NEWS FROM VANDANA SHIVA
What is Missing from the Climate Debate.
JULY 7, 2022: The destabilization of the Earth’s climate systems is the consequence of violating the ecological processes and cycles of the earth, violating the Rights of the Earth, the Rights of Indigenous People, and the Rights of Future Generations. Fossil fuels have driven how we grow our food and produce our clothing over the past century. Modern energy automation has been used to displace the creative work of farmers who care for the land and craftspeople in creating beauty and culture. A fossil-fuel-free food system is a health imperative for the planet and the human community. READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE
Sri Lanka, Food Sovereignty & Climate Change.
APRIL 6, 2021: Sri Lanka makes visible the high costs of Climate Injustice. The protests we are witnessing now are triggered by an economy of greed, creation of a debt trap and rent collection, rising costs of living, and ordinary citizens facing an economic crisis of survival. Such protests were common sights across the world in 2019 before Covid and the lockdown. Recall Beirut and Chile. When the cost of living becomes unbearable, people rise. And across the world countries are being trapped in debt to generate billions for the billionaires and banks. Sri Lanka is facing a serious debt and foreign exchange crisis.
This is a direct result of the neo-liberal policies of corporate globalization that make countries borrow more and more for the Infrastructure of Profits -ports, power plants, highways, and resorts. Countries end up in a debt trap and are forced to pay more for essentials. READ FULL ARTICLE
REWILDING
OCTOBER 20, 2021: REWILDING FOOD, REWILDING OUR MIND & REWILDING THE EARTH. Regenerating Biodiversity in our Farms, Forests, and our Gut Microbiome for Zero Hunger and Good Health for All READ MORE
RECLAIM THE SEED
APRIL 10, 2021 : Three decades of Seed Satyagraha & Defense of Seed Freedom. Seed is the Source of Life. Seed creates, recreates regenerates, multiplies itself, begins. Again. READ MORE
ECOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS ON THE CORONA VIRUS
MARCH 18, 2020. One Planet, One Health-Connected Through Biodiversity. By Dr Vandana Shiva. From the forests, to our farms, to our gut microbiome. We are one Earth Family on one planet , healthy in our diversity and interconnectedness . The planet’s health and our health is non separable. As Dr. King reminded…READ MORE
GROWING GARDENS OF DIVERSITY WEAVING GARDENS OF LOVE
JANUARY 15, 2020. Diversity is the Hindustan Way. By Dr Vandana Shiva. India’s civilization is based on diversity and interconnectedness in nature and culture. We grow gardens of diversity. We weave garlands of love. Our National Anthem is an ode to the diversity of the land from the mountains of the Himalaya to the Vindhayachal range, from the mighty Yamuna and Ganga to… READ MORE