World Environment Day – A message from Dr Vandana Shiva
On this 5th of June – World Environment Day – Vandana Shiva reminds us that we are part of the Earth, and that we all have a duty to care for her future. Two centuries of fossil fuel driven...
Why Sarson Satyagraha is still needed
If GMO mustard is approved, India as a democratic, sovereign country dies.
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...
International Meetings of Resistances to GMOs
Navdanya, along with movements and organisations from 30 countries around the world joined together at the 2017 International meetings of resistances against GMOs, which took place in Lorient , Brittany, France, from 28 – 30 of April 2017.
Satyagraha Yatra 2017, a pilgrimage for Seed Freedom and Food Freedom
Navdanya along with civil society organizations, farmers, economic democracy movements, universities and state governments undertook on 13 April a 10-day pan-India pilgrimage, a Satyagraha Yatra, to promote Gandhian philosophy of Swaraj (sovereignty), Swadeshi (indigenous) and Satyagraha (force of truth).
Olympic Seed Freedom Festival
From 20-22 April 2017, Navdanya joined Peliti at the Olympic Seed Freedom Festival, along with people and organisations from all over the world to join forces to sow the seeds of the future and sow the seeds of another...
The Monsanto Tribunal’s Legal Opinion reinforces movements’ struggle for basic human rights
By Ruchi Shroff – Common Dreams, 19 April 2017 | Source Monsanto Tribunal releases its findings: Monsanto’s activities undermine basic human rights, victims of multinational corporations need better protective regulations and international courts should recognize ecocide as a crime....
Monsanto illegally Introduces Round Up Resistant GMO Cotton in India
New Delhi: On the occasion of World Health Day, 7 April, Navdanya along with Swadeshi Jagran Manch appeals to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ban Monsanto on account of its illegal introduction of herbicide tolerant GMO Round-up Ready Flex...
Press Invitation: International Monsanto Tribunal – Public Presentation of the Advisory Opinion
The Organizing Committee and the five judges* invite you to the public presentation of the legal opinion of the International Monsanto Tribunal: Tuesday 18 April 2017 at 15:00
Navdanya International Report on Monsanto Tribunal and People’s Assembly in The Hague
Navdanya International co-organised, along with multiple civil society organizations, the Monsanto Tribunal and People’s Assembly which took place in The Hague from 14th to 16th October 2016.