Vandana Shiva: environmental activist

WHO IS:
She is an Indian environmental activist fighting for changes in the practice and paradigms of agriculture and food. he founded an independent institute – the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology in Dehra Dun – dedicated to high quality and independent research to address the most significant ecological and social issues of our times, working in close partnership with local communities and social movements. She founded Navdanya, a national movement to protect the diversity and integrity of living resources – especially native seed – and to promote organic farming and fair trade. (web site)

DURING THE FESTIVAL:

She will take part in Rendez-Vous “The Earth’s Rights”, on Saturday, June 27 with