Spinifex Press

Author/Editor: Vandana Shiva

Biography:

Vandana Shiva is a world-renowned environmental thinker and activist. She is the author of numerous books and monographs including Staying Alive (1989) Monocultures of the Mind (1993) and Water Wars (2002).

Website: http://www.navdanya.org/

Forthcoming Events and Appearances:

	21 Jan 2010 Vandana Shiva in Ms Magazine Vandana Shiva, author of Soil Not Oil and the upcoming Staying Alive, has an exclusive interview with Ms Magazine online. In 'Copenhagen: A Feminist Response', Vandana Shiva tells Ms. what should have happened at the U.N. climate change conference — and why women's voices are essential to head off a planetary crisis.
	23 Jul 2009 Vandana Shiva on Radio National Vandana Shiva talks about her latest book, Soil Not Oil , with Phillip Adams on Late Night Live. A podcast has been put up on the Radio National website. You can listen to the program here.

Awards and Translations:

Right Livelihood Award, 1993 ('the alternative Nobel') - Times magazine's 'Hero for the Planet'

Other Information:

Shiva ... has devoted her life to fighting for the rights of the ordinary people of India ... Her fierce intellect and her disarmingly friendly, accessible manner have made her a valuable advocate for people all over the developing world. —Ms. Magazine

One of the world’s most prominent radical scientists. —The Guardian

A leading thinker who has eloquently blended her views on the environment, agriculture, spirituality, and women’s rights into a powerful philosophy. —Utne Reader

Books published by, or available from, Spinifex:

	Soil Not Oil: Climate Change, Peak Oil and Food Insecurity
	Staying Alive

New Releases

Staying Alive

Vandana Shiva

Getting Real: Challenging the Sexualisation of Girls

Melinda Tankard Reist

Soil Not Oil: Climate Change, Peak Oil and Food Insecurity

Vandana Shiva

Earth's Breath

Susan Hawthorne