Vandana Shiva doing the ‘tree hugging’ Dr. Vandana Shiva is an Indian environmental activist‚ ecofeminist‚ anti-globalization author‚ physicist‚ and philosopher. As an environmental activist she has co-ordinated‚ supported and learned from grassroots networks on a wide range of issues across India. Advocates ‘tree hugging’‚ the tactic of hugging trees to prevent them being cut down. Supports ‘Navdanya’ (meaning 9 seeds): “Conserving seed is conserving biodiversity‚ conserving knowledge of
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Powerful environment movement . STICKING TO A CAUSE Chipko Movement‚ 1973 The 1980s saw the debate on environment move from just deforestation to the larger issues of depletion of natural resources “In the wake of reckless deforestation‚ a unique movement has bubbled‚”observed India Today in March 1982. The 1980s saw the debate on environment move from just deforestation to the larger issues of depletion of natural resources.“ Chipko movement in the Garhwal Himalayas‚ shoved aside urban armchair
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TRIBAL WOMEN IN CHIPKO MOVEMENT -AN APPRAISAL DEBASREE DE UGC Junior Research Fellow at Department of History‚ Jadavpur University‚ Kolkata. The women of Chipko movement have added to the world’s consciousness of environmental issues significantly by their slogan of ‘mitti pani aur bayar’. Major afforestation programmes have also been launched as a result of the movement. To celebrate the Chipko week (30th May to5th June) let us spread the message of Chipko to protect our natural resources
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Intro ;lThe Chipko movement or Chipko Andolan is a movement that practised the Gandhian methods of satyagraha and non-violent resistance‚ through the act of surrounding trees to protect them from being felled. The modern Chipko movement started in the early 1970s in the Garhwal Himalayas ofUttarakhand‚Then in Uttar Pradesh with growing awareness towards rapid deforestation. The landmark event in this struggle took place on March 26‚ 1974‚ when a group of peasant women in Reni village‚ Hemwalghati
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Vandana Shiva‚ in her book‚ Staying Alive‚ describes the masculine model of development as being inherently dominating and destructive. From this masculine perspective‚ “nature‚ women and the non-west” are rebel forces to be conquered (15). Regarding “Third World” countries especially‚ the masculine model of development is as prominent as ever. The only real difference is that what was once termed colonialism is now done in the neocolonialist name of scientific development. To begin with‚ the
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Vandana Shiva’s monograph‚ Who Really Feeds the World? is a powerful piece on the pitfalls of mankind in terms of agriculture. At the current moment‚ humanity is falling into an industrialized world that cares more about profit and genetic modification than it does about the sustainability of mankind’s practices on the Earth. Through Shiva’s influential monograph‚ the reader is subjected to the biases that occur throughout the books‚ as well as the beliefs of the writer. It is easy to see Shiva’s
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supposed to read realistic fiction? What good are these wild tales‚ anyway?” (“Speculative” 200). In author Vandana Singh’s “A Speculative Manifesto”‚ she describes how important speculative fiction is in the education of students in literature. Speculative fiction is combination of several different genres of literature‚ such as mystery‚ science fiction‚ historical fiction and fantasy. Vandana Singh asks in her manifesto if education is based on the truth then “[w]hy not discard the old myths‚ legends
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Dr. Vandana Shiva “When the U.S. sneezes‚ the world experiences influenza” The lecture by Dr. Vandana Shiva on the global food crisis was an insightful presentation of Dr. Shiva’s overall knowledge of globalizations failures in social responsibility. She began with several facts supporting her theories against current practices that drive the economic instability of the world food supply. She also explained the causes of the events in which 40 countries around the world faced rioting due to escalating
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VANDANA LUTHRA CURLS & CURVES (VLCC) VANDANA LUTHRA (FOUDER OF VLCC) WHAT IS VLCC • ONE –STOP-SHOP SLIMMING CLINIC • HEALTH CARE CLINC VLCC REVOLUTION • The guiding vision of VLCC Group is “Transforming Lives”. By “Transforming Lives”‚ we imply transforming self‚ spreading happiness and transforming future. These three pillars have been the hallmarks of our Company since it was founded by MRS. VANDANA LUTHRA in 1989. They remain the foundation upon which we continue to build our success
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Sources‚ along with drafts of this portion of your paper ( Three Assigned Outside Sources 1. Gumbel‚ Peter. “Big Mac’s Local Flavor.” Fortune 5/5/2008. 2. Watson‚ James. “China’s Big Mac Attack.” Foreign Affairs. May/June 2000. 3. Vandana Shiva on McDonald’s‚ Exploitation‚ and the Global Economy. Interview
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