Seed Freedom in Turkey – Yedikule gardens

On January 17, 2016

Vandana Shiva has visited the threatened gardens of Yedikule in Istanbul to show support for the resistance there.

Switzerland will extend moratorium on GM crop cultivation

On December 23, 2015

The Swiss Federal Council, meeting in Bern on 18 December 2015, has declared that it is in favour of continuing the country’s moratorium on the cultivation of GM plants until 2021.

European Parliament Rejects Imports of Monsanto’s GM Liberty Link Maize

On December 18, 2015

Sustainable Pulse, 17 December 2015 Source: http://sustainablepulse.com/2015/12/17/european-parliament-rejects-to-imports-of-monsantos-gm-liberty-link-maize/#.VnR321KYFdt Today, the European Parliament dealt another blow to the Commission over GM crops, […]

European Parliament calling for patents on plants derived from conventional breeding to be stopped

On December 18, 2015

In a resolution backed by a large majority of its members, the European Parliament has taken a clear position against granting patents on plants derived from conventional (“essentially biological”) breeding.

Polluters’ paradise

On December 11, 2015

Proposed special rights for corporations in EU trade deals such as CETA and TTIP threaten to prevent the necessary energy transition to tackle climate change. Polluting corporations are already using the dangerous investor privileges in trade and investment deals to challenge progressive energy policies.

Launch of Citizen’s pact on World Soil Day

On December 6, 2015

On the afternoon of World Soil Day – December 5, 2015 – on the occasion of COP21, leaders in defense of life and of our Planet […]

The Raging Elephant in the Climate Change Room

On December 3, 2015

More than 50% GHG emissions are related to industrial agricultural production, most of which is methane from animal husbandry and nitrous […]

Navdanya at COP21 in Paris – Highlights

On November 30, 2015

In December 2015 Navdanya attended The United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP21) in Paris for a collective response to the issues that define 2015 as the year of Soil […]

EFSA and Member States vs. IARC on Glyphosate: Has Science Won?

On November 27, 2015

Monsanto and the pesticide industry breathed a collective sigh of relief on 12 November 2015. The findings of an investigation into the toxicity of glyphosate by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and EU Member States were in stark contradiction to the March 2015 conclusion by the International Agency for Research against Cancer (IARC), a body of the World Health Organization (WHO), that this agricultural herbicide was probably causing cancer to humans. If validated, this conclusion could cause a partial ban of glyphosate in the EU