#26-24 Life as Diversity … Part 2
Dr. Vandana Shiva is the founder of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, and of Navdanya, a national movement in India to protect the diversity and integrity of living resources, especially native seeds. She earned advanced degrees in philosophy of science and nuclear physics in Canada and also studied science policy and management in India. She is renowned worldwide for not only her inspiring analyses and her activism for seed preservation, but also her successful litigation against patenting and privatization of seeds.
Part 2 : In last week’s episode, Dr. Shiva deconstructed the rhetoric of genetically modified agriculture. This week, she discusses the vast treasures of resilience from traditional seed cultivation and solutions to environmental problems, especially solutions based in human rights allied to rights of nature.
Credits: Both episodes are from a speech Shiva delivered in 2014, which was sponsored and recorded by community radio KPFA-FM in Berkeley, California. Editor for WINGS was Kellia Ramares-Watson. WINGS series editor is Frieda Werden. The original WINGS programs were archived by Lisa Hayes.