About Speaker

Dr. Vandana Shiva is a physicist, ecologist, activist, editor, and author of numerous books. She is a tireless defender of the environment. Dr. Shiva is the founder of Navdanya, a movement for biodiversity conservation and farmers’ rights. She is also the founder and director of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and Natural Resource Policy. Shiva fights for changes in the practice and paradigms of agriculture and food: “I don't want to live in a world where five giant companies control our health and our food.”