Philosophical
What if democracy starts in the soil?
When a corporation patents a seed, farmers can't save or replant it. They have to buy new seeds every season. Vandana Shiva argues this is where freedom starts to disappear: not in parliaments, but in fields.
The earth has enough for everyone's needs, but not for everyone's greed.— Vandana Shiva
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The thinker
Environmental Activist & Physicist
Vandana Shiva is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, and author who advocates for biodiversity, seed freedom, and food sovereignty.
Based on Vandana Shiva: Everything I Need to Know I Learned in the Forest, summarised and reframed by Insights.
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