World-renowned physicist and activist Vandana Shiva boldly confronts the neoconservative Project for the New American Century with her own plan, describing what Earth democracy "could" look like, and outlining the bedrock principles for building living economies, living cultures, and living democracies.
The "colour line" defined American society in the 20th century. Will the same be true for the 21st? This work discusses the state of Black America today and the prospects for achieving full civil rights and equality.
Vandana Shiva shows how Western powers, following in the footsteps of Columbus, are using patenting and genetic engineering to re-colonize the Third World. Denying the value of indigenous knowledge developed over many generations, the West is attempting to colonize life itself. She argues that we must struggle to protect biological and cultural ...
With "Soil Not Oil," Vandana Shiva connects the dots between industrial agriculture and climate change. Shiva shows that a world beyond dependence on fossil fuels and globalization is both possible and necessary. Condemning industrial agriculture as a recipe for ecological and economic disaster, Shiva's champion is the small, independent farm: ...
In "Stolen Harvest", Vandana Shiva charts the impact of globalized, corporate, agriculture on small farmer, the environment and the quality of the food we eat. With chapters on genetically engineered seeds, patents on life, mad cows and sacred cows and the debate on shrimp farming, this is a book that is designed to shape the debate about genetic ...
The Companion to Development Studies is an essential one-stop reference for anyone with an interest in development studies. Over 100 international experts have been brought together to present a comprehensive overview of the key theoretical and practical issues dominating contemporary development studies. Building on the success of the first ...
For those feeling fear and anger from the war on terrorism, the loss of civil liberties and the assault on the environment, Freed empowers readers with a hopeful vision of mindful self rule and personal democracy rooted in a sense of our global unity. People can change the world by changing themselves.
From first edition: Examining the position of women in relation to nature - the forests, the food chain and water supplies - the author links the violation of nature with the violation and marginalization of women in the Third World. One result is that the impact of science, technology and politics, along with the workings of the economy itself, ...
"Water Consciousness" is designed to change the way people think about water. It explores all aspects of the water crisis and what we can do about it. Compelling contributions by Bill McKibben, Maude Barlow, Vandana Shiva, Wenonah Hauter, Sandra Postel, Tony Clarke and other top environmental writers explain the problems and inspire readers to ...
"Shiva is a burst of creative energy, an intellectual power."-The Progressive Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed is a short, pocket-sized collection that goes to the heart of our existence-what we eat and how we grow it. It covers the questions: How are seeds cultivated and saved? How far must food travel before reaching our plate? Who ...
Doing Development Research is a comprehensive introduction to research in development studies, that provides thorough training for anyone carrying out research in developing countries. It brings together experts with extensive experience of overseas research, presenting an interdisciplinary guide to the core methodologies. Informed by years of ...
The village has epitomized Indain civilisation and been the subject of study and contemplation. This volume attempts to address a wide number of interests - economic, political, cultural, social, gender - and presents a profile of processes and change in Indian villages based on publications over the last 50 years of the 20th century. The essays ...
While the commercial and scientific publicity around biotechnology has stressed the potential gains, scientists, thinkers and activists have been warning of the grave risks and difficult ethical issues at stake. This reader assembles critiques of biotechnology. The contributors explore the hidden implications and likely consequences of defining ...
Here's the essential book for developers who want to learn how to author controls for ASP.NET applications. Combining conceptual details with practical how-to information, this guide provides the solid understanding developers need to get controls up and running. Topics include Web services, HTTP runtime programming, packaging, deployment, ...
Intellectual property rights, TRIPS, patents - they sound technical, even boring. Yet what kinds of ideas, technologies, identification of genes, even manipulations of life forms can be owned and exploited for profit by giant corporations is a vital issue for our times. Vandana Shiva shows how the Western-inspired and unprecedented widening of the ...
Set in the context of a sophisticated critique of the privileged epistemological position oachieved by modern science, whereby it both aspires to provide technological solutions for social and political problems while at the same time disclaiming responsibility for the new problems which it creates in its wake, the author looks to the future in an ...
Shiva, "one of the world's most prominent radical scientists"("Ms. Magazine"), shows the effects of colonialism's creation of the schism between Hinduism and Islam; analyzes globalization's effects on India's resources; and proposes a new ideology called Earth Democracy that restores everyone's right to natural resources.
Physicist, philosopher and feminist, the author is a leading activist against environmental destruction. Here she puts forward her vision of a sustainable agriculture future for the world.
"The Companion to Development Studies" is an essential one-stop reference for anyone with an interest in development studies. The editors of this new volume have brought together an impressive range of international experts in the field to present an interdisciplinary and comprehensive overview of contemporary development studies. With more than ...
Details how in Hinduism man's life is categorized in four phases the young man [bramacharya stage], the second phase marriage [grhasta], the third stage is the process of moving into ashrams and retreats [vanaprastha], and the last stage is of complete renunciation from this material world [sannyasa].
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
