It's a phenomenon that started in the United States in which corporations make claims on the life forms, biodiversity and innovations of other cultures by applying for patents on them.

When I find too many puzzles about the way explanations are given about why there is inequality - why people who work the hardest in the world end up being the poorest - I can't just sit back and not try to understand why the gaps between people are increasing, or why there are so many homeless and hungry people in the world.

You cannot insert a gene you took from a bacteria into a seed and call it LIFE. You have not created life, instead you have only polluted it.

We share this planet, our home, with millions of species. Justice and sustainability both demand that we do not use more resources than we need.

You are not Atlas carrying the world on your shoulder. It is good to remember that the planet is carrying you.

As usual, in every scheme that worsens the position of the poor, it is the poor who are invoked as beneficiaries.

I do have fun. Even when I’m fighting I’m enjoying it: I think there’s nothing as exhilarating as protecting that which you find precious.