Navdanya pioneer Vandana Shiva discusses the the privatization of life, specifically seed patenting, its recent history, and how social movements are confronting it. Informative and inspiring.
Recorded by Richard Ingram. Produced by the LA Sound Posse. Event was presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures, the Women, Culture & Development Program at UCSB, and the Walter H. Capps Center for the Study of Religion and Public Life in conjunction with the Institute of Reverential Ecology Intergenerational Forum on
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The talk was given on Mother's Day 2004, and in it Shiva addresses the important historic work of women as stewards and protectors of biodiversity. Program includes a moving introduction of Dr. Shiva by Kum Kum Bhavnani.