|
Showing 1 - 1 of
1 matches in All Departments
This three-part book 'pulls back the curtain on disturbing
technological and corporate trends that are already reshaping our
world and that will become crucial battlegrounds for civil society
in the years ahead.' Vandana Shiva, Founder, Research Foundation
for Science, Technology and Ecology 'Geopiracy' analyses how
Northern governments and corporations are cynically using growing
concerns about the ecological and climate crisis to propose
geoengineering 'quick fixes'. These threaten to wreak havoc on
ecosystems, with disastrous impacts on the people of the global
South. As calls for a 'greener' economy mount and oil prices
escalate, corporations are seeking to switch from oil-based to
plant-based energy. 'The New Biomassters' exposes how a biomass
economy based on using gene technologies to reprogramme living
organisms to behave as microbial factories will facilitate the
liquidation of ecosystems. This constitutes a devastating assault
of the peoples and cultures of the South, accelerating the wave of
land grabs that are becoming common in Africa, Asia and Latin
America. 'Capturing Climate Genes' shows how the worlds largest
agribusiness companies including Monsanto, BASF, Dupont and
Syngenta are pouring billions of dollars into, and claiming patents
on, what are claimed to be 'climate-ready crops'. Far from helping
farmers adjust to a warming world - something peasant farmers
already know how to manage - these crops will allow industrial
agriculture to expand plantation monocultures into lands currently
cultivated by poor peasant farmers. These crops are not a solution
to growing hunger, they will feed only the gluttony of corporate
shareholders for profits.
|
You may like...
She Said
Carey Mulligan, Zoe Kazan, …
DVD
R93
Discovery Miles 930
Uglies
Scott Westerfeld
Paperback
R265
R75
Discovery Miles 750
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.