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Vandana Shiva (born 5 November 1952) is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, ecofeminist and anti-globalization author. [2] Based in Delhi , Shiva has written more than 20 books. [ 3 ]
Navdanya began in 1984 as a program of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology (RFSTE), a participatory research initiative founded by the environmentalist Vandana Shiva, to provide direction and support to environmental activism. [1] "Navdanya" means "nine crops" that represent India's collective source of food security. [1]
Vandana Shiva is an environmental scholar and activist who campaigns for women in India as well as around the world. [87] As a physicist-environmentalist adhering to ecofeminism , Vandana Shiva has published numerous papers on the unequal burden placed on women by environmental degradation, stating that women and children "bore the costs but ...
Vandana Shiva – Shiva is a scientist by training, prolific author and Indian ecofeminist activist. [58] She was a participant in the Chipko movement of the 1970s, which used non-violent activism to protest and prevent deforestation in the Garhwal Himalayas of Uttarakhand, India, then in Uttar Pradesh.
Shiva, Vandana. Chapter 4 – "The Chipko movement" Archived 23 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine Ecology and the Politics of Survival: Conflicts Over Natural Resources in India. United Nations University Press. Sage Publications. 1991. ISBN 0-8039-9672-1. Thomas Weber, Hugging the trees: the story of the Chipko movement, Viking, 1988.
Several pioneers have also contributed to the development of this organization such as Thais Corral Archived 2021-04-15 at the Wayback Machine, Jocelyn Dow, Wangari Maathai Archived 2021-04-15 at the Wayback Machine, Brownie Ledbetter, Chief Bisi Ogunleye Archived 2021-04-15 at the Wayback Machine, and Vandana Shiva. The organization fights for ...
Vandana may refer to: Vandana Gupte, Indian actress of Marathi cinema; Vandana Jain, Indian ophthalmologist; Vandana Mohit (born 1991), Trinidad and Tobago politician; Vandana Shanbagh (born 1963), Indian athlete; Vandana Shiva (born 1952), Indian environmental activist; Vandana Singh, Indian science fiction writer
The documentary starred environmentalists like Wangari Maathai, Vandana Shiva, Gary Vaynerchuk, Paul Stamets, and Bill Logan. The film explores the relationship between humans and soil, including its necessity for human life and impacts by society. Dirt!