Vandana Shiva information

Vandana Shiva
Shiva in 2014
Born	(1952-11-05) 5 November 1952 (age 71) Dehradun, Uttar Pradesh (now in Uttarakhand), India
Alma mater	Panjab University, Chandigarh University of Guelph University of Western Ontario
Occupation(s)	Philosopher, environmentalist, author, professional speaker, social activist, physicist
Awards	Right Livelihood Award (1993) Sydney Peace Prize (2010) Mirodi Prize (2016) Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize (2012)
Vandana Shiva's voice from the BBC programme Saving Species, 23 December 2011^[1]
Website	www.navdanya.org

Video statement (2014)

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Notable works Walden The Theory of the Leisure Class Brave New World The Affluent Society One-Dimensional Man The Society of the Spectacle (book, film) The Consumer Society: Myths and Structures [fr] Steal This Book Small Is Beautiful To Have or to Be? Future Primitive and Other Essays Fight Club (novel, film) Escape from Affluenza No Logo Profit over People: Neoliberalism and Global Order The Cultural Creatives Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic Evasion The Corporation Surplus: Terrorized into Being Consumers So, What's Your Price? What Would Jesus Buy?
Organizations and groups Adbusters Crass CrimethInc. Deep Green Resistance Democracy Now! Earth Liberation Front Fifth Estate Freecycle Green Anarchy Institute for Social Ecology Monthly Review Rage Against the Machine Reverend Billy The Venus Project The Yes Men 350.org
People Mauro Bonaiuti Noam Chomsky Erich Fromm Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen Edward Goldsmith Paul Goodman André Gorz Ivan Illich Serge Latouche Donella Meadows Pierre Rabhi John Ruskin E. F. Schumacher Bernard Stiegler Henry David Thoreau
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See also Works about consumerism Advanced capitalism Advertising Barter Capitalism Consumer behaviour Consumption (economics) Consumption (sociology) Cooperative Counterculture Cultural hegemony Ecological economics Economic materialism Economic problems Frugality Green economy Gross National Happiness Heterodox economics HosPex Influence of mass media Informal sector Intentional community Left-wing politics McDonaldization Mutual aid Natural resource economics Non-monetary economy Permaculture Post-materialism Productivism Shopping Social movements Subsistence economy Sustainability Sweatshops Veblen good Workaholic
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Vandana Shiva (born 5 November 1952) is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, ecofeminist and anti-globalization author.^[2] Based in Delhi, Shiva has written more than 20 books.^[3] She is often referred to as "Gandhi of grain" for her activism associated with the anti-GMO movement.^[4]

Shiva is one of the leaders and board members of the International Forum on Globalization (with Jerry Mander, Ralph Nader, and Helena Norberg-Hodge), and a figure of the anti-globalisation movement.^[5] She has argued in favour of many traditional practices, as in her interview in the book Vedic Ecology (by Ranchor Prime). She is a member of the scientific committee of the Fundacion IDEAS, Spain's Socialist Party's think tank. She is also a member of the International Organization for a Participatory Society.^[6]

^ "Sustaining Life". Saving Species. 23 December 2011. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
^ Who's Who of Women and the Environment – Vandana Shiva. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Last visited 2012.
^ "Vandana Shiva's Publications". Retrieved 24 February 2011.
^ Travel, B. B. C. "Vandana Shiva on why the food we eat matters". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
^ Chattergee, D.K. (2011). Encyclopedia of Global Justice, A-I Vol. 1. Springer. ISBN 9781402091599. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
^ International Organization for a Participatory Society – Interim Committee Retrieved 25 September 2012

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