UBC Connects with Vandana Shiva: The Future of Food and Farming in a Pandemic World
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ส.ค. 2024
- About the Speaker:
Join renowned scholar and conservationist Dr. Vandana Shiva, along with students from UBC’s Faculty of Land and Food Systems, for the first UBC Connects Masterclass.
Dr. Vandana Shiva is an Indian scholar and environmental activist dedicated to protecting biodiversity. Her work looks at how people can produce more food, reduce hunger, cultivate better health and reduce disease and poverty through conservation of biodiversity. She has been recognized for her contributions in the fields of women and the environment, biotechnology and intellectual property rights, and ecological issues related to agriculture.
Dr. Shiva is one of the leaders and board members of the International Forum on Globalization and a figure in the global solidarity movement, which she refers to as the Earth Democracy movement. Trained as a physicist before shifting to interdisciplinary research in science, technology and environmental policy, she received her PhD in the foundations of quantum theory at the University of Western Ontario. Currently based in Delhi and Dehra Dun, India, she has authored over 20 books, including The Violence of Green Revolution and Monocultures of the Mind.
About the Masterclass:
This online Masterclass connected a small group of Faculty of Land and Food Systems students with Dr. Vandana Shiva to discuss creative solutions to real-world problems.
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This is the woman the entire planet should be listening to with regards to the environment!!!! She is very brave to speak truth so openly. If the UN was even slightly interested in the environment they would be listening to her.
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Especially at the beginning I get the impression that some of these people still look at this „pandemic“ like the proverbial mouse looks at the snake while it is a minor thing once you take off the hype which is causing the real damage. The REAL problem is the „War against life“ which comprises hundreds of problems being hidden by this strange fascination with Covid-19. To be continued
continuation: However… if people listen to Vandana Shiva properly they will understand what we are REALLY up against and better still, what the solutions could be. Ignoring this, writes our extinction and that of maybe all life into history.
Dr Vandana Shiva has a deep love for the Earth and the way love provides life. One seed feeds many so to ado/protect/care for this seed provides love and life back. The soil must be respected as much life is in the soil. Check out her “soil not oil” to actually witness her words and acts of love for all life. She’s a precious soul herself.
The UN is part of the dark cabaal. Look at corbett report for the verifiable factsv
This woman is soooooo BRILLIANT, her contribution to our world is extraordinary!!!!
Why isn't her name known in each and every home. It's common sense, all of it. See thru the illusion.
her mind and her General energy, her inner light. Brilliant.🇨🇦🙏🏻
Dr. Shiva is SO inspiring. Those eyes! Community seed centers in every town in every country! Gardens in every yard! We are to be told "You can't use our money or our system unless you take our soul killing jab." Fine! That system is awful, we have always wanted out. We can simply be a better system. A garden in every yard. Love in every heart.
Sounds beautiful ! I’m on board
When i listen to her time passes like eye blink... Thanks for motivating all of us in this world.
If you knew anything about agriculture you would join me in screaming at her.
@@DukeGMOLOL Are you teaching us agriculture? haha look who's talking. Agriculture in India began by 9000 BCE on north to west to south India as a result of early cultivation of plants, and domestication of crops and animals.
I absolutely love this woman! Following her talks a few years now and always learn something!
I found her yesterday. When I heard the phrase "food imperialism" I was captivated by her amazing capacity to communicate.
@@Gkuljian when you think about it global warming is a latent product /result of not treating the soil with the respect it deserves. There are currently some TH-cam videos relating these two things and it’s definitely an eye opener. dr Mark Hyman of The Dictir’s Farmacy (spelled that way) has that kind of info and he I believe is a co founder of EWG - wonderful advocates of food/ consumer products regarding ingredient safety like shampoo, etc.
@@vas4739 Dr. Mark Hyman is not a co founder of the EWG, he is embarrassing enough already.
@@popeyegordon Hey Pop, keep firing them up.
@@popeyegordon Wow thank you for your kindness!
I wish I could contribute to this post balance tenure of my lifetime, enough is said , like mindedness is required to action 🙏🙏🙏
deep and powerful session to propel all of humanity to the Mother Earth
The idea for Gardening at home and Gardening by students at school began at one point in 1916 when the Avatar Paramahansa Yogananda began his "Yogoda Vidyalaya "schools for children in India. This was just before He went to live and teach in America and was the successful founder of Self-Realization Fellowship.
Yogananda is the author of best seller - Autobiography of a Yogi. (with the orange cover)
I am so grateful for Vandana and her wisdom, the faculty of land and food systems, the Earth university and these young bright open minded students of life that all clearly are on a mission to be citizens of the World. Very inspiring. Thank you all. xxx
Now this is a brilliant mind, I am so glad I found this talk.
"Taking care of the land is the highest vocation"
Love Vandana Shiva. Very wise and intelligent woman.
Would like to hear a conversation someday between her and Sadhguru.
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Dr Vandana Shiva is a Great Lady and she's an Asset to this planet Earth. We have Mother Teresa who took care of the needy. We should address Dr Vandana Shiva as Mother of Agriculture on this very Mother Earth. She's so Brave to voice out against the Big Tech to safe this Planet Earth 🌍. Let's Pray for her and all these freedom loving people.
Its always a pleasure to learn from Dr Shiva
I appreciate Dr Vandana Shiva 's way of showing courage in calling out the role of poison in food production. Her mother's mangoes look delicious. Thankyou for this connection.
My Great Grandma had planted A Mango Tree... indeed everything backyard can be a Fruit Garden. Wonderful Vandana Shiva Wonderful
Too bad more people haven't checked out this informative and inspiring conversation. Thank you to you all.
LOTS of people have read Dr. Shiva's book: "Oneness vs. the 1%" - so what she says here will find it's way to people one way or another :-)
@@popeyegordon Indigenous cultures, shamanism, eco feminism, women healers forever !!!!
Respected doctor you are with farmers I reed your tweet I don’t have tweet I thanks so much through this channel
She's my hero and the idea of meeting her one day keeps me on this messy planet lately ;-)
Cosmic blessings to this amazing being defending what’s true, right and organic in this world
Deeply RESPECT for such genius soul beside m Pakistani but her love for humanity is commendable ..... she pointing out d real culprits n unmasking murderers of humanity so I pray for her safety n May God give her authority so that she could play her vital role to make this planet healthier ..... hope she would be d next Indian PM as no one else could be best candidate than hers ..... HUGE RESPECT ✊
What a wonderful lady. Thankyou for sharing your knowledge.
thank you dr shiva, and thank you UBC... my activities and my belief in producing one's crop in one's garden (i use the roof of the building as my garden) during the pandemic is confirmed; and i use organic fertilizers as well.
*SUCH an important and relevant topic! Thank you for featuring Dr. Shiva!*
People have the power to quickly improve own health and environment just by changing the food we consume and reducing food waste and air travel.
Amazing amazing! I have always loved Shiva and her energy & courage in fighting against the irrational & poisonous things in modern agriculture. I have been a seed saver for decades, and mourn for the farmers in India who committed suicide after being sold GMO seeds, to their destruction. My only negative on all this is PLEASE Dr. Shiva, don’t join the racists on the Left who spew hate for “white” people. Most of us in America who champion your cause are “white-although I don’t believe such a color exists in all of humanity. And evils such as slavery were not performed solely by “whites.” We are all children of God, and need to stop referring to one another by color. The animosity caused prevents people from working together in common and important causes.
In my area,there are areas of land filled with medicine plants.sadly they are getting destroyed by building of neighborhoods.so when I see them getting ready to do this,I go in and gather as many of the plants and seeds as I can,and have been replanting them in okanogan,in an area that was burned in the cold springs fire.its not much,but I hope a thousand years from now those golden yarrow will still be there prospering and providing food for the bees and medicine for the people
Thanks to all participants involved. ❤🌿🔥🍀🌒🌕🌘🍀🔥🌿❤ Namasté, Blessed Be.
Can we please put Dr. Shiva in charge of U.S. department of agriculture.
Same thing as saying can we starve the US.
@@popeyegordon GMOs, and chemical agriculture that poisons the earth, destroys bees and beneficial insects and depletes groundwater such as the Ogallala aquifer, and grows crops that barely have any nutritional value are what will cause famine and disease epidemics in my opinion.
@@popeyegordon well obviously you work for the Industry which must be very lucrative. Consumers still have the option to choose for themselves however.
@@popeyegordon I am an organic farmer. Good luck to you and yours eating non organic. I know first hand the benefits. The bees, birds, butterflies, and earthworms are abundant on my land.
@@popeyegordon Me thinks thou dost protest too much
it all makes so much sense, thank you for your energy and clear thinking
I already gave a like before the video started :) She is my Hero :)
👏🏼. TY needed voice!
It helps to see her in this forum.
It took me ages to find her book in print as in the UK it has a different title and is called:
Onenessvs The 1%: Shattering Illusions, Seeding Freedom. Does look like she
is being censored by the biggest bookseller online, I found her book on Waterstones and Ebay.
excellent, thanks so much
"EVERY BACKYARD CAN BE A GARDEN" so let's get it done!
and let us stop paving over the planet with asphalt, concrete and steel
I want to try mangoes from India very much!!
I have a question. What can I do as one being to help and support the future of our species. I'm only one person . Please send your thoughts and ideas.. Eyes mind heart and soul wide open no fear....
everybody is one person :) Start a mini garden....I eat from my garden and I really enjoy it. I never used any chemical over 16-20 years. You will learn a lot
THANK YOU
It would be nice if people who ask questions not use it for a platform and just ask the damn question
WOW
WONDERFUL WOMAN. she's so right about the mangoes, and all fruit in America. last time i had a sweet strawberry was in 1987 when i left communist Poland
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Love the way Vindana wears her bindi: large, unmissable and blood red. In your face she says it all: I am from the subcontinent, I am a woman, I respect my origins and demand you pay respect as well. No withering wall-flower. A force of nature and a daughter of this age, sent to wake us up. Namaste.
Buy local, stay out of supermarkets, buy local produce from local farmers. This pandemic has been our awakening I feel, I've just came across Doctor Shivas talks and what a beautiful soul she truly is🥰
No what she says is factual, Gates and that crowd of financially fanatic lunatics, whos policy have driven over 300k farmers to ruin and suicide. Big tech companies only technologically understand farming, real farmers who Dr. Shiva fights for and represents understand the land. Monsanto became Bayer due to her and lied about the outcome. Nobody is perfect and I'm sure she has flaws and has made mistakes, like every human but unlike Bill Gates and that group of billionaire nutjobs, she oozes kindness, empathy, is proud of her heritage and culture.
I'm sure many disagree with her and I may not agree with everything she says but what a beautiful soul!
@@popeyegordon I haven't ignored I am night shift and haven't the time just yet, will later to read. Thanks
@@popeyegordon A few points to note, given the fact that back in 2016 Monsanto where officially stated as the biggest owner of global seed, alot of what she says is right.
2) You can always tell alot about an article and the agenda of the author behind it, In the terminology they use to dehumaise and discredit someone, cartel and radical environmentalist to name a few.
3) Has he an actually figure to represent the 95%, its easy to fire out a high percentage to underpin your argument. Anything I've watched or read, it seems she has so much support but I agree she has am agenda but I believe to be wholesome.
4) Bill Gates is now the biggest owner of US farmland owning 30% GMOs are not good for consumption, a guy in California take the state to court of Monsanto chemicals causing his cancer, of I remember he won but must double check.
4) Gates has money, he has Influence and can control the narrative and I feel he is behind a sheer campaign due to her supreme court battle with Monsanto.
I would listen to science and like to see all sides, Gates is mascarading as this great white Knight and he and the tech companies are behind the farming crisis in India. Anyone can write and article but where is facts to back it up?
Great right on Vandana Shiva I can't think off anyone better to learn from !
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She’s right about Mangoes. This is why stop buying them. The entire taste is gone. I grew up in Jamaica so I know what different types of Mango really taste like.
A wonderful activist/humanist/envrionmentalist, see clear-headed and such a truth-seeker, gives strength and credibility to the women of India, their traditional knowledge seeds, from a wholistic perspective, unlike the material approach of the scientists who just seek profit, fame and patents.
I think what needs to happen is a balance between farmers, droins and other technologies. Farmers are there to provide experience and traditional practices that yield more crops and edible food. Technology can make it happen more efficiently but without replacing farmers, but enhance and enrich farmers. So unfortunate people view technology as the enemy when in reality the monetary-market system is the true enemy of everyone at the moment. All of this sorrow and sufferings is due to relying a system that focuses on just profits, so the problem isn't Bill gates and his friends like Monsanto, Amazon and Google, etc... it is the very system that forces people to become that. Replace an economic system that actually benefits the survival of the human species and you'll see a lot of our modern day problems be solved in a matter of days or weeks. It is all interconnected as Dr. Shiva says, but she isn't looking at the even bigger picture here... that it is the very monetary-market system that is the problem and it needs to be replaced with a resource-based economic system. However, the masters of the world don't want that... the masters of the world are a bunch of socio-psychopaths that take pride and joy in seeing others struggle and suffer. It really is depressing, because without knowing it those masters will eventually go down with the rest of us, because that is how the system works... eventually everyone will be replaced by automation, because that is inevitable. It is going to happen. What needs to be done is to which from a broken, faulty, inhumane, outdated economic system that does not or could never work well in an automated society. The Monetary-market system needs to change or we will see a scale of genocide in a massive biblical proportion that will lead to the extinction of our species... all due to sheer stupidity, egoism and greed.
I highly recommend watching interviews of Jacque Fresco and The Venus Project for better solutions of our current problems.
In the words of Jacque Fresco; If you think you can't change the world it just means you're one of the ones who won't.. We are all little Vandana Shivas.Stop thinking it's too late or that there's nothing we can do. To Vandana. Don't forget Your Allies; like Peter Joseph like the 99%.
This woman is a great asset to the world. Please protect her.
Hope Indian Govt nominated her for Nobel peace prize
That would be embarrassing.
Hemp the world !)
I love quantum theory! I didn't know the Great Dr.Shiva's background . I hope she spreads her voice far and wide! balancing sustainability in farming without furthering genocide. empires crumble naturally anyway... nothing in nature is not perfect. humans screwed it all up.
yes mam. you are correct. everyone can simply watch webinars and come to the truth, but few people have the desire to watch hours of footage. and cannot tease out the nefarious agenda at foot.
A wonderful women, the Gandhi of our time. Brilliant
Whatever said is so little about her, something need to happen getting together with madam war on wants , is the need of this minute
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i will say all people of world are hunry because the food we are eating is refined, idoised and the oils are not natural at all. oil is not bad, natural oil from present in groundnut, cashew and sesame. what is bad is how these oils are sold at such such cheap prices by mixing with chemicals and white oil, a byproduct of petroleum. and the range of our diet ha become limited to most carbohydrates. so i would say we are all hungry. and in USA, THE FOOD IS GROWN ON PETROL AND ON FERTILIZERSS AND THE ANIMALS ARE FED CORN AND THEY ARE FILLED WITH AMMONIA TO PRESERVE FOR MORE YEARS. PLEASE READ OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA EVERYONE FOR MORE INFO ON AMERICAN AGRI SYSTEM
yes mam. you are correct. everyone can simply watch webinars and come to the truth, but few people have the desire to watch hours of footage. and cannot tease out the nefarious agenda at foot.
Please implement earth focussed schools for the children so that next generation will go and grow their food
From UK: Soil has a huge part to play in the climate crisis. It is the best convertor of CO2 that exists on the planet today. Since the industrial revolution we have destroyed almost half the soil on the land. It converts CO2 into plant material. Useful to us as food! The destruction has been driven by ignorance, greed, poverty and in recent years Agribusiness which has added poisons to the destructive mix, now poisoning our rivers, and seas and even us as well as the life of the planet. Regenerative farming can restore the soil. There are many small scale projects around the world, but that needs to happen with a proper green revolution with a restoration of the soil worldwide. That cannot happen under cop-it-all-ism!
Modern agriculture helps preserve the soil through no till/low till methods using glyphosate. Low yielding organic methods are environmental vandalism compared to modern methods.
Interesting fact, here in Las Vegas, NV, during the "lockdown", EVERYTHING closed EXCEPT FAST FOOD... The Chemical Biological withdraws would of been tragic from the GMO's I survived on for all of 2019...
Hope bezos and gates r watching
They have people for that.
I request you ma'am I like to spread your knowledge and solidarity with the earth University.
Basically all problem goes to colonial era, greed of Europeans to grab land and resources for them. Still they are not satisfied and using different tactics to do same.
Meanwhile the country of her origin countines to treat farmers with contempt. The farmers are protesting for last 4 months against the corporatisation of Agriculture. Sane voces are not heard anywhere. Least of all in banana democracies like my India.
More blubbering nonsense from Shiva.
I'm so ashamed that UBC gives this anti-science grifter a platform.
What a wonderful lady. Thankyou for sharing your knowledge.