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Vandana Shiva of India is one of the Third World's most eloquent voices on the environment, women's rights and sustainable development. She directs the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology in New Delhi. In this program, she describes the impact that giant agribusiness is having on global food production and the effects intellectual property rights and patents are having on traditional communities.
Vandana Shiva of India is a leading voice for sustainable development and social justice. A Renaissance-type woman, she's a physicist, scholar, social activist and feminist. Dr. Shiva is Director of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Natural Resource Policy in New Delhi. She's the recipient of the Right Livelihood Award, the alternative Nobel Prize. She's the author of many books including Biopiracy, Stolen Harvest and Water Wars.
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