Global Justice and Human Rights: An Environmental Perspective
Vandana Shiva
Monday, 31 Oct 2005 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Vandana Shiva is the Director of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and Natural Resource Policy in India, and the author of many books, including Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply; Biopiracy: The Plunder of Nature and Knowledge, Monocultures of the Mind;The Violence of the Green Revolution, and Staying Alive. She won the Alternative Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 and is one of the leaders of the International Forum on Globalization.Cosponsored By:
- Agronomy
- Bioethics
- College of LAS
- Sustainable Ag
- World Affairs
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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