„Patents of life are the ultimate enclosure of the commons. They are enclosing the past, the present and the future. They are the enclosure of the foodchain. … turning food into an ultimate commodity.

To deal with that enclosure of the commons has been my life struggle, since the commons are the present form of living earth democracy. Stop enclosing the commons and stop enclosing access to information!“

Die Alternative Nobelpreisträgerin Vandana Shiva am 21.Mai 2008 in Bonn, anläßlich der 9. COP zur CBD, auf der Veranstaltung der Freiburger Kantstiftung und der hbs zu Gemeinschaftsgüterschutz Zwischen Diversität und Globaler Verantwortung.

foto on flickr by Daniel Heaf