Author Profile: Vandana Shiva
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One Planet, One Health • Vandana Shiva
Issue 321 • July/August 2020 • Recovery Time > Ecologist
Our toxic food system must not survive this crisis
The Body Is Not A Machine • Vandana Shiva
Issue 308 • May/June 2018 • Working Together > Ecologist
A new health bill could threaten the integrity of India's traditional medicine
Article - Big Data Doesn't Add Up - Except to Disaster • Vandana Shiva
Issue 305 • November/December 2017 • Light in Dark Days > Web Exclusives > Article
The world is in an agricultural crisis
Trusting and Cultivating the Wild • Vandana Shiva
Issue 304 • September/October 2017 • Together We Are Stronger > Ecologist
We must reclaim our future
Exterminating the Amaranth • Vandana Shiva
Issue 299 • November/December 2016 • Brave New Worlds > Ecologist
A valuable species of nutrition is at risk from GM technologies
Gandhi's Ghani • Vandana Shiva
Issue 296 • May/June 2016 • Days of Hope > Ecologist
India's farmers face a new threat - to traditional oil-pressing
A New Pact With the Planet • Vandana Shiva
Issue 295 • March/April 2016 • Walking Back to Happiness > Ecologist
A 10-point pledge to the Earth
Dharma of Food • Vandana Shiva
Issue 294 • January/February 2016 • A Food Renaissance > Ecologist
The spiritual ideas behind agriculture
Why Are Indian Farmers Dying? • Vandana Shiva
Issue 292 • September/October 2015 • Lines of Hope > Ecologist
The impact of industrialised agriculture on small farmers
New Paradigms For Farming • Vandana Shiva
Issue 290 • May/June 2015 • Becoming Barbarian > Ecologist
We must abandon misleading concepts based on the idea of agriculture as war against the land
We Are Soil • Vandana Shiva
Issue 288 • January/February 2015 • Power to the People > Ecologist
The need for organic stewardship
Article - Remembering Bhopal • Vandana Shiva
Issue 288 • January/February 2015 • Power to the People > Web Exclusives > Article
Bhopal marks a political, economic and legal watershed for India and the planet.
Nurturing Nature is No Crime • Vandana Shiva
Issue 286 • September/October 2014 • Politics of Peace > Ecologist
Defending the freedom of farmers to save their own seeds
The Green Revolution Myth • Vandana Shiva
Issue 285 • July/August 2014 • Energy of Nations > Ecologist
There is no place for poisons and war chemicals in our food and agriculture
Small is the New Big • Vandana Shiva
Issue 283 • March/April 2014 • Small is the New Big > Ecologist
In the smallest seed lies the potential of the largest tree
GMO Mumbo-Jumbo • Vandana Shiva
Issue 282 • January/February 2014 • Benevolent Universe > Ecologist
Making the link between the use of GMO in cotton and the suicide of farmers in India
Seed Freedom • Vandana Shiva
Issue 278 • May/June 2013 • Natural Wealth > Ecologist
Defending the rights of famers to save their own seeds
Futuronomics of Food • Vandana Shiva
Issue 276 • January/February 2013 • The Tipping Point > Undercurrents
We need a new paradigm for the production of food
The Rio U-turn • Vandana Shiva
Issue 274 • September/October 2012 • A Shared Agenda > Ecologist
Rio+20 will be remembered for what it failed to do
Voice from the South - Choosing Simplicity • Vandana Shiva
Issue 273 • July/August 2012 • Emerging Networks > Undercurrents > Voice from the South
Imposed austerity verses chosen simplicity
Voice From The South - Reclaiming the Seed • Vandana Shiva
Issue 272 • May/June 2012 • Catalysts For Change > Regulars > Voice From The South
Blocking the introduction of India's proposed Seed Law
The 99% • Vandana Shiva
Issue 270 • January/February 2012 • A New Moral Compass > Undercurrents
How the Occupy movement reflects the democratic values of Indigenous peoples
Voice From The South - Beyond Growth • Vandana Shiva
Issue 269 • November/December 2011 • Wellbeing > Regulars > Voice From The South
Nature and people are rendered invisible as 'growth' replaces the wellbeing of the Earth
Voice From The South - The Emperor Has No Clothes • Vandana Shiva
Issue 268 • September/October 2011 • What Comes Next? > Regulars > Voice From The South
Genetic Engineering has not increased the yield of a single crop
Voice From The South - Forests and Freedom • Vandana Shiva
Issue 266 • May/June 2011 • Tagore - The Big Vision > Regulars > Voice From The South
Forests have been central to India's creative expression through centuries
Voice From The South - Who Will Feed the World? • Vandana Shiva
Issue 264 • January/February 2011 • Leadership > Regulars > Voice From The South
Women are the biodiversity experts of the world
Voice From The South - Earth Rights • Vandana Shiva
Issue 263 • November/December 2010 • Apostles of Beauty > Regulars > Voice From The South
Our first and highest duty is to take care of Mother Earth
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
Review of 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
Review of 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.