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More Quotes by Vandana Shiva
In traditional agriculture, the soil is the mother. She's the mother who gives, to whom you must give back.
When the forest is destroyed, when the river is dammed, when the biodiversity is stolen, when fields are waterlogged or turned saline because of economic activities, it is a question of survival for these people. So our environmental movements have been justice movements.
The fact that I still find so much beauty in a handicraft is because my mother taught us to see not just the craft as a product but the craft as an embodiment of human creativity and human labor.
Patriarchy is based on appropriating rights and leaving responsibility to others.
The end of consumerism and accumulation is the beginning of the joy of living.
We are either going to have a future where women lead the way to make peace with the Earth or we are not going to have a human future at all.
If you are doing the right thing for the earth, she's giving you great company.
I think what we owe each other is a celebration of life and to replace fear and hopelessness with fearlessness and joy.
Cultivating and conserving diversity is no luxury in our times: it is a survival imperative.
Soil, not oil, holds the future for humanity.
