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Dr. Vandana Shiva is an internationally renown environmental and social activist, and was formerly one of India’s top nuclear physicists. She has been credited as the principle founder leader of India’s ecological an eco-feminism movement. In 1982, Dr. Shiva founded the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology in New Delhi, which led to the creation of Navdanya - an organization dedicated to the restoration of organic farming across India and the preservation of the indigenous knowledge and culture. She is also one of the leaders on the board of the International Forum on Globalization with Ralph Nader, Maude Barlow and Jerry Mander.
Dr. Shiva has received numerous international awards, including the Alternative Nobel Prize (the Right Livelihood Award), the UNEP’s Global 500 Award and the UN’s Earth Day International Award. Among her more important books are “Earth Democracy: Justice Sustainability and Peace”, “Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed”, and her most recent, “Soil Not Oil: Environmental Justice in an Age of Climate Crisis”.
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