Staying Alive: Women, Ecology and Development

A new release of Vandana Shiva’s classic with a new\nintroduction. Shiva links the violation of nature with the\nviolation and marginalisation of women in the Third World by\nexamining the position of women in relation to nature – the\nforests, the food chain and water supplies. She shows how science,\ntechnology and politics, along with the workings of the economy\nitself, are inherently exploitative. Every area of human activity\nmarginalises and burdens both women and nature.

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Shiva suggests that there is only one path to survival and\nliberation for nature, women and men: the ecological path of\nharmony, sustainability and diversity. She explores the unique\nplace of women in the environment of India in particular, both as\nits saviours and as victims of maldevelopment.

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Her analysis is an innovative statement of the challenge that\nwomen in ecology movements are creating and she shows how their\nefforts constitute a non-violent and humanly inclusive alternative\nto the dominant paradigm of contemporary scientific and development\nthought.

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