This modern-day Silent Spring addresses climate change head on,
arguing that the solution to this global crisis lies in sustainable,
biologically diverse farms
In Soil Not Oil, Vandana Shiva explains that a world beyond dependence
on fossil fuels and globalization is both possible and necessary.
Condemning industrial agriculture as a recipe for ecological and
economic disaster, Shiva champions the small, independent farm: their
greater productivity, their greater potential for social justice as they
put more resources into the hands of the poor, and the biodiversity that
is inherent to the traditional farming practiced in small-scale
agriculture. What we need most in a time of changing climates and
millions who are hungry, she argues, is sustainable, biologically
diverse farms that are more resistant to disease, drought, and flood.
"The solution to climate change," she observes, "and the solution to
poverty are the same." Soil Not Oil proposes a solution based on
self-organization, sustainability, and community rather than corporate
power and profits.