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For over four decades she has vociferously advocated for diversity, indigenous knowledge, localization, and real democracy; she has been at the forefront of seed saving, food sovereignty, and connecting the dots between the destruction of nature, the polarization of societies, and indiscriminate corporate greed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTerra Viva\u003c\/i\u003e, Dr. Shiva shares her most memorable campaigns, alongside some of the world’s most celebrated activists and environmentalists, all working toward a livable planet and healthier democracies. For the very first time, she also recounts the stories of her childhood in post-partition India—the influence of the Himalayan forests she roamed; her parents, who saw no difference in the education of boys and girls at a time when this was not the norm; and the Chipko movement, whose women were “the real custodians of biodiversity-related knowledge.” Throughout, Shiva’s pursuit of a unique intellectual path marrying quantum physics with science, technology, and environmental policy will captivate the reader.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTerra Viva\u003c\/i\u003e is a celebration of a remarkable life and a clear-eyed assessment of the challenges we face moving forward—including those revealed by the COVID crisis, the privatization of biotechnology, and the commodification of our biological and natural resources.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“One of the world’s most prominent radical scientists.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43204890886322,"sku":"9781645021889","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781645021889.jpg?v=1786024860"},{"product_id":"9781780265131","title":"Oneness Vs The 1%","description":"Widespread poverty and malnutrition, an alarming refugee crisis, social unrest, economic polarisation have become our lived reality as the top 1% of the world's seven-billion-plus population pushes the planet-and all its people to the social and ecological brink. 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Through the process of evolution, the Earth and its diversity of living organisms gradually reduced the amount of carbon in the atmosphere. About 200,000 years ago, the conditions aligned for our own species—\u003ci\u003eHomo sapiens\u003c\/i\u003e—to emerge and thrive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut what will it take to continue to survive?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Nature of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, world-renowned environmental thinker and activist Vandana Shiva argues that food is the currency of life, a thread woven throughout the web of \u003ci\u003eall\u003c\/i\u003e life, indivisible from Earth and its natural systems. 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With clarity and a detailed analysis, Shiva unpacks the false promises made by technology-oriented, lab-intensive digital agriculture, revealing the dangers posed by fake and ultra-processed foods—dangers to the environment, to increasing greenhouse gas emissions, to the health of animals, and to our health and food security.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Nature of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, Shiva takes a powerful stand, arguing with urgency and passion for a food and climate future based not on techno-optimism, hallucination, and corporate delusions, but on the natural regeneration of biodiversity in partnership \u003ci\u003ewith\u003c\/i\u003e the biosphere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Vandana Shiva:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“She’s been called the ‘Gandhi of grain,’ the ‘rock star’ of the anti-GMO movement and an ‘eco-warrior goddess.’ . . . 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Any attempt to solve one without addressing the others is therefore doomed to failure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCondemning industrial agriculture and biofuels as recipes for ecological and economic disaster, Shiva instead champions small independent farmers. What is needed most, in a time of hunger and changing climates, are sustainable, biologically diverse farms that are better able to resist disease, drought and flooding. Calling for a return to local economies and small-scale agriculture, Shiva argues that humanity’s choice is a stark one: we can either continue to pursue a market-centred approach, which will ultimately make our planet unliveable, or we can instead strive for a people-centred, oil-free future, one which offers a decent living for all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition features a new introduction by the author, in which she outlines recent developments in ecology and environmentalism, and offers new prescriptions for the environmental movement.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56305083908469,"sku":"9781783607709","price":20.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781783607709_fd0c5888-0649-436c-9343-22c6638a1cf9.jpg?v=1786026005"},{"product_id":"9781623170516","title":"Staying Alive","description":"Inspired by women’s struggles for the protection of nature as a condition for human survival, award-winning environmentalist Vandana Shiva shows how ecological destruction and the marginalization of women are not inevitable, economically or scientifically. She argues that “maldevelopment”—the violation of the integrity of organic, interconnected, and interdependent systems that sets in motion a process of exploitation, inequality, and injustice—is dragging the world down a path of self-destruction, threatening survival itself. Shiva articulates how rural Indian women experience and perceive ecological destruction and its causes, and how they have conceived and initiated processes to arrest the destruction of nature and begin its regeneration. Focusing on science and development as patriarchal projects, \u003ci\u003eStaying Alive\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerfully relevant book that positions women not solely as survivors of the crisis, but as the source of crucial insights and visions to guide our struggle.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56305191354741,"sku":"9781623170516","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781623170516_18f63f34-10bb-4837-b305-529f1936d435.jpg?v=1786023311"},{"product_id":"9781350379886","title":"Ecofeminism","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this groundbreaking work, two world-renowned scholars\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eargue that ecological destruction and industrial catastrophes constitute a direct threat to everyday life, the maintenance of which has been made the particular responsibility of women.\u003c\/b\u003e In both industrialized societies and the developing countries, the new wars the world is experiencing, violent ethnic chauvinisms and the malfunctioning of the economy also pose urgent questions for ecofeminists. 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