Vandana Shiva

Indian philosopher, activist and environmentalist · India · Academics · Born 1952 · age 73

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Vandana Shiva is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, ecofeminist and anti-globalization author. Based in Delhi, Shiva has written more than 20 books. She is often referred to as "Gandhi of grain" for her activism associated with the anti-GMO movement.

A life in dates

2024Honorary Doctorate of Pompeu Fabra UniversityAward2021“Bill Gates has hijacked the WHO and transformed it into an instrument of personal power that he wields for the cynical purpose of increasing pharmaceutical profits.”In their wordsRobert F. Kennedy : The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health (2021)Read the whole statement

2020“The future will not be like the past. There is, of course, the ecological issue of slowing down to lighten our footprint. But there are other futures unfolding.”In their words22 May 2020"Suzuki and Shiva on Waking Up to a New World", by Dorothy Woodend, The Tyee (22 May 2020)Read the whole statement

“In the last 50 years agrotoxins have spread and are pushing bees to extinction.”In their words20 May 2020"Poisons Mean Extinction: For Bees and Humanity" article for Common Dreams (20 May 2020)Read the whole statement

“Being a planetary citizen does not need space travel. It means being conscious that we are part of the universe and of the earth.”In their wordsOneness vs. the 1%: Shattering Illusions, Seeding Freedom (2020)Read the whole statement

2019BBC 100 WomenAward2016MIDORI Prize for BiodiversityAward2012“Nuclear power started in weaponry. It was designed for war. And any instrument that has its origins in war always has the potential for war.”In their words29 May 2012DiaNuke, 29 May 2012Read the whole statement

Fukuoka Asian Culture PrizeAwardThe Glass of ReasonAward2011Thomas Merton AwardAward2010Honorary Doctorate of Paris Nanterre UniversityAwardSydney Peace PrizeAward2008“Those least responsible for climate change are worst affected by it.”In their wordsSoil Not Oil: Environmental Justice in an Age of Climate Crisis (2008)Read the whole statement

LennonOno Grant for PeaceAward2007Blue Planet AwardAward1993Right Livelihood AwardAward1952Born5 November 1952

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Vandana Shiva in Cologne, Germany, in 2007

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Vandana Shiva

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Bill Gates has hijacked the WHO and transformed it into an instrument of personal power that he wields for the cynical purpose of increasing pharmaceutical profits.
2021, Robert F. Kennedy : The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health (2021), Own words
The future will not be like the past. There is, of course, the ecological issue of slowing down to lighten our footprint. But there are other futures unfolding.
May 22, 2020, "Suzuki and Shiva on Waking Up to a New World", by Dorothy Woodend, The Tyee (22 May 2020), Own words
In the last 50 years agrotoxins have spread and are pushing bees to extinction.
May 20, 2020, "Poisons Mean Extinction: For Bees and Humanity" article for Common Dreams (20 May 2020), Own words

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Awards

Honorary Doctorate of Pompeu Fabra University2024

BBC 100 Women2019

MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity2016

Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize2012

The Glass of Reason2012

Thomas Merton Award2011

Sydney Peace Prize2010

Honorary Doctorate of Paris Nanterre University2010

LennonOno Grant for Peace2008

Blue Planet Award2007

Right Livelihood Award1993

Honorary doctorate from University of Toronto

Honorary doctorate from university of Florence

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In common with Vandana

Noam ChomskyAlso in This Is What Democracy Looks Like (2000)

Jane GoodallAlso in H.O.P.E.: What You Eat Matters (2016)

Richard StallmanAlso in Hacking for the Commons (2019)

Wangari MaathaiAlso in From the Interior, Colonized (1992)

Peter SingerAlso in A Cow at My Table (1998)

Krishna DasAlso in Muco: Contradição na Tradição (2022)

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