Vandana Shiva is a world-renowned environmental thinker and
activist, a leader in the International Forum on Globalisation, and
of the Slow Food Movement. Director of Navdanya and of the Research
Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, and a tireless
crusader for farmers’, peasants’, and women’s rights, she is the
author and editor of a score of influential books, among them
Making Peace with the Earth; Soil Not Oil; Globalization’s New
Wars; Seed Sovereignty, Food Security: Women in the Vanguard; and
Who Really Feeds the World?
Shiva is the recipient of over twenty international awards,
including the Right Livelihood Award (1993); the Medal of the
Presidency of the Italian Republic (1998); the Horizon 3000 Award
(Austria, 2001); the John Lennon-Yoko Ono Grant for Peace (2008);
the Save the World Award (2009); the Sydney Peace Prize (2010); the
Calgary Peace Prize (2011); and the Thomas Merton Award (2011). She
was the Fukuoka Grand Prize Laureate in 2012.
Kartikey Shiva is a shatterer of illusions, grower of freedom, and
agent of light.
“All of us who care about the future of Planet Earth must be
grateful to Vandana Shiva. Her voice is powerful, and she is not
afraid to tackle those corporate giants that are polluting,
degrading and ultimately destroying the natural world.”—Jane
Goodall, UN Messenger of Peace
“Her fierce intellect and her disarmingly friendly, accessible
manner have made her a valuable advocate for people all over the
developing world.”—Ms. magazine
“A rock star in the worldwide battle against genetically modified
seeds.”—Bill Moyers
“Shiva is a burst of creative energy, an intellectual power.”—The
Progressive
“One of the world’s most prominent radical scientists.”—The
Guardian
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