Continuing with Wonder Women Week we will look at my personal
favorite role model, ecofeminist and activist Vandana Shiva. Born on novembre 5th
(my birthday) in India to a father
who was the conservator of forests and a farmer mother with a love for nature.
She was educated at St Mary's School in Nainital, and at the Convent of Jesus and
Mary, Dehradun. After receiving her bachelor’s degree in physics, she
pursued a M.A. in the philosophy
of science at the University of Guelph (Ontario, Canada), with a thesis entitled "Changes
in the concept of periodicity of light". In 1979, she completed and
received her Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Western
Ontario. Her thesis, titled "Hidden Variables and locality in Quantum Theory," was about the
philosophical underpinnings of quantum mechanics. She later went on to
interdisciplinary research in science, technology, and environmental
policy at the Indian Institute of
Science and the Indian Institute of
Management in Bangalore.
Vandana Shiva plays a major role in the global Ecofeminist movement.
According to her article Empowering Women, Shiva
suggests that a more sustainable and productive approach to agriculture can be
achieved through reinstating a system of farming in India that is more centered
around engaging women. She advocates against the prevalent "patriarchal
logic of exclusion," claiming that a woman-focused system would change the
current system in an extremely positive manner. The view held by Vandana Shiva
has been criticised as being essentialist by C. Jackson.
Vandana Shiva has been
interviewed for a number of documentary films including the One Water, Deconstructing Supper: Is Your Food Safe?, The
Corporation, Dirt! The Movie, and This is What Democracy Looks Like (a documentary about the Seattle WTO protests of 1999)
This genuine and intelligent women has amazing hair that is
naturally wonderful! Vandana has a thick Organic, 1c-2b hair type. If you have
hair like Ms.Shiva’s try these hair tips
-Braid hair to maintain a nice set wave
-Use deep conditioning treatments once in a while to nourish hair
from the scalp inward
-Avoid using shampoos that contain sulfates.
