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031204 Vandana Shiva - Beyond Corporate Globalisation: Towards Earth Democracy

The wonders of modern science have lifted our horizons and provided many advances for humankind. Medical science has assisted in overcoming once deadly diseases and advances in electronics have allowed the proliferation of communications technologies. Yet alongside these developments has been the increasing tendency of corporations to dominate the ways in which these technologies can be deployed. In particular are the developments in seed and gene technology which threaten to undermine the livelihood of farmers while also promising to feed the hungry. What future for the planet in a corporate dominated and restricted world where the very patents to life are owned by a few multinationals?

Dr. Vandana Shiva, physicist, feminist, philosopher of science, writer and science policy advocate, is founder and Director of The Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Natural Resource Policy, a movement for biodiversity conservation and farmers' rights. She serves as an ecology advisor to organisations including the Third World Network and the Asia Pacific People's Environment Network. In 1993 she was the recipient of the Right Livelihood Award, commonly known as the "Alternative Nobel Prize" for her pioneering insights into the social and environmental costs of the dominant development process, and her ability to work with and for local people and communities. A contributing editor to the People-Centered Development Forum, she has also authored a number of books, including Water Wars, Patents, Myths and Reality and Tomorrow's Biodiversity. Each year, the Centre for Human Aspects of Science and Technology (CHAST) at the University of Sydney awards the prestigious Templeton Lecture. The 2003 awardee was Dr. Vandana Shiva. Dr. Shiva delivered the Templeton address on Monday 20th October, 2003.


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