“Neither Extinction Nor Escape” Vandana Shiva on Ecofeminism’s Way Out of Our Global Crisis

Nonviolence Radio

This week’s episode of Nonviolence Radio is a recording of a talk given by Vandana Shiva, environmentalist, activist, author, and scholar. For decades, Shiva has been advocating -- nonviolently -- for sustainable agriculture, for the rights of small farmers, for biodiversity, for women. She calls for a shift not only in the way we grow and distribute food, but a radical change in the way we understand our relationship with the earth. While the environmental crisis we face today has led many to seek to escape (for instance, through space travel) or become pessimistic, convinced of our species' imminent extinction, Shiva sees a third possibility: ecofeminism.