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SPEAKER_00: Hello. From Wonder Media Network, I'm Carmen Borchecchia. I'm one of the writers and producers behind Wamanica, as well as another Wonder Media Network show, As She Rises. As She Rises is about personalizing the elusive magnitude of climate change through the power of poetry and the stories of climate activists. The second season is out now. And since this month's theme is eco-warriors, the team behind As She Rises is taking over Wamanica. This month, we're highlighting eco-warriors, women fighting for conservation and ecological justice. Today's Wamanican is a passionate, albeit polarizing figure. An Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, and author, she focuses on maintaining indigenous agricultural practices. Let's talk about Vandana Shiva. Vandana Shiva was born in 1952 in Dehradun, India, near the foothills of the Himalayas. Her father was a forest conservator who maintained parts of the Indian forest. Her mother was a farmer. Growing up, Vandana attended Catholic school before enrolling at Punjab University. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Physics. She then received her master's degree in the philosophy of science in Ontario, Canada. After that, she wrote her thesis, Hidden Variables and Non-Locality in Quantum Theory, earning her a doctorate from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Western Ontario in 1978. Taking a break from her studies, she visited India and was sad to learn that her favorite childhood forest and stream had been cleared and drained to make way for an apple orchard. This discovery sparked her interest in environmentalism. She shifted her focus to research that combined science, technology, and environmental policy. After finishing her degrees, Vandana worked for the Indian Institute of Science and the Indian Institute of Management. In 1982, she founded the Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and Ecology. This foundation is an informal network of researchers working in support of people's environmental struggles. In the 1960s, the Green Revolution began sweeping across Asia. This was an international project to increase food production by using higher yielding seed. To do this, the Green Revolution popularized practices like monocropping, or growing the same type of crop on the same land year after year, and using seeds that were genetically modified. These seeds required lots of fertilizer and pesticides because they weren't native. They hadn't had time to build resilience in their new environments. The genetically modified strains were also patented, which made it illegal for farmers to harvest seeds for the next season. Every year, they'd have to pay for new ones. Vandana believed that the Green Revolution had led to pollution and the loss of indigenous agricultural knowledge. So, in 1991, she created Navdanya. Navdanya translates to nine seeds, or new gift. It's a woman-led, agricultural organization that promotes organic farming and fair trade. It also encourages farmers to maintain traditional farming methods. In the last 30 years, Navdanya has created 150 seed banks, which collect, multiply, and exchange traditional seeds and indigenous knowledge. Throughout her career, Vandana continued to speak up about the problems caused by corporate greed and globalization. She's a founding board member of the International Forum on Globalization, a group of international scientists, activists, researchers, and writers dedicated to monitoring and intervening on the impact of globalization. She's led an international campaign on food rights, which sought to ensure people's right to knowledge and food security. She was a co-chair of the 1991 World Congress on Women and Environment, and she directed a dialogue on women, ecology, and health. In 2001, she opened a school and organic farm offering month-long courses in sustainable living and agriculture near Dehradun, her hometown. Time Magazine awarded her 2003's Environmental Hero, and Asia Week has called her one of the five most powerful communicators of Asia. But Vandana, for all of her accomplishments, has proven a polarizing figure in the scientific community. She's been accused of plagiarizing other scientists' work in her papers and books, using incendiary language, and championing ideas based in pseudoscience. Additionally, Vandana, along with other anti-GMO activists, forced Zambia and India's governments to reject internationally donated GMO food during climate disasters because it was, quote, poisoned. And the anti-GMO lobbying laws she helped pass in India have led to seed piracy, with farmers illegally saving and planting modified strains because of their increased yield. A complicated figure, Vandana Shiva continues to organize and inspire people throughout the world. For more information, find us on Facebook and Instagram at Womanica Podcast. Special thanks to Jenny and Liz Kaplan for inviting me to guest host. Tune in tomorrow for a new guest.
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