Nothing green in the Green Revolution
There is no reason why India should face hunger and malnutrition, and why our farmers should commit suicide. India is blessed with the most fertile soils in the world. Our climate is so generous we can,
Vandana Shiva
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Seed freedom: a global citizens' report
<p><span id="itro1">This global citizens' report published by Navdanya, depicts concentration and restrictions in the global seed sector as a result of IPR regimes and corporate convergence. Focuses
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Organic foods are not healthier or better for the environment
Organic foods are not healthier or better for the environment – and they’re packed with pesticides, argued Rob Johnston in his article “The great organic myths” published in these columns on August 8.
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Say No to Western Rejects
Environmentalist Vandana Shiva on Chipko movement I became a volunteer as a young student in the Chipko movement of the 1970s which I think shaped our contemporary history very strongly. But Chipko wasn't
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The GMO emperor has no clothes: global citizens report on GMOs – false promises, failed technologies
Genetic engineering has failed to increase the yield of any food crop but has vastly increased the use of chemicals and the growth of "superweeds". The GMO Emperor has no clothes empowers citizens to create
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Save the Ganga
I am travelling with the Ganga yatra which is a pilgrimage to save the river Ganga. The Ganga is India
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The killing fields of MNCs
The Bhopal gas tragedy was the worst industrial disaster in human history. Twenty-five thousand people died, 500,000 were injured, and the injustice done to the victims of Bhopal over the past 25 years will go down as the worst case of jurisprudence ever.
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Mere desh ki dharti
LAND IS life. It is the basis of livelihoods for peasants and indigenous people across the Third World and is also becoming the most vital asset in the global economy. As the resource demands of globalisation increase, land has emerged as a key site of conflict.
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India Shining or India Starving?
INDIA BECAME independent soon after the Great Bengal Famine that claimed two million lives. An independent and free India reclaimed her food sovereignty and food security.
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Rights of Earth
WE NEED a new paradigm for living on the earth because the old one is clearly not working.