Foodlore Library

What: Vandana Shiva
Where:
Nelson Mandela Auditorium, Global Fed Ex Center, UNC-CH

Join us for a public lecture on issues of ecology, feminism and globalization by internationally renowned activist-advocate-intellectual Dr. Vandana Shiva. Time Magazine identified Dr. Shiva as an environmental "hero" in 2003 and Asia Week called her one of the five most powerful communicators of Asia. She has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and is a past recipient of a Right Livelihood Award.

As an activist and advocate, especially in international arenas, she has proven to be one of the most articulate spokespersons of counter-development in favor of people-centered, participatory processes. As an intellectual she has produced a stream of important books and articles which have done much to shape the agenda of development debate and action. Her Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology is an informal network of researchers working in support of people's environmental struggles. In the last 20 years the Foundation has done important work in a number of areas, including agriculture and genetic resources, bidiversity, and campaigns to reform the World Bank and World Trade Organization.

Presentation of the 2008 Women’s Advocacy Award will precede Dr. Shiva’s lecture and a reception will follow.

For more information contact Ashley Fogle