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Vandana Shiva is an Indian environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, and author. Born on November 5, 1952, she is recognized for her efforts in promoting sustainable agriculture and organic farming. Shiva has authored many books and articles on environmental issues and is a vocal critic of corporate control over seeds and food systems.

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“We will either defend the rights of people and the earth, and for that we have to dismantle the rights that corporations have assigned to themselves, or corporations will in the next three decades destroy this planet, in terms of human possibilities.”

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“The reductionist measure of yield is to agriculture systems, what GDP is to economic systems. It is time to move from measuring yield of commodities, to health and well-being of ecosystems and communities. Industrial agriculture has its roots in war. Ecological agriculture allows us to make peace with the earth, soil and the society.”

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“The abuse of the Earth is the ecological crisis.”

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“If you are doing the right thing for the earth, she's giving you great company.”

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“Squeezing the lives of people is now being proposed as the saviour of the planet. Through the green economy an attempt is being made to technologise, financialise, privatise and commodify all of the earth’s resources and living processes.”

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“We are either going to have a future where women lead the way to make peace with the Earth or we are not going to have a human future at all.”

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“Although two thirds of our planet is water, we face an acute water shortage. The water crisis is the most pervasive , most severe, and most invisible dimension of the ecological devastation of the earth.”

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Book:Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution and Profit

Source: Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution and Profit

“The only way to build hope is throuhgh the Earth.”

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“Earth Democracy connects people in circles of care, cooperation, and compassion instead of dividing them through competition and conflict, fear and hatred.”

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Book:Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability and Peace

Source: Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability and Peace

“The liberation of the earth, the liberation of women, the liberation of all humanity is the next step of freedom we need to work for, and it's the next step of peace that we need to create.”

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Author:Vandana Shiva

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Born: November 5, 1952
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Quotes: 152

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Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability and PeaceRelated source material

Terra Viva : My Life in a Biodiversity of MovementsRelated source material

Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution and ProfitRelated source material

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India Divided: Diversity and Democracy Under AttackRelated source material

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Soil, Not Oil: Climate Change, Peak Oil and Food InsecurityRelated source material

Staying Alive: Women, Ecology, and DevelopmentRelated source material

Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food SupplyRelated source material

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