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Vandana Shiva and the Hubris of Manipulating Nature

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🗓️ 30 July 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

From clearing land for pasture to building dams, humans have long changed the face of the Earth. But Indian eco-feminist Vandana Shiva is highly critical of how we’ve changed our relationship with the land through industrial monocrop agriculture. She firmly opposes genetically modified crops, and has called seed patents “bio-piracy.” But it’s not just the technology she’s critical of.  “I’m critical of the world view of arrogance. The worldview that came with colonialism, the mechanistic mindset of the conquering man being the creator of the earth and creator of the wealth,” Shiva says.  Shiva argues for a renewed focus on biodiversity and regenerative agriculture to help solve the climate crisis. Guests: Vandana Shiva, director of the Foundation for Science, Technology & Ecology Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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to learn more. This is Climate One. I'm Greg Dalton. Today, Indian eco-feminist Dr. Vanda

0:37.0

Shiva talks about her opposition to industrial

0:39.6

agriculture and genetically modified crops. She's called seed patents biopiracy. So why do I call this

0:46.6

biopiracy? Because what nature created, you claim as your creation. And GMO in that worldview means God move over GMO.

0:58.6

But it's not just a technology.

1:00.5

She's critical of.

1:01.6

I'm critical of the worldview of arrogance, the worldview that came with colonialism,

1:07.5

the mechanistic mindset of the conquering man being the creator of the earth and creator of the wealth

1:15.0

that they basically stole. What are the limits on how much humans should meddle with the natural world?

1:21.2

Climate ones empowering conversations connect all aspects of the climate emergency. My guest this week is

1:27.3

Dr. Vanda Neshiva. She's an eco-feminist

1:30.2

who has spent much of her career opposing corporate-led globalization, particularly in agriculture.

1:35.9

She holds some controversial opinions and has been called anti-science by her detractors,

1:40.7

which include prominent scientists. Although she studied physics as an undergraduate,

1:45.5

she holds a PhD in philosophy from the University of Western Ontario, focusing on the philosophy of

1:51.0

physics. In fact-checking this interview, I found some of her numbers to be problematic. We edited

1:56.6

the show to focus on her larger themes rather than specific figures which lacked precision.

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