Background: Shiva is a very credible author, throughout her book she writes about personal expieriences which give the reader insight into what she sees. She is also highly educated.
Quotes: "Over the past two decades every issue I have been engaged in as an ecological activist and organic intellectual has revealed that what the industrial economy calls "growth" is really a form of theft from nature and people." p. 1
"It is true that cutting down forests or converting natural forests into monocultures of pine and eucalyptus for industrial raw material generates revenues and growth. But this growth is based on robbing." p. 20
Commentary: Vandana Shiva, author of Stolen Harvest is a very credible author. In fact, when I was researching her, I found a picture of her and recognized her in the documentary "Dirt" that we are watching in class (see picture below). What I found out about this remarkable woman is that she has written over 20 books, and 500 leading scientific research papers about environmental science. Not to mention, she has a PhD from the University of Western Ontario, Canada. She is known as a philospoher, eco-feminist, and environmental activist. She currently lives in India and is a board member of the "International Forum of Globalization". She was born from two parents who both shared a love of nature. In the reading I have done, it is clear that Shiva is very passionate about nature and she believe that we are robbing the natural world of its life. These two quotes give a firm example of how Shiva considers industial growth to be "theft" and "robbery".
Because of the research I have done I believe that Shiva has the expierience to write a book about how big industries negatively impact nature. And although I think she has a lot of expierience, I also think she is somewhat bias. This is because like I said before, Shiva was raised by a father who was the conservator of forests and a farmer mother with a love for nature. Therefore, she has most likely been against "food industiral growth" since she was a young child. Her tone throughout the book remains firm in what she believes in. Although she may at times come off to be a bit bias, I think she has the credibility to back up her beliefs.
Vandana Shiva
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