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- Glacial retreat paper contradicts its own data: Vandana Shiva
- New Delhi: Ecologist Vandana Shiva Tuesday criticised a discussion paper on Himalayan glaciers released by the environment ministry last week, as its conclusions contradict the data mentioned in the report. "While the data included in the…
- SamayLive
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- 11/17/2009
- Germany: The 1st IFOAM breeding diversity conference
- Voices of the keynote speakers: Vandana Shiva: "The IFOAM Conference on Organic Animal and Plant Breeding is vital ... This Breeding Diversity Conference can help ensure the conservation of the Biodiversity of the planet, as well as secure…
- FreshPlaza
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- 12 hours ago
- The Amazing Technicolor Agriculture Revolution
- This harvest of cash is reaped only after the sowing of cultural and economic carnage. “I worry about the middle-class American of the present consumer society, who has become a transient servant of his appetities.” —Victor Davis Hanson,…
- Vision Insights and New Horizons
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- 11/18/2009
- INDIA: Women’s Political Empowerment, Yes; Better Lives, No
- NEW DELHI, Nov 23 (IPS) - Despite getting suitably politically empowered, the Indian fair sex continues to lag behind on almost all crucial developmental parametres like education, health and economic participation. So why isn't women’s…
- Inter Press Service
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- 17 hours ago
Inter Press Service- Govt findings on Himalayan glaciers misleading: NGO
- The government's stand on climate change in the Himalayas is anti-nature, anti-people and anti-science and they are failing at the national level," claimed Vandana Shiva, founder of Navdanya. She said arguments put up by the government on…
- IndiaTimes
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- 11/17/2009
- 20 green heroes and villains: Heroes
- Lord Browne is president of the Royal Academy of Engineering and a former chief executive of BP. He is a cross-bench life peer. Caroline Lucas is leader of the Green Party and a Member of the European Parliament for the South East England…
- New Statesman
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- 11/18/2009
- Leader: World leaders need to become green heroes too
- From Vandana Shiva in India and Wen Bo in China, to Bill McKibben in the US and Franny Armstrong in the UK, these heroes are people who lead from the bottom up, corralling support for their cause by being passionate, committed and…
- New Statesman
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- 11/18/2009
- Letters: World Bank and climate change
- Nowadays, as Vandana Shiva shows in her book Soil, Not Oil: Climate Change, Peak Oil and Food Insecurity, the World Bank supports export-orientated cash-crop agriculture through its loans. This depletes the soil of its nutrients through use…
- The Independent
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- 11/17/2009
- LA Wise: Genetic code slipping into our food and multiplying
- pdf In addition, Indian writer Vandana Shiva wrote, "Millions of farmers in third world countries want to breed and grow the crop varieties that adapt to their diverse ecosystems. Plant biodiversity is essential for a balanced diet. Yet…
- Examiner
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- 11/21/2009