#Vandana Shiva

[begottaum]

The seeds of Vandana Shiva

#yantra #dot #universe #Sri #wisdom #mystery #vandana shiva

[sidewalkchemistry]

Nonviolent [farming & cosmetics] has to be the way, not only because it is ethically right, but it is economically more efficient. Using poisons forces us to use 10 times more energy than the food you produce. (1 kilocalorie of food uses 10 kilocalories of food). Some of it used to produce the poisons. A lot of it used directly as fossil fuels. So, I call industrial farming a fossil agriculture. We think the only place fossil fuels are are in power plants and automobiles. Many of our automobiles are actually now running on corn and soya. That's why we have bio-fuel, bio diesel, bio-ethanol. So, food is going into cars, and oil is coming into food. Totally insane situation. - Dr. Vandana Shiva on The Relationship Between Cosmetics & Nature

#q #quotes #vandana shiva #cosmetics industry #fossil fuels #makeup #earth stewardship #mindful consumption #mindful living #holistic leveling up #leveling up #wellness journey #green juice girl #that girl #mindfulness #solarpunk #yoga #slow living #soft living #karma #wfpb #animal exploitation #sustainability #ecofeminism #eco conscious #late stage capitalism #plant based lifestyle #ethical consumption #sidewalkchemistry

[queerbrownvegan]

I am building ecological wealth in the depths of my heart. (First, welcome to my brand redesign and re-launch of infographics! It's been over a year since planning to bring back this alive and I hope you enjoy the new series of education) Ecological wealth is a cultural framework that differs from generational wealth and attaches a true value to a set system of local knowledge, culture, and species; it's a building block to create a blueprint for the liberation of multi-species and the land. The current capital system relies on directly exploiting the land, humans, and animals. Building generational wealth is often focused on liberating the individual and the family without focusing on the collective well-being of multi-species. The war for minerals, water, and other natural resources deemed profitable disregards sacred systems and their function in life. Rocks, water, fauna, flower, fungi, stone, insects, and sand are a part of living / non-living species. These living systems are not allowed to see their sacred wealth of living within co-existence because capitalism deems them as others, worthless of value outside of its monetary system. As someone who grew up low income (aka, economically exploited), I was indoctrinated to believe in the American Dream for immigrant family success. The rhetoric that working hard and attending a four-year college would resolve family woes is untrue.  Instead, like many others who grew up in a family that pushed for economic success over not caring for your physical, especially mental health, I showcased a series of unchecked crises in my early adult years. I became deeply sick under capitalism. The long-term stress, environmental contaminants, and not having access to resources deprived me of my relationship with the land. What does it matter to build economic wealth for my family when my body is deteriorating at a young age? I found that I could not escape capitalism, nor would it be abolished the next day, but I chose to adopt ecological wealth to help reframe my values, mind, and heart. (In my recent excerpt and soon-to-be book, I'll explore the concept of ecological wealth and its modern applications even more. Full read on my blog, queerbrownvegan.com)

#queerbrownvegan #environment #nature #environmentalism #sustainability #climate change #climate crisis #social justice #environmental justice #activism #indigenous #indigenous wisdom #indigenous people #first nations #vandana shiva #ecology #capitalism #late stage capitalism #environmental activism #psychology #culture #bipoc #intersectionality #intersectional environmentalism

[kittumss]

women, root, veins

#vandana shiva #feministecology

[teeniepaws]

Hey genuinely wondering what you meant when you said that Vandana Shiva has "blood on her hands"

You might remember the pictures going around on tumblr a little while ago when the president's palace in Sri Lanka was stormed by angry citizens.

You know

Now part of what caused all this unrest was caused by a famine that struck the country, effecting both the economy as well as, you know, people's ability to eat. Now this famine did not spring up out of nowhere, nor was it a natural crisis. This was caused by the country embracing and changing 100% of it's farms to organic. See, organic farming is nice and all but between having a much smaller yield, it's also much more susceptible to pests and disease. It's why it's generally a bad idea to have literally every farm in your country using methods that are over a hundred years old.

See, the president was a big big fan of Vandana Shiva, drank in every word she said, and it was quite literally due to her advice that he banned all chemical fertilizers in the country, leading to a famine by the end of the year. Now I'm not a biologist nor am I in any agricultural-based science field. Neither is Vandana Shiva! She does have a PHD, but it is not in nuclear physics or whatever other science field she has lied about. It's in philosophy. Now I won't say that disqualifies her from speaking on the matter of farming, but her being listened OVER experts in the field is what is concerning.

I'm not even focusing on the various other lies she peddles, like calling golden rice a myth, claiming GMOs are filled with nonspecific "toxins", lying about Indian farmers committing suicide thanks to bi-cotton, as well as just comparing a detractor of hers to a rape apologist. She peddles anti-GMO conspiracy theories with little to no proof as if they're gospel.

As well as all of the above, back in 1999 when a cyclone left millions of people in India in crisis the US sent aid in the form of a corn/soy meal mix. Now, I need to make myself clear, I do absolutely believe that the united states has, and does use humanitarian aid as a way of extending imperialism. This is not in question. However people were dying, they desperately needed food and they had been given food, in my mind their need in that moment outweighs my moral objections to the predatory nature of foreign aid in the US. Vandana Shiva thought otherwise, fearmongering over the genetically modified nature of the crops used.

"The U.S. has been using the Orissa victims as guinea pigs for GM products"

In a time of desperate need she called the Indian government to not accept food people would die without, not because of the soft power it would lend the US over her country, but because GM crops scary.

If an anti-vaxxer spreads lies and it causes someone to die from an illness that could have been prevented, that is blood on their hands. They may be ignorant or lying willfully, but neither really matters, that death is directly linked to the fear and lies they helped propagate.

I don't know if Vandana believes her own BS, and I don't care. Her critiques on capitalism are actually pretty good and when she argues about GMOs from that angle she actually makes some very valid points. However that is mixed in with countless lies, her own ego stroking, her inability to ever be corrected, and the simple fact that she is willing to let people die for her values.

#vandana shiva #ask #she also has this weird feminine mysticism thing going on about how women and nature good men and science bad #AND her thesis that is about quantum mechanics but she's a fucking philosophy major and doesn't fucking understand quantum mechanics!

[dustedmagazine]

Listed: Adele H

Adele H is a singer/songwriter from Bergamo-Milan in Italy, who records on her own using loops and voices and stratifications of sounds to build spare but textured compositions. She is married, for what it’s worth, to long-time Dusted favorite Buck Curran, but her work is distinct and idiosyncratic and altogether its own thing. Of her album, Impermanence, Jennifer Kelly wrote, “[Her voice] floats and loops and flutters, letting wordless ‘ooh-ooh-oohs’ vault across the scale and blowing workmanlike words like glass into fantastic shapes.”

Major Women that inspired me in last few years and some that have always inspired me

Rosa Balistrieri — “Mi votu e mi rivotu”

The power of a voice in a misogynist world

Bjork — “ancestress”

The intimacy of a daughter and her dying mother

Daniela Pes — “A Te Sola”

A new discover from Italy, the tradition melts with synths

Clarissa Connelly — “Holler”

Unexpected melodies that makes me wanna compose more

Nina Simone — “Summertime”

One of the biggest inspirations of my life

Weyes Blood — “Andromeda”

An ancient voice in a contemporary world

Antonia Pozzi — Seven Poems

The twilight poems of a woman struggling in the horrific Italian 1930s

Vandana Shiva — Monocultures of the Mind: Perspectives on Biodiversity and Biotechnology

This book offers a change in perspective

Hanna Arendt - Eichmann In Jerusalem

Arendt’s book opened the heart while opening the brain

Juliette de Baïracli Levy and Adaya

A legend of herbs and life that lives on in the voice of her granddaughter, my musician friend Adaya

#dusted magazine #listed #adele h #rosa balistrieri #bjork #daniela pes #clarissa connelly #nina simone #weyes blood #antonia pozzi #vandana shiva #hanna arendt #juliette de baïracli levy #adaya

[grun-geist]

#yeryüzüyle barışmak #vandana shiva

[lahija-del-molinero]

"Sin AGRICULTURA no hay comida."

—La Hija del Molinero

#youtube #Vandana Shiva

[womeninfictionandirl]

Vandana Shiva by Katherine Krizek

“It’s not an investment if it’s destroying the planet”

Vandana Shiva’s research work and activism focus on food and agriculture. She supports sustainable agroecological solutions to food security and poverty in the developing world, with women playing an integral role as farmers and decision-makers.

Her battles with industry giants such as Coca-cola (water rights) and Monsanto (control of biotechnological innovations such as seeds through the patent system) have increased awareness of the war going on for control of our food system. She believes people have a right to food, and they must fight for it.

Born 1952, India

#vandana shiva #Katherine krizek #art #artwork #portrait #female portrait #activism #female artist #women in art #environmental activism #female activists #woman artists #irl women/girls

[kittynannygaming]

[VIRAGO] Écoféminisme : Vertes de rage ? Qui sont vraiment les écofémini...

#Video #History #Virago #Ecofeminism #French Language #Françoise d'Eaubonne #Rachel Carson #Wangari Maathai #Vandana Shiva #Chipko movement

[moonstonetombstone]

#vandana shiva

[neobase]

#dr.vandana shiva #vandana shiva #wolf dieter storl #Youtube

[sidewalkchemistry]

Can you imagine that we reached a stage where we have to qualify food as junk? Junk food is not normal. And the idea that it's cheap is false. So, they create poisons. They subsidize poisons. They dump poisons. And then, [they] say, "No no no. Lush soaps are too expensive." Well, that's not cheap because the costs are being borne by our society, our children and the earth. And those costs, the true costs, must be taken into account. - Dr. Vandana Shiva on The Relationship Between Cosmetics & Nature

#q #quotes #vandana shiva #cosmetics industry #makeup #junk food #food industry #earth stewardship #mindful consumption #mindful living #holistic leveling up #leveling up #wellness journey #green juice girl #that girl #mindfulness #solarpunk #yoga #slow living #soft living #karma #wfpb #animal exploitation #sustainability #ecofeminism #eco conscious #late stage capitalism #plant based lifestyle #pollution #consumerism

[matthewmlz]

#climate change #climate change hoax #vandana shiva #michael shellenberger #aoc #greta thunberg #environmentalists #hypocrites #green new deal #carbon emissions #carbon footprint #digital id #slavery

[b0ringasfuck]

Serra sempre più rincoglionito o ha deciso che vista l'età era ora di salire sul carro dei vincitori?

Anche il pippone sulla sovranità alimentare con tanto di riferimento alla santona Vandana Shiva, che senza voler fare il futurista come Calenda, oggettivamente spara una fraccata di cazzate anche piuttosto pericolose.

#serra #sovranità alimentare #vandana shiva #meloni #fdi #fratelli d'italia

[environmentalwatch]

1,700 Environmentalists Dead: 2012-2021

Over 1,700 Environmentalists Have Been Murdered in the Past 10 Years

Environmentalists continue to die, according to a report by Global Witness that alleges over 1,700 eco-activists have been killed since 2012. To put it into scale, 1,700 murders in ten years means an average just under one killing every two days. The new report by NGO Global Witness, dug for every reported killing of an environmental activist between 2012 and 2021. They found unsolved murders,…

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#activism #global witness #logging #mike davis #mining #vandana shiva #violence