Social activist, scientist and ecofeminist Author: Claudia Nussbaumer Vandana Shiva (* November 5, 1952 in Dehradun) is not only a scientist, social activist and globalization critic. She is as well author of numerous books and phrases criticism on agriculture. For her commitment to environmental protection, biodiversity, women’s rights and sustainability she won many awards. Among …
In conversation with a woman from a matrilineal society Author: Illin Masar Illin Masar belongs to the indigenous Khasi people – derived from the proper name Ki Khasi, “Those born of a woman” – who form a matrilineal society. In this society, the clan, one’s own relatives and the relationships among each other are elementary. …
Eastern remedies rediscovered in the West Author: Cordula Elisabeth Linke While industrial pharmacology developed in Europe around 1900, the millennia-old Ayurveda was modernized in India. The author shows how Western and Eastern medicine merge today in what we know as Naturopathy. How today’s scientific technology reinterprets traditional Ayurveda, using the well-known examples of turmeric root …
