In this episode, Amy seeds the story of Vandana Shiva – Indian tree-hugger, seed freedom activist, author of 20 books, an ecofeminist who will never be overcome by hopelessness, no matter how tough the situation, and who directs our attention to a tiny speck that is the first link in the food chain, seeding all life.
She says, “In nature’s economy the currency is not money, it is life.”
This episode also quotes from Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and Peace, and Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution, and Profit, and The Vandana Shiva Reader but here is a list of all her books.