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	Vandana Shiva - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vandana Shiva (born November 5, 1952) is a physicist, philosopher, ecofeminist, environmental activist and writer.
		Vandana was born in Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal State (formerly Uttar Pradesh), India.
		Vandana Shiva is one of the leaders of the International Forum on Globalization, (along with Jerry Mander, Edward Goldsmith, Ralph Nader, Jeremy Rifkin, etc.), and a figure of the global solidarity movement known as anti-globalization movement.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vandana_Shiva (224 words)

	Think Globally, Act Globally, Says Vandana Shiva (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Shiva is spreading the word about international agreements allowing organizations to patent (and have exclusive access to) plants, seeds, and other natural resources not previously considered property.
		Shiva holds a master's degree in particle physics and a Ph.D. in the philosophy of science, and is the author of eleven books.
		Shiva works with communities to stop threats to forests and agricultural land, and is involved with large-scale issues, such as the international Convention on Biological Diversity.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /offices/comm/csj/961101/shiva.html (377 words)

	The Mac Weekly:Vandana Shiva speaks on Earth democracy
		Shiva, a native of India, is an internationally-known activist on the issues of global justice and sustainability.
		Shiva then discussed the concept of what she called “Earth democracy,” which she said is a widening and deepening of the democracy that exists now.
		Shiva ended her speech by saying that she does believe real change is possible in the world and that it actually is occurring.
	www.macalester.edu /weekly/040204/news08.html (790 words)

	Reith 2000
		Vandana Shiva: We are in fact involved for the last few years - generating the kind of criteria through participatory democracy building - through ensuring that people at every level have the information, through ensuring that communities are organised, to manage collectively the resources that can only be sustained collectively.
		Vandana Shiva: I actually referred in the response to the person who used to work in Monsanto - that part of democracy is to have public education, and full public awareness.
		Vandana Shiva: We have been a civilisation that lived on the basis of recycling and that's why when we today are burdened with plastic and plastic packaging now compulsory, now required by law, people still treat that plastic bag as if is a little banana leaf that will disappear.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/static/events/reith_2000/lecture5.stm (5843 words)

	Reason magazine -- January 2001, Dr. Strangelunch by Ronald Bailey
		Shiva not only opposes the food aid but is also against "golden rice," a crop that could prevent blindness in half a million to 3 million poor children a year and alleviate vitamin A deficiency in some 250 million people in the developing world.
		Vandana Shiva is not alone in her disdain for biotechnology's potential to help the poor.
		Shiva is obviously unaware that farmers in India are themselves "biopirates." Kidney beans were domesticated by the Aztecs and Incas in the Americas and brought to the Old World via the Spanish explorers.
	reason.com /0101/fe.rb.dr.shtml (5101 words)

	Earth Democracy - an interview with Vandana Shiva
		Vandana Shiva is a physicist and an organic farmer, an instigator of India’s historic “tree-huggers” movement, and a renowned author.
		Vandana: There is, I think, a spontaneous resurgence of thinking that centers on protection of life, celebrating life, enjoying life as both our highest duty and our most powerful form of resistance against a violent and brutal system that globalizes not just trade, but fascism, and denies civil liberties and freedoms.
		Vandana: The ecological crisis is a severe form of insecurity, especially in conditions of poverty when rivers are polluted and you have no clean drinking water, when groundwater is exhausted and you’re forced to migrate.
	www.futurenet.org /24democracy/shiva.htm (2765 words)

	Sappho's Breathing: Vandana Shiva, part 1
		Shiva notes how, according to the U.S. media, abortion and gay marriage are more important than the war and the economy.
		Shiva thinks that the primary reason for the nomination of right-wing judges in the U.S. is to push privatization of resources through the dismantling of laws designed to protect the environment.
		But I took Shiva to mean something different (this isn't obvious from my notes, and it may not be obvious in what she said, either - it was a remark made in passing).
	www.sapphosbreathing.com /archives/000586.html (862 words)

	The My Hero Project - Dr. Vandana Shiva
		Nuclear physics was Dr. Shiva’s chosen specialty until she realized that the science had “a dark side to it.” She changed course to become a theoretical physicist and worked in foundations of quantum theory.
		According to Dr. Shiva, the name was inspired by Gandhi’s famous walk to the Dandi Beach, where he picked up salt and said, “You can’t monopolize this which we need for life.” But it’s not just the noncooperation aspect of the movement that is influenced by Gandhi.
		Dr. Shiva is recognized for her contributions to the fields of women and environment, biodiversity, biotechnology, intellectual property rights and ecological issues related to agriculture.
	myhero.com /myhero/hero.asp?hero=Shiva (2082 words)

	Vandana Shiva - In Her Own Words
		Shiva is strident and at times inflamatory but her fundamental arguments are powerful and resonate with millions.
		Shiva's opinions cover a broad range of issues, and she is often fierce in her rhetoric.
		Shiva is also a critic of fundamentalist fanaticism, which in her view springs from a masculine, patriarchical system of rule in the world.
	www.ecoworld.com /Home/Articles2.cfm?TID=346 (3234 words)

	Vandana Shiva (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Vandana Shiva is one of the world's most dynamic and provacative thinkers.
		Vandana Shiva completed her Ph.D. in the Philosophy of Science in 1978.
		Shiva's critical analysis of the effects of the Green Revolution, and looking beyond it to the impacts of the 'second' Green Revolution powered by genetic engineering, is of pioneering importance.
	www.ecobooks.com /authors/shiva.htm (808 words)

	South End Press \| Water Wars
		Examining the international water trade, damming, mining, and aquafarming, Shiva exposes the destruction of the earth and the disenfranchisement of the world's poor as they are stripped of their rights to a precious common good.
		Shiva celebrates the spiritual and traditional role water has played in communities throughout history, and warns that water privatization threatens cultures and livelihoods worldwide.
		Born in India in 1952, Vandana Shiva is a world-renowned environmental leader and thinker.
	www.southendpress.org /books/waterwars.shtml (844 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution, and Profit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Vandana Shiva's concise, intelligent and well-written book Water Wars examines the political economy of water, a scarce resouce that is fast increasing in value all over the world.
		Shiva draws from her extensive knowledge of her native India to describe how centralized controls imposed during the colonial and post-colonial eras have largely failed to meet the needs of the people and the environment.
		Shiva says almost every so-called advance in water management, as for example diverting and draining rivers, which is necessarily a move to centralize and privatize water management, results in catastrophic social and ecological consequences - especially natural disasters such as floods, supercyclones, and droughts.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/089608650X?v=glance (3251 words)

	NOW with Bill Moyers. Transcript. Interview with Dr. Vandana Shiva \| PBS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		VANDANA SHIVA: I disagree with it because I'm enough of a scientist to know that water is created in nature and not in markets.
		VANDANA SHIVA: Well, the way it actually plays out is that every country and every government which has actually implemented these rules has lost elections.
		VANDANA SHIVA: You know, it's very interesting that the choices that are opposed are always between centralized controlling states and centralized controlling markets.
	www.pbs.org /now/transcript/transcript_shiva.html (2074 words)

	Vandana Shiva -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Vandana Shiva (born 1952) is a physicist, philosopher, (Click link for more info and facts about ecofeminist) ecofeminist, environmental activist and writer.
		She participated in the (The decade from 1970 to 1979) 1970s in the (Click link for more info and facts about Chipko movement) Chipko movement, of women hugging the trees to prevent their felling.
		Initiatives of this foundation are the (Click link for more info and facts about organic farming) organic farming programme Navdanya, the Bija Vidyapeeth (or Seed University, International College for Sustainable Living), and Diverse Women for Diversity.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/v/va/vandana_shiva.htm (214 words)

	Dr Vandana Shiva \| Special Events \| ABC Online
		Dr Vandana Shiva is the founding director of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, New Delhi.
		Trained as a physicist, Dr Shiva is an adviser to governments in India and abroad and a member of non-government organisations (NGOs) such as the International Forum on Globalisation, Women’s Environment and Development Organisation and Third World Network.
		Dr Shiva is a world-renowned commentator on issues of poverty and globalisation, being one of the five British Broadcasting Corporation’s Year 2000 Reith Lecturers.
	www.abc.net.au /specials/shiva (334 words)

	Vandana Shiva
		In this book, the renowned environmentalist and activist charts how corporate control of food and the globalization of agriculture are robbing millions of their livelihoods and their right to food, and the related impact this has on the environment and the quality and healthfulness of the foods we eat.
		Vandana Shiva shows how protection of intellectual property is being transformed into corporate plunder, looking at how Western-inspired laws do not stimulate human creativity or knowledge This compelling book looks at what technologies and inventions can be exploited for profits -- an issue that lies at the heart of the so-called "knowledge...
		It is received wisdom for today's politicians and scientists that the only way to produce enough food for a growing global population is to clear and claim more land for agriculture, to specialize in certain high-yield crops, and to utilize every chemical and technological aid, including genetic engineering, to promote growth.
	www.venusproject.com /books_authors/vandana_shiva.html (1139 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Stolen Harvest : The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Shiva believes this watershed event proves that people are becoming more aware of the dangers of unaccountable corporate power, yet she believes that positive change is possible.
		Vandana Shiva brilliantly reveals the current crisis that Indian farmers are facing as Monsanto and other mega corps are jeopardizing the livelihoods of impoverished persons (worldwide) through seed monopoly and a centralized system of agriculture commerce.
		Shiva discusses the impact of industrial farming and aquaculture on the environment and how it stresses local populations and threatens the diversity of species.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0896086070?v=glance (1734 words)

	The Future of Life: Vandana Shiva (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A trained physicist, Dr. Vandana Shiva later was drawn to interdisciplinary policy research.
		Shiva was a visiting professor at Mt. Holyoke College, among other institutions, and has lectured worldwide.
		Among Dr. Shiva's numerous awards worldwide are the Order of the Golden Ark from the Netherlands, the Earth Day International Award of the U.N., the Right Livelihood Award, and the Medal of the Presidency of the Italian Republic.
	www.thefutureoflife.com /speakers/shiva.htm (290 words)

	Moviefone: Movie Celebrities - Dr. Vandana Shiva: MAIN
		Vandana Shiva: Patents are a replay of colonization as it took place 500 years...
		Vandana Shiva: The third world is that part of the world which...
		Vandana Shiva is founder of both the Research Foundation for Science...
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/main.adp?sid=380573 (241 words)

	Environmental Activist, Vandana Shiva and her Bija Vidyapeeth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Vandana Shiva combines intellectual research with grassroots activism to tackle environmental problems.
		Vandana Shiva might well be the 'great voice of India' that Bulu Imam invokes in his poem.
		Vandana founded Navdanya in 1991, which has grown over the past decade into a proactive movement for seed saving and organic farming.
	www.lifepositive.com /Body/nature/environmental.asp (1907 words)

	Shiva, Vandana -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		It is the southern tip of the Cardamom Hills, an extension of the Western Ghats range along the west coast of India.
		Inside the shrine is the idol of the god in his symbolic form, the linga (phallus).
		Nandi is considered to be one of Shiva's chief attendants and is, occasionally,...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9114577?tocId=9114577 (876 words)

	Bestselling author Michael Fumento reports: "The Villainous Vandana Shiva."
		Shiva's "pet issue these days is preservation of agricultural diversity," we're told.
		"The very chemicals Vandana Shiva condemns, along with the development of new 'Green Revolution' plants, have allowed Indian farmers to quadruple the production of food grains since independence from Britain without bringing any more forest land under the plow," says C. Prakash, a Tuskegee University plant genetics professor and founder and president of AgBioWorld Foundation.
		Shiva was born into wealth and her soft palms have never worked a plow.
	www.fumento.com /shiva.html (740 words)

	Links to information about the environmental activist Vandana Shiva (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Interview with Vandana Shiva - video excerpt of an interview conducted by journalist Nick Hart Williams Tuesday, September 5, 2000, in New York City.
		Vandana Shiva's ZNet Homepage - includes a link to a number of her ZNet commentaries.
		Vandana Shiva at the WTO - listen to or read an excerpt from the World Trade Organization Conference Nov 30 to Dec 3, 1999.
	www.scils.rutgers.edu /~favretto/vshiva.html (521 words)

	An interview with Dr. Vandana Shiva (1998) - Rural America / In Motion Magazine
		This interview with Dr. Vandana Shiva was conducted in St. Louis, Missouri at the First Grassroots Gathering on Biodevastation: Genetic Engineering, on July 18, 1998.
		Shiva was the keynote speaker at the conference.
		by Vandana Shiva, Afsar H. Jafri, Kunwar Jalees
	www.inmotionmagazine.com /shiva.html (2780 words)

	Vandana Shiva: The Transcript
		Vandana Shiva is the Director of The Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Natural Resource Policy, a network of researchers specialising in sustainable agriculture and development.
		She is also Ecology Adviser to the Third World Network, which aims to bring about a greater voice for people in the Third World, a fair and ecologically sustainable distribution of world resources.
		Vandana Shiva was interviewed in 1997 by One-Off Productions for their TV documentary, McLibel: Two Worlds Collide.
	www.mcspotlight.org /people/interviews/vandana_transcript.html (1490 words)

	ipedia.com: Vandana Shiva Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Vandana Shiva, physicist, philosopher, ecofeminist, environmental activist, writer, was born in 1952 in Dehra Dun, India.
		She participated in the 1970s in the Chipko movement, of Indian women hugging the trees to prevent their felling, and founded the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology in 1982.
		She received the Right Livelihood Award (also known as the Alternative Nobel Prize) in 1993 "...For placing women and ecology at the heart of modern development discourse." (See [1]).
	www.ipedia.com /vandana_shiva.html (246 words)

	Vandana Shiva
		Vandana Shiva is a physicist, ecologist, activist, editor, and author of many books.
		Perhaps nowhere is resistance to the practices of giant agribusiness as strong as in India, where hundreds of thousands protest and demonstrate.
		This program features a panel discussion between Maude Barlow, a leading spokesperson in Canada on trade and biotechnology, Vandana Shiva, an internationally renowed environmental activist and scientist, and Tony Clarke, one of Canada's leading anti-globalization activists.
	www.houseofnubian.com /IBS/SimpleCat/Shelf/ASP/Hierarchy/010H.html (278 words)

	Interview with Vandana Shiva (2002)/ Discussing “Water Wars” - Interview by Nic Paget-Clarke - Global Eyes / ...
		Vandana Shiva is founder of both the Research Foundation for Science Technology and Ecology, an independent public industry research group, and Navdanya a grassroots conservation movement in India.
		Vandana Shiva: At the formal conference, two opposite things have been happening.
		On the one hand they’ve got some negotiators busy with working out timelines for real commitments but implementation about how to get to those objectives is all about WTO (World Trade Organization) globalization.
	www.inmotionmagazine.com /global/vshiva3.html (3782 words)

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