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Visiting Speaker from India, Dr. Vandana Shiva!

The River Project is absolutely thrilled to have world-renowned environmental leader, physicist, food democracy advocate, and ecofeminist Dr. Vandana Shiva joining us this Sunday at CBS Studios for a Q&A following our screening of DIRT!

Dr. Vandana Shiva is the founder/director of Navdanya Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and Ecology. She is author of numerous books including, Soil Not Oil: Environmental Justice in an Age of Climate Crisis; Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply; Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and Peace; and Staying Alive: Women, Ecology, and Development. Dr. Shiva has also served as an adviser to governments in India and abroad as well as NGOs, including the International Forum on Globalization, the Women’s Environment and Development Organization and the Third World Network. She has received numerous awards, including 1993 Right Livelihood Award (Alternative Nobel Prize) and the 2010 Sydney Peace Prize.

Please join us at CBS Studios this Sunday, 6:30pm for this special treat!

RSVP here: http://wla-dirtmovie-eorg.eventbrite.com/


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