Garaventa Center
August 27, 2024
In four decades of advocacy for earth democracy, anti-globalization, food sovereignty, and ecofeminism—Dr. Vandana Shiva has been dubbed the “Gandhi of grain,” named a 2003 Time Magazine “environmental hero,” and selected one of Forbes’ “seven most powerful women on the globe” in 2010.
On Tuesday, Sept. 10, Dr. Shiva will share experiences from a decorated life of global environmental activism as the 2024 University of Portland Zahm Lecture speaker.
Sponsored by UP’s Garaventa Center for Catholic Intellectual Life & American Culture, Dr. Shiva’s Zahm Lecture is titled, ‘Earth Democracy – The Democracy for All of Life.’ The prolific author based in Delhi, India has written 20 books, including ‘Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and Peace,’ in which she calls for “a radical shift in the values that govern democracies, condemning the role that unrestricted capitalism has played in the destruction of environments and livelihoods,” according to the book’s publisher.
In 2021, Becket Films released a feature-length documentary about her life, ‘The Seeds of Vandana Shiva.’ She has been quoted in biographical accounts saying, “I don’t want to live in a world where five giant companies control our health and our food.”
“Pope Francis's call for environmental justice and care for the earth in his encyclical Laudato Si makes the connection between our environmental collapse and its impact on the poor and vulnerable,” said Rev. Peter Walsh, CSC, Co-Director of the Garaventa Center. “The Zahm Lecture brings one of the foremost voices in environmental activism, Dr. Vandana Shiva, to campus to expand on that insight and advocate for Earth Democracy.”
Dr. Shiva’s lecture takes place at 7:00 p.m. Sept. 10 at UP’s Buckley Center Auditorium. It is free and open to the UP community and the public.
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