We are Earth, we are nature. Patenting biodiversity means stealing the nature of life
The patenting and piracy of biodiversity and nature is a violation of spiritual, ecological, biodiversity and human rights laws.
Vandana Shiva
Navdanya
Dr. Vandana Shiva, scientist, ecologist, activist, and author, is one of the world’s most dynamic and provocative thinkers on agricultural systems and the environment, women’s issues, and global systems. She is founder and director of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and Natural Resource Policy in India, Navdanya and more recently of Europe-based Navdanya International Association in Italy. Winner of the Right Livelihood Award in 1993 (the alternative Nobel Peace Prize), Time Magazine identified her as an “environmental hero” and in 2001 Asia Week named her one of the five most important persons of Asia.
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Growing gardens of diversity, weaving garlands of love. What India can teach us about the value of otherness
Diversity is freedom, peace and sustainability. Through Indian history and society, Vandana Shiva tells us why the richer we all are in diversity, the more we’re evolved as ecosystems and cultures.
How fake food accelerates the collapse of the Planet and our health
The mad rush to fake food, like fake meat made with genetically-modified soy, ignores the importance of the diversity of our foods and culinary cultures. It’s a recipe to accelerate the destruction of the Planet and our health.
Seed freedom is our right. Monsanto doesn’t and can’t patent seeds in India
Monsanto has falsely claimed it has been granted a patent on genetically-modified cotton seeds in India. But the Supreme Court ruling has upheld India’s law, which doesn’t allow patents on seeds. The op-ed by Vandana Shiva.
From Bt cotton to GM mustard, two decades of corporate corruption and scientific fraud
The fraud and corruption witnessed in the illegal introduction of Bt cotton in India are now being repeated with GM mustard. Farmers and our biodiversity were sacrificed for Monsanto’s profits.