Dr. Vandana Shiva

Sustainability Hall of Fame – 2019

Dr. Vandana Shiva is the founder of Navdanya, an organization protecting the diversity and integrity of living resources, especially native seed, organic farming, and fair trade. She has advanced international progress on issues surrounding biotechnology and genetic engineering, developing biodiversity movements in Africa, Asia, Latin American, Ireland, Switzerland, and Austria, and has advised governments worldwide. Dr. Shiva's contributions to advancing gender equity are internationally recognized, and her book Staying Alive has dramatically shifted popular perceptions of developing economy women and girls. She initiated Diverse Women for Diversity, an international movement of women working for food and agriculture sustainability.