
by Manlio Masucci, Navdanya International “It’s time for action”, says Vandana Shiva, who has gathered experts from all over the world to draft a Manifesto that will provide farmers, consumers, activists and civil society organizations with the basic tools...