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Vandana Shiva Quotes

In traditional agriculture, the soil is the mother. She’s the mother who gives, to whom you must give back Picture Quote #1

Nature shrinks as capital grows. The growth of the market cannot solve the very crisis it creates Picture Quote #1

As usual, in every scheme that worsens the position of the poor, it is the poor who are invoked as beneficiaries Picture Quote #1

Whenever we engage in consumption or production patterns which take more than we need, we are engaging in violence Picture Quote #1

If you are doing the right thing for the earth, she’s giving you great company Picture Quote #1

Squeezing the lives of people is now being proposed as the saviour of the planet. Through the green economy an attempt is being made to technologise, financialise, privatise and commodify all of the earth’s resources and living processes Picture Quote #1

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The primary threat to nature and people today comes from centralising and monopolising power and control. Not until diversity is made the logic of production will there be a chance for sustainability, justice and peace. Cultivating and conserving diversity is no luxury in our times: it is a survival imperative Picture Quote #1

Although two thirds of our planet is water, we face an acute water shortage. The water crisis is the most pervasive, most severe, and most invisible dimension of the ecological devastation of the earth Picture Quote #1

The best and most evolved technologies are those that do not destroy the very base on which we live Picture Quote #1

The system of seeds based on monoculture is wrong and inappropriate. The biodiverse system has produced more food, and biodiversity means that seeds must be in the hands of farmers Picture Quote #1

Seed is not just the source of life. It is the very foundation of our being Picture Quote #1

We’ve moved from wisdom to knowledge, and now we’re moving from knowledge to information, and that information is so partial – that we’re creating incomplete human beings Picture Quote #1

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The liberation of the earth, the liberation of women, the liberation of all humanity is the next step of freedom we need to work for, and it’s the next step of peace that we need to create Picture Quote #1

Water must be free for sustenance needs. Since nature gives water to us free of cost, buying and selling it for profit violates our inherent right to nature’s gift and denies the poor of their human rights Picture Quote #1

I do not allow myself to be overcome by hopelessness, no matter how tough the situation. I believe that if you just do your little bit without thinking of the bigness of what you stand against, if you turn to the enlargement of your own capacities, just that itself creates new potential Picture Quote #1

In the seed and the soil, we find the answers to every one of the crises we face. The crises of violence and war. The crises of hunger and disease. The crisis of the destruction of democracy Picture Quote #1

The time has come to reclaim the stolen harvest and celebrate the growing and giving of good food as the highest gift and the most revolutionary act Picture Quote #1

Unless the poor of the world agitate for themselves to be heard, there will be no changes in their circumstances Picture Quote #1

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I think what we owe each other is a celebration of life and to replace fear and hopelessness with fearlessness and joy Picture Quote #1

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In traditional agriculture, the soil is the mother. She’s the mother who gives, to whom you must give back (Vandana Shiva Quotes) Nature shrinks as capital grows. The growth of the market cannot solve the very crisis it creates (Vandana Shiva Quotes) As usual, in every scheme that worsens the position of the poor, it is the poor who are invoked as beneficiaries (Vandana Shiva Quotes) Whenever we engage in consumption or production patterns which take more than we need, we are engaging in violence (Vandana Shiva Quotes) If you are doing the right thing for the earth, she’s giving you great company (Vandana Shiva Quotes) Squeezing the lives of people is now being proposed as the saviour of the planet. Through the green economy an attempt is being made to technologise, financialise, privatise and commodify all of the earth’s resources and living processes (Vandana Shiva Quotes) The primary threat to nature and people today comes from centralising and monopolising power and control. Not until diversity is made the logic of production will there be a chance for sustainability, justice and peace. Cultivating and conserving diversity is no luxury in our times: it is a survival imperative (Vandana Shiva Quotes) Although two thirds of our planet is water, we face an acute water shortage. The water crisis is the most pervasive, most severe, and most invisible dimension of the ecological devastation of the earth (Vandana Shiva Quotes) The best and most evolved technologies are those that do not destroy the very base on which we live (Vandana Shiva Quotes) The system of seeds based on monoculture is wrong and inappropriate. The biodiverse system has produced more food, and biodiversity means that seeds must be in the hands of farmers (Vandana Shiva Quotes) Seed is not just the source of life. It is the very foundation of our being (Vandana Shiva Quotes) We’ve moved from wisdom to knowledge, and now we’re moving from knowledge to information, and that information is so partial – that we’re creating incomplete human beings (Vandana Shiva Quotes) The liberation of the earth, the liberation of women, the liberation of all humanity is the next step of freedom we need to work for, and it’s the next step of peace that we need to create (Vandana Shiva Quotes) Water must be free for sustenance needs. Since nature gives water to us free of cost, buying and selling it for profit violates our inherent right to nature’s gift and denies the poor of their human rights (Vandana Shiva Quotes) I do not allow myself to be overcome by hopelessness, no matter how tough the situation. I believe that if you just do your little bit without thinking of the bigness of what you stand against, if you turn to the enlargement of your own capacities, just that itself creates new potential (Vandana Shiva Quotes) In the seed and the soil, we find the answers to every one of the crises we face. The crises of violence and war. The crises of hunger and disease. The crisis of the destruction of democracy (Vandana Shiva Quotes) The time has come to reclaim the stolen harvest and celebrate the growing and giving of good food as the highest gift and the most revolutionary act (Vandana Shiva Quotes) Unless the poor of the world agitate for themselves to be heard, there will be no changes in their circumstances (Vandana Shiva Quotes) I think what we owe each other is a celebration of life and to replace fear and hopelessness with fearlessness and joy (Vandana Shiva Quotes)

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