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Ecofeminism
E-bok, 2014
250 kr
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This groundbreaking work remains as relevant today as when it was when first published. Two of Zed's best-known authors argue that ecological destruction and industrial catastrophes constitute a direct threat to everyday life, the maintenance of which has been made the particular responsibility of …
Staying Alive
Women, Ecology, and Development
Häftad, 2016
215 kr
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Inspired by women’s struggles for the protection of nature as a condition for human survival, award-winning environmentalist Vandana Shiva shows how ecological destruction and the marginalization of women are not inevitable, economically or scientifically. She argues that “maldevelopment”—the …
Nature of Nature
The Metabolic Disorder of Climate Change
Häftad, 2024
155 kr
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In an age of climate catastrophes and extinction, world-renowned environmentalist Vandana Shiva shows why we must turn back to nature and learn, once again, how to live sustainably on planet Earth, beginning with our relationship to food.Four billion years ago, Earth was a hot, lifeless planet. …
Soil, Not Oil
Climate Change, Peak Oil and Food Insecurity
Häftad, 2016
321 kr
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'One of the world's most prominent radical scientists.'The GuardianThis book is classic of the environmental movement. In it, Vandana Shiva envisions a world beyond our current dependence on fossil fuels and globalization, and makes the compelling case that food crises, oil dependency and climate …
Oneness vs The 1%
Shattering Illusions, Seeding Freedom
Häftad, 2019
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115 kr
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Widespread poverty and malnutrition, an alarming refugee crisis, social unrest, economic polarisation have become our lived reality as the top 1% of the world's seven-billion-plus population pushes the planet-and all its people to the social and ecological brink. In Oneness vs. the 1%, Vandana …
Monocultures of the Mind
Perspectives on Biodiversity and Biotechnology
Häftad, 1993
515 kr
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Vandana Shiva has established herself as a leading independent thinker and voice for the South in that critically important nexus where questions of development strategy, the environment and the posititon of women in society coincide. In this new volume, she brings together her thinking on the …
Reclaiming the Commons
Biodiversity, Traditional Knowledge, and the Rights of Mother Earth
Häftad, 2020
148 kr
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Reclaiming the Commons: Biodiversity, Traditional Knowledge, and the Rights of Mother Earth lays out the scientific, legal, political, and cultural struggle to defend the sovereignty of biodiversity and indigenous knowledge.Two decades ago, at the height of globalization, there was an attempt by …
Mänskliga rättigheter och samhällets skyldigheter : en antologi från MR-dagarna 2004
Av Hans Blix, Vandana Shiva m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
159 kr
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Nya perspektiv i internationell rätt om humanitär intervention och nationers "ansvar att skydda" medborgare när deras mänskliga rättigheter är kränkta tas upp i denna bok. Kapitlen baseras på bidrag vid MR-dagarna 2004 och diskuterar vidare bl.a. internationell demokratisering, rättsstatsbegreppet, …
Water Wars
Pollution, Profits and Privatization
Häftad, 2002
438 kr
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"The world's most prominent radical scientist."The GuardianVandana Shiva, a world-renowned environmentalist and campaigner, examines the ‘water wars’ of the twenty-first century: the aggressive privatization by the multinationals of communal water rights.While drought and desertification are …
Making Peace with the Earth
Häftad, 2013
276 kr
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'One of the world's most prominent radical scientists', Vandana Shiva demolishes the myths propagated by corporate globalisation in its pursuit of profit and power, revealing the devastating environmental impact of corporate capitalism.Shiva argues that consumerism lubricates the war against the …
Vandana Shiva Reader
Inbunden, 2015
954 kr
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"Her great virtue as an advocate is that she is not a reductionist. Her awareness of the complex connections among economy and nature and culture preserves her from oversimplification. So does her understanding of the importance of diversity." -- Wendell Berry, from the forewordMotivated by …
Vandana Shiva Reader
E-bok, 2015
160 kr
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The pioneering environmental activist presents her most influential writings—with an informative introduction by Wendell Berry. Motivated by agricultural devastation in her home country of India, Vandana Shiva became one of the world''s most influential environmental and anti-globalization …
Vandana Shiva Reader
E-bok, 2015
246 kr
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The pioneering environmental activist presents her most influential writings—with an informative introduction by Wendell Berry.Motivated by agricultural devastation in her home country of India, Vandana Shiva became one of the world''s most influential environmental and anti-globalization …
Vandana Shiva Reader
Häftad, 2015
517 kr
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"Her great virtue as an advocate is that she is not a reductionist. Her awareness of the complex connections among economy and nature and culture preserves her from oversimplification. So does her understanding of the importance of diversity." -- Wendell Berry, from the forewordMotivated by …
Violence of the Green Revolution
Third World Agriculture, Ecology, and Politics
Häftad, 2015
429 kr
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The Green Revolution has been heralded as a political and technological achievement -- unprecedented in human history. Yet in the decades that have followed it, this supposedly nonviolent revolution has left lands ravaged by violence and ecological scarcity. A dedicated empiricist, Vandana Shiva …
Stolen Harvest
The Highjacking of the Global Food Supply
Häftad, 2016
444 kr
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For the farmer, the seed is not merely the source of future plants and food; it is a vehicle through which culture and history can be preserved and spread to future generations. For centuries, farmers have evolved crops and produced an incredible diversity of plants that provide life-sustaining …
Religion and Sustainable Agriculture
World Spiritual Traditions and Food Ethics
Av Vandana Shiva, Todd LeVasseur m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
736 kr
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Distinct practices of eating are at the heart of many of the world's faith traditions -- from the Christian Eucharist to Muslim customs of fasting during Ramadan to the vegetarianism and asceticism practiced by some followers of Hinduism and Buddhism. What we eat, how we eat, and whom we eat with …
Violence of the Green Revolution
Third World Agriculture, Ecology and Politics
Häftad, 1991
515 kr
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As the agricultural systems of many countries are poised, as a result of the recent advances in biotechnology for what may soon come to be called the Second Green Revolution, this book is particularly appropriate. Vandana Shiva examines the impact of the first Green Revolution on the breadbasket of …
Reclaiming the Commons
Biodiversity, Traditional Knowledge, and the Rights of Mother Earth
E-bok, 2020
139 kr
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Reclaiming the Commons: Biodiversity, Traditional Knowledge, and the Rights of Mother Earth lays out the scientific, legal, political, and cultural struggle to defend the sovereignty of biodiversity and indigenous knowledge. Corporate war on nature and people through patents and corporate …
Philanthrocapitalism and the Erosion of Democracy
A Global Citizens Report on the Corporate Control of Technology, Health, and Agriculture
Häftad, 2022
183 kr
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As the world’s billionaire class reaps record profits and global inequalities further divide nations and communities, this anthology compiled by renown activist Dr. Vandana Shiva pulls back the curtain on how ruthless capitalistic exploitation branded as philanthropic altruism forges a direct path …
Philanthrocapitalism and the Erosion of Democracy
A Global Citizens Report on the Corporate Control of Technology, Health, and Agriculture
E-bok, 2022
159 kr
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As the world’s billionaire class reaps record profits and global inequalities further divide nations and communities, this anthology compiled by renown activist Dr. Vandana Shiva pulls back the curtain on how ruthless capitalistic exploitation branded as philanthropic altruism forges a direct path …
Agroecology and Regenerative Agriculture
Sustainable Solutions for Hunger, Poverty, and Climate Change
E-bok, 2022
225 kr
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A synthesis of more than three decades of interdisciplinary research and practice, Agroecology and Regenerative Agriculture: An Evidence-based Guide to Sustainable Solutions for Hunger, Poverty, and Climate Change , provides evidence-based solutions to some of the world’s most pressing crises in …
Close to Home
Women Reconnect Ecology, Health and Development
E-bok, 2014
576 kr
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It is 20 years since environmental issues were first put on the international agenda at the Stockholm Conference, and concern for planetary survival has shifted from desertification to acid rain to ozone depletion to biodiversity. The official responses to all the various crises, however, has …
Close to Home
Women Reconnect Ecology, Health and Development
E-bok, 2014
589 kr
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It is 20 years since environmental issues were first put on the international agenda at the Stockholm Conference, and concern for planetary survival has shifted from desertification to acid rain to ozone depletion to biodiversity. The official responses to all the various crises, however, has …
Close to Home
Women Reconnect Ecology, Health and Development
Inbunden, 2017
2131 kr
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It is 20 years since environmental issues were first put on the international agenda at the Stockholm Conference, and concern for planetary survival has shifted from desertification to acid rain to ozone depletion to biodiversity. The official responses to all the various crises, however, has …
Ecofeminism
Av Vandana Shiva, Maria Mies m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
249 kr
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In this groundbreaking work, two world-renowned scholars argue that ecological destruction and industrial catastrophes constitute a direct threat to everyday life, the maintenance of which has been made the particular responsibility of women. In both industrialized societies and the developing …
India Divided
The Lethal Mix of Free Trade, Famine and Fundamentalism in India
Häftad, 2003
184 kr
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ndia Environmental, human rights and anti-globalisation activist Shiva looks into the increasingly desperate situation in India, asking how the land of Buddha and Gandhi became so dangerous. Caught up in potential nuclear conflict with Pakistan, the rise of fundamentalism in its own borders, and …
India Divided
Diversity and Democracy Under Attack
E-bok, 2011
144 kr
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In India Divided, environmental, human rights, and antiglobalization activist Vandana Shiva chronicles the internal battles of a nation that is both the world''s largest democracy and a leading nuclear power. Shiva describes a society where traditional cultures collide with the new economy of …
