Vandana Shiva and the Hubris of Manipulating Nature
Indian eco-feminist Vandana Shiva has spent much of her career fighting against industrial agriculture. She advocates against corporate, industrialized agriculture and for small-scale, biodiverse farms--a sea change that she believes has the potential to heal our bodies and the planet.
Climate One · Climate One from The Commonwealth Club
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Show Notes
From clearing land for pasture to building dams, humans have long changed the face of the Earth. But Indian eco-feminist Vandana Shiva is highly critical of how we’ve changed our relationship with the land through industrial monocrop agriculture. She firmly opposes genetically modified crops, and has called seed patents “bio-piracy.” But it’s not just the technology she’s critical of.
“I’m critical of the world view of arrogance. The worldview that came with colonialism, the mechanistic mindset of the conquering man being the creator of the earth and creator of the wealth,” Shiva says.
Shiva argues for a renewed focus on biodiversity and regenerative agriculture to help solve the climate crisis.
Guests:
Vandana Shiva, director of the Foundation for Science, Technology & Ecology
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