everything i need to know i learned in the forest questions and answers

 

Everything i need to know i learned in the forest 1 Mark questions and answers

1. What was Vandana Shiva’s father?

        Ans: A forest conservator.

 

2. Where did Vandana Shiva’s ecological journey start in?

       OR

      Where according to Vandana Shiva her ecological journey start?

        Ans: In the forest of Himalayas.

3. When did Vandana Shiva’s mother become a farmer?

      Ans: After fleeing the tragic partition of India and Pakistan.

 

4. What were the songs and poems composed by her mother tell about?

      OR

    Where according to Vandara Shiva did her ecological journey, start?

     Ans: About trees, forests and India’s forest civilizations.

 

5. Vandana Shiva’s involvement in the contemporary ecology movement began with (Fill in the blank with correct word).

     Ans: The Chipko Movement.

 

6. What was the Chipko’ movement?

      Ans: A nonviolent response to the large-scale deforestation that was taking place in the Himalayan region.

 

7. Logging had led to .

    . Ans: Landslides and floods, scarity of water, fodder and fuel.

 

8. What did the women of the Himalayan region declare?

      Ans: That they would hug the trees and the loggers would have to kill them before killing the trees.

 

9. Where did Vandana Shiva do her Ph.D. ?

      Ans: In Canada.

 

10.    What surprising thing did Vandana notice in her favourite forest before leaving for Canada?

    OR

     What surprised Vandana Shiva when she went to swim in her favourite stream?

     Ans: The forests were gone and the streams were reduced to a trickle.

 

11. Mention one of the intentions of Vandana Shiva doing Pad Yatras (walking, pilgrimages) during vacation.

    Ans: Documenting the deforestation/ documenting the work of the forest activists spreading the message of               Chipko.

 

12. What dramatic chipko action took place in the Himalayan village of Adwani in 1977?

     Ans: A woman named Bachni Devi led her resistance against her own husband, who had obtained a contract to            cut trees.

 

13.  Name the woman who led resistance against her own husband who had obtained a contract to cut trees?

     OR

   Name the village woman who led resistance against her oWn husband according to Vandana Shiva in Everything I       need to know I learned in the forest’.

   Ans: Bachni Devi

 

14. How did the women protest against cutting trees?

   Ans: By holding lighted lamps during broad daylight.

 

15. What did the women tell the forester, when he asked them to explain about their protest? Ans: That they had come to teach them forestry.

 

16. What do the forests bear? (Mention any one)

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     Mention any one of the things that forests bear according to the women in Everything I need to know I learned       in     the forest.

Ans Soil/ water/ pure air.

 

17. W hat does the Earth bear?

   Ans. All she bears / she bears all/ all.

 

18. What did Vandana Shiva learn from “Chipko’ movement?

   Ans: About biodiversity and biodiversity based living economy.

 

19. The author of Monocultures of the Mind is

     Ans: c. Vandana Shiva

 

20. When was Navdanya Farm’ started?

  Ans: In 1994.

 

21. Where was Navdanya Farm’ started?

   OR

   Where was the Navdanya movement started by Vandana Shiva?

  Ans: In the Doon Valley.

 

22. When did Vandana Shiva start the movement for biodiversity conservation and organic farming?

    OR

     When according to Vandana Shiva was the Navdoya movement started?

     Ans: In 1987

 

23. What was Navdanya movement?

  Ans: The movement for biodiversity conservation and organic farming.

 

24. What do they practice and promote in Navadanya Farm?

  Ans: A biodiversity intensive form of farming that produces more food and nutrition per acre.

 

25. How do they help the farmers?

   Ans: They help farmers to make a transition from fossil fuel and chemical based monocultures to bio-diversity           ecological system nourished by the sun and the soil.

 

26. ‘__________has been my teacher of abundance and freedom, of co-operation and mutual giving’

   OR

   Who has been her teacher of abundance and freedom of co-operation and mutual giving according to Vandana          Shiva.

 

   Ans: Biodiversity.

 

27. What has Ecuador recognized in its constitution?

  OR

  What has Ecuador according to Vandana Shiva recognized in its constitution ?

  Ans: The ‘rights of nature’

 

28. What did the United Nations General Assembly organize in April 2011?

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   What did the United Nations General Assembly organize in April 2011 according to Vandana Shiva?

   Ans: A   conference  on harmony with nature.

 

29. What prompted the United Nations General Assembly to organise a Conference on “harmony with nature’?

     Ans: The Constitution of Ecuador and the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth initiated by Bolivia.

 

30. Why did the United Nations General Assembly organise a conference on Harmony with nature’?

    Ans: As a part of Earth Day Celebration.

 

31. What did the UN Secretary general’s report on the. conference organize on Harmony with Nature’ reveal?

    Ans: The importance of reconnecting with nature.

 

32. Who is the prominent South African environmentalist?

   Ans: Cormac Cullinan.

 

33. Apartheid was practised in _______

  OR

   Name the country that has initiated the universal declaration of rights of Mother Earth in ‘Everything I need to            know I learned in the forest’.

   Ans: South Africa.

 

34. ‘Apartheid’ means ________

   OR

   According to the prominent South African environmentalist Corman Cullinan, a partheid means

   (a) Separateness

   (b) monoculture

   (c) diversity

   Ans: (a) Separateness (Separatism)

 

35. ________is indeed at the root of disharmony with nature and violence against teacher and people.

    Ans: b. separatismn

 

36. Terra Madre means_______

    Ans: a. Mother Earth

 

37. Terra Nullius means_______

   Ans: c. the empty land ready for occupation.

 

38. Who is called the father of modern science?

   OR

    Whom does Vandana Shiva refer to as father of modern science?

    Ans: Francis Bacon.

 

39. Who is the best teacher to move to an ecological paradigm?

    Ans: Nature herself.

 

40. Earth democracy is a shift from anthropocentrism to

  Ans:  Ecocentrism.

  OR

   Earth democracy is a shift from______ to ecocentrism

   Ans: Anthropocentrism.

 

41. What does the Earth University teach according to Vandana Shiva?

 Ans: Earth Democracy.

 

42. What is Earth Democracy?

    Ans: It is the freedom for all species to evolve within the web of life.

   OR

   The freedom and responsibility of humans

  OR

   The freedom to recognize, protect and respect the rights of other species. (Any one or all the three).

 

43. Where is the Earth University located?

  OR

   Where is the Earth University started by Vandana Shiva located?

   Ans: at Navdanya.

 

44. Name one of the participants of the Earth University located at Navdanya.

   Ans: farmers

OR

school children

OR

people from across the world.

 

45. Mention one of the most popular courses at Navdanya.

   OR

    Name any one of the popular courses offered by Vandana Shiva’s Earth University.

    Ans: “The A-Z of Organic Farming and Agro-ecology”| Gandhi and Globalization.

 

46. The Earth University is inspired by .

   OR

   By whom is the Earth University started by Vandana Shiva inspired?

  Ans: Rabindranatha Tagore.

 

47. Why did Tagore start a learning center in Shantiniketan?

   Ans: To take inspiration from nature and to create an Indian cultural renaissance.

 

48. Which is one of the most famous centres of learning in India?

     OR

   Name the learning centre started by Tagore mentioned in ‘Everything I need to know I learned din the Forest’.

    Ans: Shantiniketan in West Bengal.

 

49. When did the school become a university?

   Ans: In 1921.

 

50. What has helped the intentional evolution of ‘man according to Tagore?

    Ans: The peace of the forest.

 

51. Where do we get ecological sustainability and democracy according to Vandana Shiva?

   Ans: In Unity in Diversity.

 

52. In Tagore’s writings, the forest symbolizes

    Ans. the Universe

 

53. Every species sustains itself in_____ with others according to Vandana Shiva

  (a) Peace

  (b) Co-operation

  (c) freedom

   Ans: (b) Co-operation

 

54.. What becomes the sources of conflict and contrast according Vandana Shiva.

    Ans: Diversity without Unity.

 

55. Mention any one conflict that Vandana Shiva mentioned in her essay (mention any one)

  Ans: Greed and compassion Conquest and Co-operation / Violence and harmony.

 

56. When do people discover the joy of living according to Vandana Shiva?

   Ans: When consumerism and accumulation end.

 

Everything i need to know i learned in the forest 4 Mark questions and answers

 

1.”Terra Nullius replaced Terra Madre” Explain this philosophy in view of Francis Bacon.

Ans: According to Francis Bacon, science and the inventions not only exert a gentle guidance over nature’s course but also have the power to conquer and subdue her and to shake her to her foundations. Carlyn Merchant points out that shift of perspective from nature as a living, nurturing mother to inert, dead, and manipulable matter was well suited to capitalism activities. The images of the nurturing Earth are replaced by the domination images of Bacon’s and other leaders’ of the scientific revolution. Merchant wrote “One does not readily slay a mother, dig into her entrails for gold, or mutilate her body’.

 

3.What does Tagore write in his essay “Tapovan”?

Ans: Tapovan or Forest of Purity is located as the material source and intellect of regeneration of Indian civilization. India’s best ideas have come where man was in communion with trees and rivers and lakes, away from the crowds. The intellectual evolution of man has been helped by the peace of the forest. The culture of Indian society has been fueled by the culture of the forest. The diverse processes of renewal of life are always at play in the forest, varying from species to species, from season to season, in sight and Sound and smell. They have influenced the culture arisen from the forest. The unifying principle of life in diversity, of democratic pluralism, thus became the principle of Indian Civilization. It is this unity in diversity that is the basis of both ecological sustainability and democracy. Diversity without unity becomes the source of conflict and contest. Unity without diversity becomes the ground for external Control. This is true both of nature and culture. The forest is a unity in its diversity. We are united with nature through our relationship with the forest. The forest, according to Tagore, was not only the source of knowledge and freedom but also the source of beauty and joy, of art and aesthetics, of harmony and perfection. It symbolized the universe. The forest teaches us union and compassion; enoughnesS as a principle of equity to enjoy the gifts of nature without exploitation and accumulatiOn. The end of consumerism and accumulation is the joy of living.

 

3.How does Vandana Shiva describe the Navadanya farm?

Or

Biodiversity based intensive farming is the answer to the food and nutrition crisis. Discuss with respect to Everything I need to know I learned in the forest’.

 Ans: Navadanya farm is a farm for demonstration and training to save seeds from farmers fields. It was started in 1994 in the Doon Valley, Uttarakhand. Navadanya which Vandana Shiva started in 1987 was the movement for biodiversity conservation and organic farming. Biodiversity is an intensive form of farming that produces more food and nutrition per acre. They have worked with farmers and setup more than 100 community seed banks. They helped farmers to put an end to monoculture and fossil fuel-based agriculture and chemical-based monocultures. They encouraged the farmers to go back to organic farming or bio-diverse ecological systems nourished by the sun and the soil. it will be a solution to food and nutritional crisis.

 

4.Write a note on “The Navadanya Farm’ started by Vandana Shiva.

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Explain Vandana Shiva’s eflorts to conserve biodiversity in the Navodanya Farm.

 Ans: Navadanya Farm was s arted for demonstration and training regarding saving seeds from farmers fields in 1994 in the Doon valley, located in the lower elevation Himalayan region of Uttarakhand province. Now they conserve and grow 630 varieties of rice, 150 varieties of wheat and hundreds of other species. They practice and promote a bio-diversity intensive form of farming that produces more food and nutrition per acre. Navodanya movement which was started in 1987 is spreading and helping farmers to make a transition from fossil-fuel and chemical-based monocultures to bi0-diverse ecological systems nourished by the sun and the soil. The farmers set up more than 100 community seed banks across  india and saved more than 3000 rice varieties.

 

5.What ideas of Tagore inspired the author to start the Earth University?

OR

What makes Indian Civilization distinctive according to Tagore? Explain with respect to Everything I need to know I learned in the forest’.

Ans: The Earth University is inspired by Rabindranath Tagore. Shantiniketan which Tagore started became a University in 1921. There is a need to learn from nature and forest for lessons in freedom. In his essay Tapovan, Tagore writes about Indian civilization telling that it is distinctive in locating its source of regeneration, material and intellectual in the forest not the city. The culture from the forest has been influenced by the diverse processes or renewal or hte. The unifying principle of life in diversity, of democratic pluralism became the principle of Indian Civilization.

 

6.Bring out the significance of the Rights of Nature as explained by Vandana Shiva in her essay.

Ans: Vandana Shiva speaks about the rights of nature on the global stage in her essay. According to her, when nature is a teacher, co-creating with her is possible. We recognize her agency and her rights. It is significant that Ecuador has recognized the ‘rights of nature in its constitution. The United Nations General Assembly initiated by Bolivia has organized a conference on harmony with nature as part of Earth Day celebrations. Separation is nceded at the root of disharmony with nature and violence against nature and people.The present need is to overcome the wider and deeper apartheid-an eco-apartheid based on the illusion of separateness of humans from nature in the minds and lives of all.

 

7.How does Rabindranath Tagore highlight the importance of forest according to Vandana Shiva?

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How does Rabindranath Tagore highlight the significance of forest in his essay Tapovan.

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How according to Vandana Shiva has Tagore brought out the role of forest in Indian Civilization.

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The peace of the forest has helped the evolution of man. How does Tagore elaborate this statement in ‘Everything I need to know I learned in the forest’.

Ans: According to Vandana Shiva, Rabindranath Tagore highlights the importance of forest as distinctive. The Earth University is inspired by him. Shantiniketan, a forest school, a learning center has been started by him to take inspiration from nature and to create an Indian cultural renaissance. There is need to turn to nature and the forest for lessons in freedom. In his essay “Tapovan’, Tagore writes about Indian civilization telling that it is distinctive in the forest in locating its source of regeneration, material and intellectual. The peace of the forest has helped the intellectual evolution of man. Man in communion with trees, rivers and lakes enroute India’s best ideas. The culture of the forest has fueled the culture of Indian society. The diverse process of renewal of life has influenced the culture from the forest at play varying from species to species, from season to season, in sight, sound and smell. The unifying principle of life in diversity of democratic pluralism became the principle of Indian civilization. This unity in diversity is the basis of both ecological sustainability and democracy. Diversity without unity gives conflict and contest and unity without diversity provides the ground for external control. This is true of both nature and culture. The forest was the source of knowledge and freedom; it was the source of beauty and joy, of art and aesthetics, of harmony and perfection. It teaches us union and compassion, enoughness without exploitation and accumulation. The forest can show us enjoyment through renunciation, the way beyond the conflict between greed and compassion, violence and harmony, conquest and co-operation.

 

8.How does the writer bring out the importance of “The Earth Democracy’ in ‘Everything I know I learned in the Forest’? Explain.

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Write a note on Earth University mentioned in Vandana Shiva’s essay.

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The Earth University teaches Earth Democracy. Explain with respect to Vandana Shiva’s essay ‘ Everything I need to learn in the forest’.

Ans: Earth Democracy is the freedom for all species to evolve within the web of life, The nature is the best teacher as an ecological model. The Earth University teaches Earth Democracy. The Earth Democracy is also the freedom and responsibility of humans, as members of the Earth family, to recognize, protect and respect the rights of other species. Earth Democracy is a shift from anthropocentrism (people centred) to eco centrism (nature centred). We all depend on the Earth. The Earth democracy translates into human rights to food and water, to freedom from hunger and thirst. The Earth University is located at Navdanya, a biodiversity farm. The participants learn to work with living Seeds, livingg soil and the web of life. The participants are the farmers, school children and people from across the world.

 

9.Trace Vandana Shivas childhood experiences that led to her interest in Ecology.

Ans: Vandana Shiva’s father was a forest conservator. Her mother became a farmer after the partition of India and Pakistan. She had learned about ecology from the Himalayan forests and ecosystems. Besides She read the songs and poems about trees and forests and also India’s forest civilization composed by her mother for them. Her involvement in the contemporary ecology movement began with Chipko a non- violent response to the large scale deforestation.

 

10.What are Lormac Cullina’s views on eco apartheid mentioned by VandanaShiva in her essay?

Ans: Cullinon points out the meaning of apartheid which means separateness. Separatism is at the root of disharmony with nature and violence against nature and animal. The world joined the anti- apartheid movement to end the violent separation of people on the basis of colour. Apartheid in South Africa was a known issue. Today it is required to over come eco-apartheid which is wider and deeper apartheid. This is based on the illusion of separateness of humans from nature in human minds and lives.

 

Everything i need to know i learned in the forest 6 Mark questions and answers

 

1.Conservation of biodiversity sustains both nature and culture. Discuss in the light of Vandana Shiva’s essay.

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Write a note on Biodiversity.

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The end of consumerism and accumulation is the beginning of the joy of living. Discuss in the light of Everything I need to know I learned in the forest’.

 Ans: According to the study of nature which was done by Vandana Shiva, Biodiversity encourages co- creation with nature. It is based on democratic principles. It ensures equal right to all creatures. It not only teaches belief in abundance and freedom but also in co-operation and mutual giving. The conservation of biodiversity brings about living economies. Vandana Shiva’s opinion is that monocultures not only affect nature but also life and its values. Of course, it ceases diverse thought process and as a result life loses vitality and colour and aesthetic sensibility. The sum total effect is that life turns dull and monotonous, Biodiversity aims at Harmony with Nature”, now Monocultures replaced diversity. That means “Raw materials” and “dead matter” replaced a vibrant Earth. Today at a time of multiple crises, Earth Democracy that is freedom for all species to evolve within the web of life translates into human rights to food and water, to treedom from hunger and thirst. The end of consumerism and accumulation is the beginning of the joy of living.

 

2.”Conservation of diversity is crucial for the sustenance of both nature and human society”. Discuss.

 Ans: The conservation of biodiversity is the answer to the food and nutrition crisis. Biodiversity has been the environmentalists’ or activists teacher of abundance and freedom, of co-operation and mutual giving In this essay Vandana Shiva says that she has learnt all the major ideals of a good life. It is unity in diversity which is the basis of both sustainability and democracy. Diversity without unity becomes the source of conflict and contest. Unity without diversity becomes the ground for external control. This is true of both nature and culture. The forest is a unity in its diversity, and human society is united with nature through his relationship with the forest. The forest was the source of knowledge and freedom and also it was the source of beauty and joy, of art and aesthetics, of harmony and perfection. It symbolised the universe. The forest teaches humans union and compassion also enoughness as a principle of equality and the ways to enjoy the gifts of nature without exploitation and accumulation. Every species in a forest sustains itself in co-operation with others. The end of consumerism and accumulation is the beginning of the joy of living. The forest shows the way beyond the conflict between greed and compassion, conquest and co-operation, violence and harmony. There is the need to accept diversity as the principle of life. Human society needs to live in harmony with nature as Earth is our mother and not just raw material to be exploited. Earth democracy is respecting the freedom of all species of life to evolve and live together. The culture of the forest is the true Indian Culture. Thus the forest teaches the values of diversity, freedom and co-existence. So the conservation of diversity is crucial for the sustenance of both nature and human society.