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Zusatztext Shiva is a burst of creative energy, an intellectual power. Informationen zum Autor Vandana Shiva is a world-renowned environmental leader and thinker and director of the Research Foundation on Science, Technology and Ecology. Her many books include Ecofeminism , Earth Democracy and Staying Alive . She is one of the leaders of the International Forum on Globalization, and the recipient of numerous awards, including the Alternative Nobel Peace Prize (1993). Klappentext 'One of the world's most prominent radical scientists.' The Guardian This book is classic of the environmental movement. In it, Vandana Shiva envisions a world beyond our current dependence on fossil fuels and globalization, and makes the compelling case that food crises, oil dependency and climate change are all inherently interlinked. Any attempt to solve one without addressing the others is therefore doomed to failure.Condemning industrial agriculture and biofuels as recipes for ecological and economic disaster, Shiva instead champions small independent farmers. What is needed most, in a time of hunger and changing climates, are sustainable, biologically diverse farms that are better able to resist disease, drought and flooding. Calling for a return to local economies and small-scale agriculture, Shiva argues that humanity's choice is a stark one: we can either continue to pursue a market-centred approach, which will ultimately make our planet unliveable, or we can instead strive for a people-centred, oil-free future, one which offers a decent living for all.This edition features a new introduction by the author, in which she outlines recent developments in ecology and environmentalism, and offers new prescriptions for the environmental movement. Vorwort Outlines a bold and compelling vision for a world liberated from our dependence on fossil fuels and globalization. Zusammenfassung Outlines a bold and compelling vision for a world liberated from our dependence on fossil fuels and globalization. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the 2016 Edition Introduction: Triple Crisis, Triple Opportunity 1. Politics of Climate Change 2. Sacred Cow or Sacred Car 3. Food for Cars or People 4. Soil, Not Oil Conclusion: Unleashing Shakti: Our Power to Transform...
