Vandana Shiva 
Biography
Physicist, Environmental Activist from India
Dr. Vandana Shiva is a physicist, ecologist and environmental activist. She is the founding director of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology in India and is a leader in the International Forum on Globalization. Vandana appeared in the film The Corporation (2003) and is also featured in the documentary “Fed up!:Genetic Engineering, Industrial Agriculture and Sustainable Alternatives.”
She’s author of several books; her latest publication is “Soil not Oil” (2008).
Videos
Vandana Shiva
How does the world really work?
Vandana Shiva argues that certain ideas or ‘meta-narratives’ block our understanding of the impact that humanity is having on the planet. Foremost is the false notion…
Recorded: 21 May 2006
Vandana Shiva
What would real democracy look like?
Shiva describes the current systems of democracy worldwide as a sham. Representative democracy has been hijacked by an ‘economic dictatorship.’ This has been led by…
Recorded: 21 May 2006
Vandana Shiva
Why does biodiversity loss matter?
Dr. Shiva talks about the damaging ecological effects of agricultural monoculture – the large-scale production of single crops. She goes on to warn that the loss of biodiversity…
Recorded: 12 September 2004
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