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We're living in the anthropocene age and now human beings will be the shapers of our future, that totally control the overall functions of not just our planet, but our relationship with other planets.

Vandana Shiva

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Vandana Shiva
Age: 71
Born: 1952
Born: November 5
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Dehra Dun
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I think what we owe each other is a celebration of life and to replace fear and hopelessness with fearlessness and joy.
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The liberation of the earth, the liberation of women, the liberation of all humanity is the next step of freedom we need to work for, and it's the next step of peace that we need to create.
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Nobody defines it as something women shouldn't be doing. In a way, there are more mathematicians, more doctors, more scientists in India than there are in this country. We even had a woman head of state, and that's something the United States has yet to catch up with.
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