Vandana Shiva
Advocate for biodiversity who critiques industrial agriculture.
Quotes by Vandana Shiva
The seed is the first link in the food chain, and the last link in the food chain. It is the beginning and the end of life.
Biodiversity is life. It is the source of all life. It is the basis of all life.
The Green Revolution was not green. It was a chemical revolution.
Freedom is not given, it is taken.
The Earth is not a commodity. It is our mother.
When we lose our seeds, we lose our food, we lose our culture, we lose our freedom.
The real wealth of nations is not in their banks, but in their biodiversity.
Patents on life are a declaration of war against life itself.
The dominant paradigm of development is a war against nature and against people.
We are not separate from nature. We are nature.
The future of food is in our hands, not in the hands of corporations.
The Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed.
The crisis of food is a crisis of democracy.
To be truly sustainable, we must live within the ecological limits of the planet.
The monoculture of the mind is the biggest threat to biodiversity.
When you destroy the soil, you destroy the future.
The real solution to hunger is not more industrial agriculture, but more ecological agriculture.
Every act of violence against nature is an act of violence against ourselves.
The illusion of separation is the root of all environmental problems.
We need to move from a paradigm of control to a paradigm of cooperation with nature.