In the article The Movement, by Dr. Vandana Shiva, Shiva reveals that; “the women representatives took a pledge to work together, to form a network, communicate with each other and to wage a war against water barons. They also vowed to honor and revive the spiritual connection with water, to take responsibility towards stewardship of water, to work towards the equitable access to and sustainable use of water and to raise awareness through education. Recognizing that for thousands of years women have produced their own food and guaranteed food security for their children and whole communities”(1). Women have a strong nurturing instinct that motivates them to take care of the community that surrounds them. Not everyone acknowledges the environment and how it can truly affect them, for example our planet is currently facing a serious shift in climate and our environment is in trouble but people aren’t doing anything to change it, I truly believe that if we had more women leaders in the world we would have a completely different planet. Whether we see it or not our environment truly affects us from our mood/personality, to our health. Women are the foundation of the world that keeps everything going without them communities would be lacking a vital component. Sustainability is very important for the future of our planets, we have been taking so much from Earth and not giving anything back. We need Earth the Earth doesn’t need us so we need to stop polluting and depositing things into the atmosphere and all do our part in creating a sustainable future for our planet. It’s selfish that some people view climate change as something that is in the distant future that won’t affect them in their lifetime. When thinking about these things we need to think about our kids and our kids, kids and the type of future we are depriving them of. In the Footsteps of Gandhi interview, Shiva affirms that; “the first issue that compelled me was a very strange split between India being highly developed scientifically (we were the third biggest scientific manpower in the world then) and yet at the same time struggling with amazing poverty.” Shiva’s observation shows how countries all over the world prioritize war and scientific advances instead of the well-being of the planet and humans. Shiva also discussed how the Himalayan forest is being deforested and it is gravely affecting the women of the community who utilize the forest to create various medications and to gather firewood. This community is being torn down because people don’t think of the repercussions of destroying nature. Shiva also stated; “Nature is their means of production. So for them ecological destruction is a form of injustice. When the forest is destroyed, when the river is dammed, when the biodiversity is stolen, when fields are waterlogged or turned saline because of economic activities, it is a question of survival for these people. So our environmental movements have been justice movements.” Ecological destruction should be a form of injustice to all of us because we are all affected one way or another we must all live a sustainable lifestyle so that we may have a chance of turning this climate crisis around.