Author Profile
Vandana Shiva
Vandana Shiva is a physicist and philosopher and is Director of Bija Vidyapeeth, the International College for Sustainable Living, in Dehra Dun, India. Her books include Water Wars, Monoculture of the Mind, Staying Alive, Protect or Plunder?, Globalisation and Terrorism, and she is co-author of An Ecological History of Food and Farming in India..
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Voice From The South - Blindspots and Biases • Vandana Shiva
Issue 261 • July/August 2010 • Sustaining Life > Regulars > Voice From The South
India's proposed Food Security Act is deeply flawed.
Voice From The South - Water Wisdom • Vandana Shiva
Issue 259 • March/April 2010 • Seeds of Change: The Future of Food > Regulars > Voice From The South
India has over-exploited her groundwater, creating water famine.
Voice From The South - Swaraj: A Deeper Freedom • Vandana Shiva
Issue 258 • January/February 2010 • Liberty > Regulars > Voice From The South
Mahatma Gandhi's vision of right livelihood is as relevant now as it was then.
Climate Justice • Vandana Shiva
Issue 257 • November/December 2009 • Resilience & Climate Change > Biocultural Diversity
The polluters continue to pollute with impunity, whilst people thousands of miles away bear the brunt of their actions.
Review - Soil Not Oil • Vandana Shiva
Issue 255 • July/August 2009 • Sacred Planet > Web Exclusives > Review
Soil Not Oil: Climate Change, Peak Oil and Food Insecurity.
Reap What You Sow • Vandana Shiva
Issue 254 • May/June 2009 • Elegant Simplicity > Biocultural Diversity
Why does the Indian government continue to turn a blind eye towards farmers' suicides?
Voice From The South - Wealth of Nature • Vandana Shiva
Issue 253 • March/April 2009 • Economics of Place > Regulars > Voice From The South
Agriculture based on ecological laws is the solution to the food crisis.
Article - Food is Everything • Vandana Shiva
Issue 251 • November/December 2008 • Feasting & Fasting: Connecting the Plate and the Planet > Web Exclusives > Article
Hunger created by human greed is an expression of a violent and unjust world.
Voice From The South - Double Standards • Vandana Shiva
Issue 249 • July/August 2008 • Music for Transformation > Regulars > Voice From The South
Corporate responsibility for pollution.
The Other Carbon Economy • Vandana Shiva
Issue 248 • May/June 2008 • The Money Delusion: In Search of True Wealth > Keynotes
There is an alternative to be found in biodiversity.
Feeding People or Cars? • Robin Maynard & Vandana Shiva
Issue 247 • March/April 2008 • Long Live Biodiversity! > Climate, Biodiversity & Livelihoods
Rebuilding agricultural resilience.
Transition Strategies • Richard Heinberg, Wolfgang Sachs & Vandana Shiva
Issue 246 • January/February 2008 • Gandhi's Gift: The Power Of Nonviolence > Keynotes
Three prominent Resurgence writers explore some options relating to globalisation, peak oil and the industrialisation of agriculture.
Voice From The South - Village Victory • Vandana Shiva
Issue 244 • September/October 2007 • The Green Imperative > Regulars > Voice From The South
The emergence of Earth Democracy in the village of Nandigram, Bengal.
Voice From The South - DEMOCRATIC & DIVERSE • Vandana Shiva
Issue 243 • July/August 2007 • The Point of Return > Regulars > Voice From The South
Manifesto on the Future of Food: good food is a citizens' right.
FOOD FREEDOM • Vandana Shiva
Issue 242 • May/June 2007 • Do we need God? / Food Futures > Food Futures
Terra Madre conference speech: terminator technology is the ultimate instrument of food fascism.
HOW WEALTH CREATES POVERTY • Vandana Shiva
Issue 240 • January/February 2007 • There is no wealth but life > Keynotes
Despite 8% economic growth India has a third of the world's malnourished children.
FROM QUANTA TO THE SEED • Vandana Shiva
Issue 238 • September/October 2006 • Celebrating 40 Years of Resurgence > Gaian Science
The seed is my greatest teacher. From the seed I learn how to integrate with the web of life.
UNWANTED ADVICE • Vandana Shiva
Issue 237 • July/August 2006 • Reflecting on India > India
The US-India Knowledge Initiative is promoting ignorance in the name of knowledge. The techniques of traditional Indian agriculture cannot be 'improved'.
Voice From The South - IN THE NAME OF DEVELOPMENT • Vandana Shiva
Issue 236 • May/June 2006 • Animate Earth > Regulars > Voice From The South
Development' has become a camouflage for capitalist growth.
Voice From The South - WATER FUTURES • Vandana Shiva
Issue 235 • March/April 2006 • From Ownership to Relationship > Regulars > Voice From The South
The World Bank policies of water privatisation in India will cause a hydro-apartheid.
Voice From The South - CO-OPTED • Vandana Shiva
Issue 233 • November/December 2005 • The Answer is still Peace > Regulars > Voice From The South
FLAT VISION • Vandana Shiva
Issue 232 • September/October 2005 • Nature Knows us - do we know nature? > Reviews
The World is Flat
Voice From The South • Vandana Shiva
Issue 231 • July/August 2005 • The Four Pillars of Sustainability > Regulars > Voice From The South
Voice From The South - TSUNAMI LESSONS • Vandana Shiva
Issue 230 • May/June 2005 • Inspired Designs > Regulars > Voice From The South
Voice From The South - CELEBRATING FOOD ECONOMIES • Vandana Shiva
Issue 229 • March/April 2005 • The Spiritual Imperative > Regulars > Voice From The South
Voice From The South - GIFT OF FOOD • Vandana Shiva
Issue 228 • January/February 2005 • Gaia and Global Change > Regulars > Voice From The South
Voice From The South • Vandana Shiva
Issue 222 • January/February 2004 • Natural Governance > Regulars > Voice From The South
Voice From The South • Vandana Shiva
Issue 220 • September/October 2003 • Science and Spirituality > Regulars > Voice From The South
Voice From The South • Vandana Shiva
Issue 219 • July/August 2003 • A time to heal > Regulars > Voice From The South
Voice From The South • Vandana Shiva
Issue 218 • May/June 2003 • Futility of War > Regulars > Voice From The South
Voice From The South • Vandana Shiva
Issue 217 • March/April 2003 • Myth of Prosperity > Regulars > Voice From The South
THE GREAT BETRAYAL • Vandana Shiva
Issue 216 • January/February 2003 • Patterns of Wholeness > Feature Articles
Why civil society withdrew from the W$$D.
PARADIGM SHIFT • Vandana Shiva
Issue 214 • September/October 2002 • Challenge at Johannesburg > Feature Articles
Rebuilding true security in an age of insecurity.
Voice From The South • Vandana Shiva
Issue 213 • July/August 2002 • Reverential Ecology > Regulars > Voice From The South
Voice From The South • Vandana Shiva
Issue 212 • May/June 2002 • Kamasutra: The Art of Love > Regulars > Voice From The South
Voice From The South • Vandana Shiva
Issue 211 • March/April 2002 • A sense of belonging > Regulars > Voice From The South
Voice From The South • Vandana Shiva
Issue 210 • January/February 2002 • In Adoration of Nature > Regulars > Voice From The South
Voice From The South • Vandana Shiva
Issue 209 • November/December 2001 • Crafts for Christmas > Regulars > Voice From The South
Voice From The South • Vandana Shiva
Issue 208 • September/October 2001 • Technology: dream or nightmare? > Regulars > Voice From The South
Voice From The South • Vandana Shiva
Issue 207 • July/August 2001 • Art Makes Life > Regulars > Voice From The South
STOLEN HARVEST • Vandana Shiva
Issue 205 • March/April 2001 • Good food and better farming > Food
In Indian culture seeds are sacred. Multinational corporations are stealing seeds from the poor.
GLOBALIZATION AND POVERTY • Vandana Shiva
Issue 202 • September/October 2000 • Homage to Gaia > Feature Articles
Economic globalization has become a war against nature and the poor.
EARTH FAMILY • Vandana Shiva
Issue 199 • March/April 2000 • You are, therefore I am > Feature Articles
All and everything exist in an eternal relationship between species.