FINAL TOUCH : II PU ENGLISH

 Introduction The lesson, ' Everything I Need to know I Learned in the forest ' by Vandana Shiva, is about how Vandana Shiva learnt about environmentalism from the uneducated women of Garhwal, Himalaya and about the forest that taught her values of diversity, freedom and co- existence. Navadanya Farm/Movement   Vandana Shiva learnt about diversity inthe Himalayan forests , which she transferred to the protection of biodiversity on their farm. She started saving seeds from farmers' fields and realised that they need a farm for demonstration and training. This Navadanya Farm was started in 1994 in the Doon Valley, , located in the lower elevation Himalayan region of Uttarakhand Province. They conserve and grow 630 varieties of rice, 150 varities of wheat and hundreds of other species. They practice and promote a biodiversity- intensive form of farming that produces more food and nutrition per acre. They worked with the farmers to setup more than more than 100 community seed b...