Dr Vandana Shiva

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Dr Vandana Shiva

 

    Vandana Shiva (born 5 November 1952) is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, and anti-globalization author. Shiva, currently based in Delhi, has authored more than twenty books.

 

    She is one of the leaders and board members of the International Forum on Globalization (along with Jerry Mander, Ralph Nader, and  Jeremy Rifkin), and a figure of the anti-globalization movement. She has argued in favor of many traditional practices, as in her interview in the book Vedic Ecology (by Ranchor Prime). She is a member of the scientific committee of the Fundacion IDEAS, Spain's Socialist Party's think tank. She is also a member of the International Organization for a Participatory Society. She received the Right Livelihood Award in 1993, an honour promoted as an "Alternative Nobel Prize"

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