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Terra Viva with Vandana Shiva

Upstream

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What Are the Upstream Causes?

The theme of the show is very much about economics and the theme is called upstream because it's about going upstream to the root causes of the challenges we face. So I'm wondering if you could take us on this journey. When you go upstream from those downstream problems or challenges that we face, what are the upstream causes? What is it in the ways of our thinking or our systems that is causing this suffering? Well, two things. The second problem with taking consequences and symptoms is you don't ask what caused it because it is an absolute entity in itself. This is how it is and has always been. And my understanding now after all these years, you know, 50 years of a

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