All Vandana Shiva Quotes
- The primary threat to nature and people today comes from centralising and monopolising power and control. Not until diversity is made the logic of production… Centralising
- Uniformity is not nature's way; diversity is nature's way. Diversity
- The art of teaching is clarity and the art of learning is to listen. Art
- Cultivating and conserving diversity is no luxury in our times: it is a survival imperative. Biodiversity
- Although two thirds of our planet is water, we face an acute water shortage. The water crisis is the most pervasive , most severe, and… Acute
- The best and most evolved technologies are those that do not destroy the very base on which we live Base
- The only way to build hope is throuhgh the Earth. Build
- Everything I need to know I learned in the forest Forest
- We're still eating the leftovers of World War II. Eating
- I think the American people should see that the corporations abandoned them long ago. That people will have to build their own economies and rebuild… Abandoned
- The system of seeds based on monoculture is wrong and inappropriate. The biodiverse system has produced more food, and biodiversity means that seeds must be… Based
- Biopiracy (is) biological theft; illegal collection of indigenous plants by corporations who patent them for their own use. Biological
- Unless the poor of the world agitate for themselves to be heard, there will be no changes in their circumstances Agitate
- Earth Democracy connects people in circles of care, cooperation, and compassion instead of dividing them through competition and conflict, fear and hatred. Care
- We are in a strange kind of time, where the kind of liberation movements such as anti-apartheid movements and freedom struggles in India need to… All
- In traditional agriculture, the soil is the mother. She's the mother who gives, to whom you must give back. Agriculture
- We've moved from wisdom to knowledge, and now we're moving from knowledge to information, and that information is so partial – that we're creating incomplete… Beings
- When you control seed you control food Control
- The liberation of the earth, the liberation of women, the liberation of all humanity is the next step of freedom we need to work for,… All
- Water must be free for sustenance needs. Since nature gives water to us free of cost, buying and selling it for profit violates our inherent… Buying
- You cannot insert a gene you took from a bacteria into a seed and call it LIFE. You have not created life, instead you have… Bacteria
- I describe what is happening as 'food fascism' because this system can only survive through totalitarian control. With patents on seed, an illegitimate legal system… Another Aspect
- It's not an investment if its destroying the planet. Destroying
- The end of consumerism and accumulation is the beginning of the joy of living. Accumulation
- I do not allow myself to be overcome by hopelessness, no matter how tough the situation. I believe that if you just do your little… Allow