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The Vandana Shiva reader

"Her great virtue as an advocate is that she is not a reductionist. Her awareness of the complex connections among economy and nature and culture preserves her from oversimplification. So does her understanding of the importance of diversity." - Wendell Berry, from the foreword Motivated by agricultural devastation in her home country of India, Vandana Shiva became one of the world's most influential and highly acclaimed environmental and antiglobalization activists. Her groundbreaking research has exposed the destructive effects of monocultures and commercial agriculture and revealed the links between ecology, gender, and poverty. In The Vandana Shiva Reader, Shiva assembles her most influential writings, combining trenchant critiques of the corporate monopolization of agriculture with a powerful defense of biodiversity and food democracy. Containing up-to-date data and a foreword by Wendell Berry, this essential collection demonstrates the full range of Shiva's research and activism, from her condemnation of commercial seed technology, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and the international agriculture industry's dependence on fossil fuels, to her tireless documentation of the extensive human costs of ecological deterioration. This important volume illuminates Shiva's profound understanding of both the perils and potential of our interconnected world and calls on citizens of all nations to renew their commitment to love and care for soil, seeds, and people.

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Vandana Shiva : pour une désobéissance créatrice : entretiens

"Emblème mondial de la révolution écologique et chef de file du mouvement altermondialiste, Vandana Shiva a basé son travail sur la pédagogie par l'exemple. Partie seule à pied sur les chemins de l'Inde à la fin des années 1980, en quête de semences menacées par l'industrie, elle en est revenue à la tête d'un cortège de 500 000 manifestants, paysans et activistes, et d'un réseau de 120 banques de graines. Ses initiatives ont pollinisé les cinq continents et ses procès contre les multinationales lui ont valu de nombreuses récompenses, dont le prix Nobel alternatif. Drapée de son éternel sari de coton artisanal, elle exhorte chacun de nous à devenir ce "petit rien" qui inversera la tendance. Docteur en physique quantique et en philosophie, elle porte bien le nom du dieu Shiva, aussi connu pour son caractère combatif que pour sa capacité à protéger la vie. Son histoire est marquée par un engagement corps et âme, dans un pays où sévit une intense guerre des matières premières. Pourquoi un grand changement de paradigme interviendra-t-il dès les prochaines années ? Quel rôle devons-nous jouer ? En quoi l'abondance pour les uns et la pénurie pour les autres procèdent-elles d'une même perte de souveraineté alimentaire pour tous ? Qu'est-ce que l'écoféminisme et en quoi représente-t-il une opportunité majeure, tout autant pour les femmes que pour les hommes et la planète ? Cette série d'entretiens aborde alternativement les grands enjeux actuels et le parcours épique de cette héritière de Gandhi."--P. [4] of cover.

The Vandana Shiva Reader

""Her great virtue as an advocate is that she is not a reductionist. Her awareness of the complex connections among economy and nature and culture preserves her from oversimplification. So does her understanding of the importance of diversity.""--Wendell Berry, from the forewordMotivated by agricultural devastation in her home country of India, Vandana Shiva became one of the world's most influential and highly acclaimed environmental and antiglobalization activists. Her groundbreaking research has exposed the destructive effects of monocultures and commercial agriculture and revealed the liHer great virtue as an advocate is that she is not a reductionist. Her awareness of the complex connections among economy and nature and culture preserves her from oversimplification. So does her understanding of the importance of diversity."" -- Wendell Berry, from the foreword Motivated by agricultural devastation in her home country of India, Vandana Shiva became one of the world's most influential and highly acclaimed environmental and antiglobalization activists. Her groundbreaking research has exposed the destructive effects of monocultures and commercial agriculture and revealed the links between ecology, gender, and poverty. In The Vandana Shiva Reader, Shiva assembles her most influential writings, combining trenchant critiques of the corporate monopolization of agriculture with a powerful defense of biodiversity and food democracy. Containing up-to-date data and a foreword by Wendell Berry, this essential collection demonstrates the full range of Shiva's research and activism, from her condemnation of commercial seed technology, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and the international agriculture industry's dependence on fossil fuels, to her tireless documentation of the extensive human costs of ecological deterioration. This important volume illuminates Shiva's profound understanding of both the perils and potential of our interconnected world and calls on citizens of all nations to renew their commitment to love and care for soil, seeds, and people.

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