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More Quotes by Vandana Shiva
The end of consumerism and accumulation is the beginning of the joy of living.
Genetic engineering has never been about saving the world, it's about controlling the world.
A single, one-dimensional way of thinking has created a monoculture of the mind. And the monoculture of the mind has become a self-fulfilling prophecy. This is the root of why we have pitted equity against ecology and sustainability against justice.
When you don't take into account the way ecological systems work, then you do damage.
I think what we owe each other is a celebration of life and to replace fear and hopelessness with fearlessness and joy.
Whenever we engage in consumption or production patterns which take more than we need, we are engaging in violence.
The time has come to reclaim the stolen harvest and celebrate the growing and giving of good food as the highest gift and the most revolutionary act.
If you are doing the right thing for the earth, she's giving you great company.
Uniformity is not nature's way; diversity is nature's way.
I believe that we will see a lot of destruction, but I believe that if we can see the right patterns and draw the right lessons from that destruction, we might be able to rebuild before it's too late. And then I have that ultimate optimism that even if we can't, life will rebuild itself. In a way, the global economy might collapse, but Gaia won't, and people's ingenuity won't. We will rebuild society, we will rebuild local economies, we will rebuild human aspirations.
