--- title: "3 Indigenous Quotes By Vandana Shiva" description: "3 Indigenous quotes by Vandana Shiva. Plus more from Vandana Shiva and more Indigenous sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea6/vandana-shiva-2756_common_one-of-the-movements-we-have-developed-i_1866179.jpg" --- > [One of the movements we have developed is to say that, just as intellectual property rights protect the inventions of individuals, common…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/one-of-the-movements-we-have-developed-is-to-say-that-just-as/) [Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea6/vandana-shiva-2756_common_one-of-the-movements-we-have-developed-i_1866179.jpg) > [I have called this phenomenon of stealing common knowledge and indigenous science "biopiracy" and "intellectual piracy." According to patent systems we shouldn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/i-have-called-this-phenomenon-of-stealing-common-knowledge-and/) [Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/315/vandana-shiva-2756_able_i-have-called-this-phenomenon-of-stealin_2561540.jpg) > [Biopiracy (is) biological theft; illegal collection of indigenous plants by corporations who patent them for their own use.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/biopiracy-is-biological-theft-illegal-collection-of-indigenous-plants/) [Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8d/vandana-shiva-2756_collections_biopiracy-is-biological-theft-illegal-co_3115659.jpg) ## Other authors on Indigenous - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rigoberta-menchu-79161.jpg) Rigoberta Menchu 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/rigoberta-menchu/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-evo-morales-34390.jpg) Evo Morales 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/evo-morales/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-malcolm-fraser-62853.jpg) Malcolm Fraser 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/malcolm-fraser/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rebecca-adamson-77772.jpg) Rebecca Adamson 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/rebecca-adamson/) - [Perry Bellegarde 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/perry-bellegarde/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-patty-mills-6365.jpg) Patty Mills 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/patty-mills/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-lily-gladstone-6158.jpg) Lily Gladstone 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/lily-gladstone/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-kevin-rudd-56900.jpg) Kevin Rudd 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/kevin-rudd/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-sandra-cisneros-82933.jpg) Sandra Cisneros 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/sandra-cisneros/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-roxanne-dunbarortiz-81448.jpg) Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/roxanne-dunbar-ortiz/) - [Jackie Huggins 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/jackie-huggins/) ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/vandana-shiva/#itemlist", "name": "3 Indigenous Quotes By Vandana Shiva", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One of the movements we have developed is to say that, just as intellectual property rights protect the inventions of individuals, common rights are needed to protect the common intellectual heritage of indigenous peoples. 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