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> [The population explosion is an ecological phenomenon of displacement. Unless we solve that ecological problem of displacing people - to build huge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/the-population-explosion-is-an-ecological-phenomenon-of-displacement/)

[Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/)

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> [The people who see the population explosion in the Malthusian way - as a geometric progression - forget that population growth is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/the-people-who-see-the-population-explosion-in-the-malthusian-way-as/)

[Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/)

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> [In England, the population explosion can be linked very clearly with the enclosure of the commons that uprooted the peasants from their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/in-england-the-population-explosion-can-be-linked-very-clearly-with/)

[Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/)

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## More by Vandana Shiva

> [We share this planet, our home, with millions of species. Justice and sustainability both demand that we do not use more resources than we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/we-share-this-planet-our-home-with-millions-of-species-justice-and/)

[Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/)

> [The enclosure of the biological and intellectual commons in this way is a real threat to the future of people everywhere because it creates…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/the-enclosure-of-the-biological-and-intellectual-commons-in-this-way/)

[Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/)

> [Ecofeminism is a good term for distinguishing a feminism that is ecological from the kind of feminisms that have become extremely technocratic. I would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/ecofeminism-is-a-good-term-for-distinguishing-a-feminism-that-is/)

[Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/)

> [In the seed and the soil, we find the answers to every one of the crises we face. The crises of violence and war.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/in-the-seed-and-the-soil-we-find-the-answers-to-every-one-of-the/)

[Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/)

> [We could replace people with fossil fuels, have higher and higher levels of industrialization, of agriculture, of production, without thinking of the green-house gases…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/we-could-replace-people-with-fossil-fuels-have-higher-and-higher/)

[Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/)

> [Nobody defines it as something women shouldn't be doing. In a way, there are more mathematicians, more doctors, more scientists in India than there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/nobody-defines-it-as-something-women-shouldn-t-be-doing-in-a-way/)

[Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/)

> [Because of these new car models there is suddenly on the streets of Delhi a new intolerance by the motorists for both the cows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/because-of-these-new-car-models-there-is-suddenly-on-the-streets-of/)

[Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/)

> [Diversity creates harmony, and harmony creates beauty, balance, bounty and peace in nature and society, in agriculture and culture, in science and in politics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/diversity-creates-harmony-and-harmony-creates-beauty-balance-bounty/)

[Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/)

> [For us, not cooperating in the monopoly regimes of intellectual property rights and patents and biodiversity - saying "no" to patents on life, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/for-us-not-cooperating-in-the-monopoly-regimes-of-intellectual/)

[Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/)

> [I describe what is happening as 'food fascism' because this system can only survive through totalitarian control. With patents on seed, an illegitimate legal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/i-describe-what-is-happening-as-food-fascism-because-this-system-can/)

[Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/)

> [My mother was a tremendous woman. I was just cleaning up old trunks and I found a book with her notes written during the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/my-mother-was-a-tremendous-woman-i-was-just-cleaning-up-old-trunks/)

[Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/)

> [Patriarchy is based on appropriating rights and leaving responsibility to others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/patriarchy-is-based-on-appropriating-rights-and-leaving/)

[Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/)

> [The poorest of families, the poorest of children, are subsidizing the growth of the largest agribusinesses in the world. I think it’s time we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/the-poorest-of-families-the-poorest-of-children-are-subsidizing-the/)

[Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/)

> [Water must be free for sustenance needs. Since nature gives water to us free of cost, buying and selling it for profit violates our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/water-must-be-free-for-sustenance-needs-since-nature-gives-water-to/)

[Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/)

> [The abuse of the Earth is the ecological crisis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/the-abuse-of-the-earth-is-the-ecological-crisis/)

[Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/)

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