Vandana Shiva (born in 1952) is a renowned environmentalist, philosopher and green activist, who plays a major role in the global Eco-Feminist Movement. She has authored more than twenty books and over five hundred papers in leading scientific journals. She started her ecological movement with Chipko movement that began in 1972. She was awarded Right Livelihood Award in 1993. Her book “Staying Alive: Women, Ecology and Development” talks about the feminine perspective in the human interaction with nature.