Women are creative, productive and most of the production when you measure it in terms of time spent. In the world is women's work. It's just that it's not counted as work because just like GDP only counts that which can, you can exchange in the market. So the opportunity in this moment of crisis is stopping the blindness towards the tremendous creativity of the earth. We've to stop trying to be masters and conquerors and engineers like Bacon tried to think we should be, you know, Superman. The nature had to be subjugated and conquered. That's the path that's leading to collapse.
Today, ecology activist and regenerative agriculture advocate Vandana Shiva joins me to discuss how her lifetime of work has shaped the way she sees the world. From chaining herself to trees to winning against powerful agriculture giants like Monsanto, Vandana shares the many lessons she’s learned in fighting for food systems that are better for the Earth and better for humans. Can we shift away from fossil input intensive agriculture that produces commodities lacking in full nutrients towards one with more labor, more community and more nutritious food?
About Vandana Shiva:
Vandana Shiva is a well known activist, author of many books, and is a global champion on regenerative local agriculture, biodiversity and nutritious food. She has a PhD in physics and 40 years ago founded the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, an independent research institute that works on the most significant ecological problems of our times.
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