This article is inspired by the conference “Re-thinking the Eco-Social Determinants of Health Inequities through the Transdisciplinary and Intersectoral Lens” organized by the Johns Hopkins University – Universitat Pompeu Fabra Public Policy Center in Barcelona on May 23-24, 2025, and based on the Oxfam 2025 Report “Takers not Makers: The unjust poverty and unearned wealth of colonialism.” A […]
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This article summarizes the ideas that Vanda Shiva exposes in her book: Who Really Feeds the World? The food we eat and the food systems we build, have the potential to bring us closer or further away from Mother Earth. For millennia, small hold farmers – who for the most are women, have been working with nature, with care, respect and
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The necessity of including indigenous peoples’ perspectives when tackling the current environmental crises is well established in forums such us IPBES (The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) and UNEP (United Nations Environment Program). However, mainstream conservation and policy making are marked by a colonialist approach that often clashes with indigenous worldviews. Typically discarding as superstition or irrelevant what
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