You are not Atlas carrying the world on your shoulder. It is good to remember that the planet is carrying you.
Vandana ShivaWhenever we engage in consumption or production patterns which take more than we need, we are engaging in violence.
Vandana ShivaThe poorest of families, the poorest of children, are subsidizing the growth of the largest agribusinesses in the world. I think itยs time we recognized that in free trade the poor farmer, the small farmer, is ending up having to pay royalties to the Monsantos of the world.
Vandana ShivaThe spinning wheel became the symbol of Indian independence. So we always say, "if the spinning wheel was the symbol of our first independence, then the seed is the symbol of our second independence."
Vandana Shiva