Vandana Shiva

In 1973, a group of women from Mandal village in the Himalayas in India “hugged” trees to prevent them from being felled. When the loggers came, the women, led by Gaura Devi, surrounded the trees and chanted: “This forest is our mother’s home; we will protect it with all our might”. This was the beginning of what came to be known as the Chipko movement, which put a spotlight on ecofeminism. Consequently, when many people hear the term ecofeminism, it is the image of those women hugging the trees and fighting to save the forest that comes to mind. But what exactly is ecofeminism and how and why is it such a powerful vision that may actually save our planet? Ecofeminism is a cross-cutting, multi-faceted, perspective that encompasses many issues, including food, climate and energy. It offers an alternative to the oppressive patriarchal capitalist system that has had devastating impacts on the planet and on human lives and livelihoods. Ecofeminist analysis explores the connections between women and nature in culture, economy, religion, politics, literature and iconography, and addresses the parallels between the oppression of nature and the oppression of women. It challenges the artificial division between the personal and the political, and the environmental or ecological. It seeks to show that “social justice, interspecies ethics, and environmental concerns” cannot be approached as separate issues. Moreover, a growing number of ecofeminists approach gender as a social construct, challenging the men-women binary and rejecting the idea that women are somehow closer to nature, as this is part of the patriarchal frame that subjects both “women” and “nature” to exploitation. Our guest on today’s podcast is a well-known ecofeminist, who is very well placed to deepen our understanding of ecofeminism, especially as it relates to our food system, and our relation with the land and with the environment. Dr Vandana Shiva is the founder of the research foundation for science, technology and ecology. She is also the founder of Navdanya a grassroots movement which promotes biodiversity conservation, biodiversity, organic farming, the rights of farmers, and the process of seed saving. Amongst the many books she has written, she co-wrote a book called Ecofeminism, written together with Maria Mies. She is here in conversation with Lavinia Steinfort, a political geographer and ecofeminist activist. Lavinia is a researcher at the Transnational Institute (TNI), where she is working on public alternatives such as (re)municipalisation of public services, a just transition towards energy democracy and transforming finance for the 99%. Episode Notes The seeds of Vandana Shiva

Post-Woke #49: Mickey Z. interviews Vandana Shiva Defending our health & food to bring down the digital dictatorship — Thank you for listening, sharing, and supporting. It would be deeply appreciated if you’d sign up to be a paid subscriber for as little as $5 per month (less than 17 cents a day) — it directly enables this project to keep going and growing. — Resources Vandana Shiva has been described as the “Gandhi of Grain” and the most powerful voice for people of the developing world. For over four decades, she has vociferously advocated for diversity, indigenous knowledge, localization, and real democracy. She has been at the forefront of seed saving, food sovereignty, and connecting the dots between the destruction of nature, the polarization of societies, and indiscriminate corporate greed. Vandana received the Right Livelihood Award in 1993 — an honor known as the “alternative Nobel Prize.” To order her latest book, Terra Viva: My Life in a Biodiversity of Movements (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2022), please click here . To support Vandana’s work, visit Navdanya . — To order a Post-Woke t-shirt, click HERE ! Post-Woke on Facebook Post-Woke on Instagram — Please support Helping Homeless Women - NYC (my one-man project of nearly 6 years) — Theme music: “Smoke and Mirrors” by When Humans Had Wings Logo art: Jen Duvak This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mickeyz.substack.com/subscribe

⁣In this interview, Vandana Shiva, Ph.D., discusses the importance and benefits of regenerative agriculture and a future Regeneration International project that we’ll be collaborating on. ⁣• Bill Gates is entering every field that has to do with sustaining life and, for over a decade, has undermined vitality in all its forms, in an effort to seize control over and profit from it • By funding research and financing public institutions, Gates is able to force those institutions down a path where they can only use his patented intellectual property • While pretending to save the world through philanthropy, Gates’ solutions perpetuate and worsen the world’s problems. They may even threaten the future of humanity, as they’re driving us closer to extinction • Through his company, Gates Ag One, Gates is pushing for one type of agriculture for the whole world, organized top, down. This includes digital farming, in which farmers are surveilled and mined for their agricultural data, which is then repackaged and sold back to them • The answer to the environmental problems we face is not more of the very things that created the problems in the first place, which is what Gates proposes. The answer is regenerative agriculture and real food. Read the full article here: https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2021/03/28/vandana-shiva-on-bill-gates-empires.aspx?cid_source=youtube&cid_medium=video&cid=articles_vandana-shiva Learn more here: https://vandanashivamovie.com/ Subscribe for the latest health news: http://bit.ly/2qLgWRW Visit our website: http://bit.ly/2CA9VGn Listen to our podcasts: http://bit.ly/2X87Z18 Subscribe to our Bitchute channel: http://bit.ly/2VoirD2 Visit our shop: https://shop.mercola.com/ Find us on Social Media MeWe: https://mewe.com/p-front/dr.josephmercola Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drmercola Twitter: https://twitter.com/mercola

Vandana Shiva, a world renowned environmental leader, discusses corporatism and Bill Gates' role in creating a global agriculture future dominated by a handful of multinational corporations. In an interview with CHD Chairman RFK, Jr., Vandana Shiva warns listeners that if we don’t fight back against Gates and his empire, “They will own everything. You will own nothing ... no commons, no public good, no shared values.” In an interview with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Vandana Shiva discusses how Bill Gates , along with Big Ag, Big Chemical , Big Food , Big Tech and Big Pharma are destroying Earth’s ecosystem and with it, our health. Shiva, who has a Ph.D. in quantum physics, is founder of Navdanya International , an organization dedicated to protecting seed and food sovereignty, and small farmers around the world. This is an exciting first guest to launch Robert F. Kennedy Jr's new podcast. Produced by David Whiteside, an EMMY award winning producer. Subscribe at www.anchor.fm/RFKjr

Ein Interview mit Vandana Shiva „Wir alle haben es in der Hand, den Lauf der Welt zu ändern.“ So lautet die Aufforderung der weltweit bekannten Umwelt- und Sozialaktivistin Vandana Shiva an die Zivilgesellschaft, um der fortlaufenden Zerstörung unserer natürlichen Lebensgrundlagen Einhalt zu gebieten. Denn sie ist überzeugt: „Eine andere Welt ist möglich!“ Eine Welt, in der es gerecht(er) zugeht und in der unser Leben und Wirtschaften wieder in besserem Einklang mit der Natur steht. In einem Interview erläutert die Trägerin des „Alternativen Nobelpreises“, welche Bedeutung dabei der Erhalt der biologischen Vielfalt nicht nur für die Ernährung der Weltbevölkerung, sondern auch für Demokratie und Frieden hat. Vandana Shiva sieht sich in der Tradition Mahathma Gandhis und ruft zu zivilem Ungehorsam und gewaltfreien Widerstand auf: gegen die fortlaufende Zerstörung der Natur und für den Erhalt einer bäuerlich-ökologischen Agrarkultur. – Das Interview wurde auf Englisch geführt; eine deutsche Übersetzung (PDF) findet sich unter: https://oekom-verein.de/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/oekom-podcast_4-Shiva.pdf Eine PDF mit dem Transskript zu diesem Podcast (inkl. der deutschen Übersetzung von Vandana Shiva) findet sich zum Nachlesen unter folgendem Link: https://oekom-verein.de/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/oekom-podcast_4-Shiva.pdf Die indische Physikerin und Aktivistin Dr. Vandana Shiva gilt als eine der führenden Globalisierungskritikerinnen und ist weltweit bekannt für ihre scharfen Auseinandersetzungen mit der Agrarindustrie. Mit ihren Reden und zahllosen Auftritten in der Öffentlichkeit, ihren Büchern und konkreten Projekten vor Ort inspiriert sie Menschen auf der ganzen Welt. Für ihr Engagement in den Bereichen Natur- und Umweltschutz, biologische Vielfalt, Frauenrechte und nachhaltige Entwicklung wurde sie mehrfach ausgezeichnet. 1993 erhielt sie den Right Livelihood Award („Alternativer Nobelpreis“) verliehen, weil sie – so die damalige Begründung der Jury – die Themen Frauen und Ökologie in den Mittelpunkt des Diskurses um moderne Entwicklungspolitik gestellt hat („for placing women and ecology at the heart of modern development discourse“). Sie ist unter anderem Mitglied des Club of Rome sowie des World Future Council. Das Interview führte die Online-Redakteurin des oekom verlags Sonja Boneß am 21. Januar 2020 im münchner zukunftssalon des oekom vereins anlässlich der Präsentation des neuen Buches von Vandana Shiva. Vandana Shiva im oekom verlag: • Vandana Shiva & Lionel Astruc: Eine andere Welt ist möglich. Aufforderung zum zivilen Ungehorsam. oekom verlag: München 2019 https://www.oekom.de/buch/eine-andere-welt-ist-moeglich-9783962381349