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- Monday, Sep 14, 2009
Commentary In times when food is genetically manipulated and chemically contaminated, the metaphor "food for thought" can also stand for manipulated information and be toxic food for thought. Unfortunately, Dr M.S. Swaminathan’s GM: Food for Thought (August 26), is as manipulated as the genetically-modified (GM) foods which were the subject of his article. -
- Saturday, Aug 15, 2009
Commentary Intensification of drought, floods and cyclones is one of the predictable impacts of climate change and climate instability. The failure of monsoon in India and the consequent drought, has impacted two thirds of India, especially the bread basket of India's fertile gangetic plains. Bihar has had a 43% rainfall deficit, Jharkhand - 47%, Uttar Pradesh - 64%, Haryana - 61%, Punjab - 26%, Himachal Pradesh - 63%, Uttarakhand - 42%. -
- Thursday, Jul 09, 2009
Commentary The proposed introduction of a Food Security Act by the UPA Government is a welcome step. The Right to Food is the basis of the Right to life, and Art.21 of the Constitution guarantees the right to life of all Indian citizens. -
- Sunday, May 17, 2009
Commentary I write from Ladakh, where we are studying the impact of climate change and evolving participatory adaptation and disaster preparedness strategies with local communities. -
- Monday, Mar 16, 2009
Commentary Globalization was imposed on the world with a promise of peace and prosperity. Instead we are faced with war and economic crisis. Not only has prosperity proved elusive, the minimal economic securities of people and countries are fast disappearing. -
- Tuesday, Jan 20, 2009
Commentary The financial meltdown that started in September 2008 was a result of the investments based on "toxic" paper - worthless financial instruments traded for super profits, even while they failed to reflect any value in the real economy. "Toxic Assets" and "Toxic Paper" do not refer to the business of companies of trade in deadly toxics. It still means deadly, but deadly to financial institutions and banks because of these inherent risks. -
- Saturday, Nov 22, 2008
Commentary At the end of 2007, Al Gore and IPCC were honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize for waking up the world to the climate catastrophe we face as a consequence of fossil fuel based industrial production and consumerism. -
- Saturday, Aug 09, 2008
Commentary The spirit of Seattle and Cancun is alive. Once more the WTO negotiations were stalled/ With a combination of Southern country unity, the strength of people's movements, and let us not ignore the pressure put on negotiators by the spectare of upcoming elections in India and the U.S. Democracy trumped Doha in Geneva
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- Monday, Jul 14, 2008
Commentary Genetically Engineered Organisms (GMOs) are transgenic organisms made by introducing genes across species boundaries. Thus Bt. Cotton, or Bt. Rice or Bt. Brinjal has genes for a toxin taken from a soil bacteria and put into the food crop. In addition, GMO's use anti-biotic resistance markets, viral promoters and cancer genes as vectors. These new genes can have risks for public health and the environment. Ensuring safety in the context of genetically engineered organisms is referred to as Biosafety. -
- Thursday, Apr 10, 2008
Commentary Over the last 15 years, India's food and agriculture systems have been severely destabilized as a result of policies of economic globalisation and trade liberalization. Two aspects of this destabilization are the agrarian crisis and the rise in food prices. Both have their roots in the same processes of globalisation. However, the government treats each separately and independently, and every false solution makes the crisis deeper. -
- Saturday, Apr 05, 2008
Commentary Champaran, a little village near the Nepal Border in the State of Bihar became the site of Gandhi’s historic Champaran Satyagraha during India’s freedom struggle. During British rule farmers of Bihar and Bengal were forced to grow indigo, the source of blue dye, for the textile industry in England. They were prevented from growing food for themselves. Poverty and hunger increased in the areas of the indigo plantations. -
- Thursday, Jan 17, 2008
Video Scientist, activist, author Vandana Shiva talks about the importance of saving non-GMO seeds and her concept of 'Earth Democracy.' -
- Thursday, Dec 13, 2007
Commentary Food, Forests and Fuel : From False to Real Solutions for the Climate Change -
- Friday, Nov 16, 2007
Commentary The epidemic of biopiracy is an assault on our living heritage of biodiversity and cumulative innovation embodied in the traditional knowledge of agriculture and medicine. -
- Tuesday, Oct 23, 2007
Video Vandana Shiva at ISECS "Beyond Monoculture" Conference, talking about "Corporate Rule" Ladakh, India, 2006. Video Vandana Shiva talks about the patent of seeds by Monsanto. Video Vandana Shiva at ISECS "Beyond Monoculture" Conference, talking about food laws Ladakh, India, 2006. Video From Monocultures to Diversity, From Food Monopolies to Food Democracy 2/2. -
- Tuesday, May 08, 2007
Commentary Nandigram a little known corner of Bengal, near the mouth of the Ganges river suddenly entered the nations consciousness in early 2007. -
- Friday, Apr 06, 2007
Commentary India is a land of small farmers, with 650 million of her 1 billion people living on the land and 80 per cent farmers owning less than 2 ha of land. In other words, the land provides livelihood security for 65 per cent of the people, and the small farmer -
- Friday, Feb 02, 2007
Commentary "There is a sacred tie between the tiller and the land. Any attempt to snap the relationship is bound to face opposition". -
- Wednesday, Sep 06, 2006
Commentary In a democracy, a ban on harmful products and activities is an expression of citizens' freedoms and rights. Bans protect citizens from hazards to health and the environment. That is why smoking has been banned in public places. That is why ozone-depleting -
- Sunday, Aug 13, 2006
ZNet Article The issue of toxics and poisons in our food system has once again moved to the contre of national concern. CSE's study on pesticides in Coke and Pepsi shows that three years after the Joint Parliamentary Committee, no action has been taken by the cola giants. Pesticide content continues to be 25 times higher than norms in Pepsi brands and 22 times higher than norms in Coke brands. And the toxic... -
- Thursday, Aug 10, 2006
Commentary Terror in Dadri - "Urja" Nagar (Power City) become "Ujar Nagar" (City of Devastation) -
- Sunday, Jul 30, 2006
ZNet Article The Doha round negotiations collapsed once again at the Mini Ministerial in Geneva on 23rd July 2006. Martin Khor of Third World Network reports from Geneva that when asked of the Doha Round is dead or in intensive care, Mr. Kamal Nath, India's Commerce Minister, said it is somewhere between intensive care in hospital and the crematorium. Peter Mandelson, the EU Trade Commissioner told the pr... -
- Monday, Jun 26, 2006
Commentary The increase in oil prices has led to protests, which have moved to the center stage of Indian politics, displacing the protests against reservations in medical and engineering colleges. -
- Wednesday, Jun 21, 2006
ZNet Article Wheat is called "Kanak" or gold in India, both because fields of wheat look like fields of gold as the "Rabi" (Winter) crop ripens in North Indian farms, and also because wheat is the farmers gold in the land of the 'roti' and 'chapatti'.
As the wheat ripened in 2006, India's harvest of wheat was hijacked by global corporation with help from the Government. The hijack occurred through a... -
- Friday, Apr 21, 2006
Commentary India, a civilisation built on renewable energy and biodiversity economies is currently at a cross roads - will she continue on its renewable energy path based on biodiversity, and energy equity, or will she follow the non-sustainable energy path of the west, based on fossil fuels, nuclear power and energy slaves?
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- Thursday, Jan 17, 2008
Video Scientist, activist, author Vandana Shiva talks about the importance of saving non-GMO seeds and her concept of 'Earth Democracy.' -
- Tuesday, Oct 23, 2007
Video Vandana Shiva at ISECS "Beyond Monoculture" Conference, talking about "Corporate Rule" Ladakh, India, 2006. Video Vandana Shiva talks about the patent of seeds by Monsanto. Video Vandana Shiva at ISECS "Beyond Monoculture" Conference, talking about food laws Ladakh, India, 2006. Video From Monocultures to Diversity, From Food Monopolies to Food Democracy 2/2. - All Recent Video
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Vandana Shiva's Bio Info: Born in India in 1952, Vandana Shiva is a world... moreBorn in India in 1952, Vandana Shiva is a world-renowned environmental leader and thinker. Director of the Research Foundation on Science, Technology, and Ecology, she is the author of many books, including Water Wars: Pollution, Profits, and Privatization (South End Press, 2001), Biopiracy: The Plunder of Nature and Knowledge (South End Press, 1997), Monocultures of the Mind (Zed, 1993), The Violence of the Green Revolution (Zed, 1992), and Staying Alive (St. Martin's Press, 1989).
Shiva is a leader in the International Forum on Globalization, along with Ralph Nader and Jeremy Rifkin. She addressed the World Trade Organization summit in Seattle, 1999, as well as the recent World Economic Forum in Melbourne , 2000. In 1993, Shiva won the Alternative Nobel Peace Prize (the Right Livelihood Award). The founder of Navdanya (“nine seeds”), a movement promoting diversity and use of native seeds, she also set up the Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and Ecology in her mother’s cowshed in 1997. Its studies have validated the ecological value of traditional farming and been instrumental in fighting destructive development projects in India .
Before becoming an activist, Shiva was one of India ’s leading physicists. She holds a master’s degree in the philosophy of science and a Ph.D. in particle physics. less: India Awaiting authorizationMy ZSpace FriendsRecent Friends Messages
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