Il bene comune della Terra

While I agreed with most of the ideas this book was promoting, I felt that it was badly organized and highly repetitive. I also felt that Shiva was guilty of over-romanticizing the past, as she seems to suggest that, before the rise of capitalism and industrialization, there was some workers utopia, Leggi tutto

Having read and enjoyed Stolen Harvest I was really looking forward to this one but even though it contains many idea and concepts I agree with and support, there were several shortcomings which other reviewers also seem to have felt, There is a lot of repetition which almost feels like padding in o Leggi tutto

The ideas in this book are brilliant, foundational, and very important. Shiva focuses on a few of the ways globalization and the global elite are devastating life for the rest of the planet - the destruction of biodiversity, the privatization of water, the takeover of food production, and the incalc Leggi tutto

Shiva is a kind of Mama Kali, defending her village farmers and their environments with cool resolve or fact-spitting outrage. Coming off a series of victories over corporate bio-pirates, she shares the state of struggle for the local nature-workers of India to manage their future. Here are a few of Leggi tutto

I found myself skimming the ideas and reading the specific examples with great interest. I don't know that I completely share Shiva's trust in the inherent goodness of nature and peasant societies. But I am very grateful for the work she does.

really interesting, accesible look at current environmental and social problems. Her ideas are clearly linked that of other progressive environmentalist scholars, but with a unique emphasis on democracy and common humanity

Although written 15 years ago, this book still provides a really useful layout of some of the ways that local agriculture and food production are being affected by globalisation in plain and accessible language. Shiva provides a deeply intersectional viewpoint that has really changed how I think abo Leggi tutto

Surprisingly, I loved Shiva's book. She talks in circles a bit, but I enjoy, her almost stream of consciousness reflection on sustainability issues. Her writing style is either a love or hate relationship. It's very florid. Of course, its this that I love about it. It's a love letter to humankind ab Leggi tutto

I wish Shiva would give more concrete examples instead of repeating herself so much, but it was very nice reading a book on development that was optimistic and provided a framework of solutions. The framework can be a bit vague, but the point is that one-size-does-not-fit-all.