Vandana Shiva is a world-renowned environmental thinker and
activist, a leader in the International Forum on Globalisation, and
of the Slow Food Movement. Director of Navdanya and of the Research
Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, and a tireless
crusader for farmers’, peasants’ and women’s rights, she is the
author and editor of several influential books, including Making
Peace with the Earth, Soil Not Oil; Seed Sovereignty, Food
Security: Women in the Vanguard; and Who Really Feeds the
World?
Shiva is the recipient of over 20 international awards, among them
the Medal of the Presidency of the Italian Republic (1998); the
Horizon 3000 Award (Austria, 2001); the John Lennon-Yoko Ono Grant
for Peace (2008); the Sydney Peace Prize (2010); the Calgary Peace
Prize (2011); and the Thomas Merton Award (2011). She was the
Fukuoka Grand Prize Laureate in 2012.
'One of the world's most prominent radical scientists' - The Guardian 'Her fierce intellect and her disarmingly friendly, accessible manner have made her a valuable advocate for people all over the developing world.' - Ms Magazine
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