The Vandana Shiva ReaderHer great virtue as an advocate is that she is not a reductionist. Her awareness of the complex connections among economy nature and culture preserves her from oversimplification. So does her understanding of the importance of diversity. Wendell Berry, from the foreword Motivated by agricultural devastation in her home country of India. Vandana Shiva became one of the world's most influential and highly acclaimed environmental and antiglobalization