Vandana Shiva Books

A radical new vision for global food production, from one of the world's most iconic environmental thinkers.

Book by Goldsmith, Edward, Khor, Martin, Norberg-Hodge, Helena, Shiva, Vandana

Focusing on the urgent need for sustainable living in the face of climate crises, the book emphasizes the importance of reconnecting with nature, particularly through our food systems. It advocates for a return to practices that honor the Earth and promote ecological balance, highlighting the critical relationship between humanity and the environment.

In this work, outspoken business leader Anita Roddick brings together the voices of some of the most prominent authorities on the phenomenon of Globalization, including Susan George, David Korten and Naomi Klein. Full of images, this book gets right to the heart of the issue, exploding the myths that would have us believe Globalization is a force for good. Covering aspects of the subject as diverse as human rights, the environment, international finance, health, the food we eat and trade, the book combines medium-length articles with quotes, case notes and interviews. This book constitutes a call to action, showing how each and every one of us can take on the corporate.

In "Soil Not Oil," Vandana Shiva explores the connection between industrial agriculture and climate change, advocating for a shift away from fossil fuel dependence and globalization. She criticizes industrial agriculture as a pathway to ecological and economic disaster, championing small, independent farms for their higher productivity, potential for social justice, and inherent biodiversity. Shiva emphasizes the urgent need for sustainable, biologically diverse farms that can withstand climate challenges such as disease, drought, and floods. She succinctly states that "the solution to climate change and the solution to poverty are the same." Highlighting her organization, Navdanya, which is celebrated for its environmentally friendly practices, she outlines principles for feeding the planet in a socially just and ecologically sound manner. Shiva broadens her perspective to address globalization and climate change, asserting that a healthy environment and social justice are interconnected. Her vision promotes self-organization, sustainability, and community over corporate interests. A renowned environmental leader, Shiva has authored several influential books and edited works on the future of food and seed.

Authored by world renowned activist and environmental leader Vandana Shiva, Reclaiming the Commons presents the history of the struggle to defend biodiversity and traditional practices against corporate biopiracy and details efforts to realize legal rights for Mother Earth and achieve the vision of the universal commons and Earth as Family.

This impressive book celebrates the coming together of two well-known critics of Western philosophy and science. From their respective backgrounds in social science and physics, Maria Mies and VAndana Shiva write about the concerns which unite them as women.Theirs is a powerful critique of the emnacipatory ideas of the Enlightenment, which measured civilizationin terms of domination of Nature. They argue that feminism should see linkages between patriarchal opression and the destruction of Nature in the name of profit and progress. Women - in many parts of the world the principal farmers, food-providers, and nurturers of children - are the hardest hit by technological excess and environmental degradation.Through examining issues such as the growth of new reproductive technologies, 'development', indigenous knowledge, globalization, and the concepts of freedom and self-determination, teh authors provide a vision of a different value system. Ecofeminism is after all a 'new term for an ancient wisdom'. Their book is a powerful plea for the rediscovery of such wisdom by feminists and ecologists everywhere.

The book is an interdisciplinary synthesis of research and practice carried out over decades by leaders of the agroecology and regenerative organic agriculture movement. It provides detailed analysis of the multiple crises we face due to chemical and industrial agriculture, including land degradation, water depletion, biodiversity erosion, climate change, agrarian crises, and health crises. The book lays out biodiversity based organic farming and agroecology as the road map for the future of agriculture and sustainable food systems, both locally and globally. With detailed scientific evidence, Agroecology & Regenerative Agriculture shows how ecological agriculture based on working with nature rather than abasing ecological laws can regenerate the planet, the rural economy, and our health.

Debunking the notion that our current food crisis must be addressed through industrial agriculture and genetic modification, author and activist Vandana Shiva argues that those forces are in fact the ones responsible for the hunger problem in the first place. Who Really Feeds the World? is a powerful manifesto calling for agricultural justice and genuine sustainability, drawing upon Shiva’s thirty years of research and accomplishments in the field. Instead of relying on genetic modification and large-scale monocropping to solve the world’s food crisis, she proposes that we look to agroecology—the knowledge of the interconnectedness that creates food—as a truly life-giving alternative to the industrial paradigm. Shiva succinctly and eloquently lays out the networks of people and processes that feed the world, exploring issues of diversity, the needs of small famers, the importance of seed saving, the movement toward localization, and the role of women in producing the world's food.

A rallying cry for a more just and sustainable future, which remains just as trenchant, and as vital, as it was when it was first published.