Earth Democracy Quotes

“In nature's economy the currency is not money, it is life.”
― Vandana Shiva, Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and Peace

“Whenever we engage in consumption or production patterns which take more than we need, we are engaging in violence.”
― Vandana Shiva, Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and Peace

“The fight for truth...is not just our right as free citizens of free societies. It is our duty as citizens of the earth.”
― Vandana Shiva, Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and Peace

“It is the indignity of being treated as disposable that pushes people towards religious fundamentalism in order to retrieve a sense of self, of meaning, of significance. This is why globalization breeds religious fundamentalism and free markets create terrorism and extremism, not democracy.”
― Vandana Shiva, Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and Peace