Pat Roy Mooney
Pat Mooney | |
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Born | [1] | February 24, 1947
Nationality | Canadian |
Awards | Right Livelihood Award Pearson Medal of Peace |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biodiversity |
Institutions | Rural Advancement Foundation International, ETC Group |
Pat Mooney (born in 1947) has worked with civil society organizations on international trade and development issues related to agriculture, biodiversity and emerging technologies for over 40 years.
Career
[edit]Pat Mooney had no formal university training, but, together with Cary Fowler and Hope Shand, he began working on the 'Seeds' issue - the problem that legislation was enabling agribusiness corporations to control access to the seeds to grow the decreasing variety of crops that supported global food supply - in the 1970s.[2] In 1984, the three co-founded RAFI (Rural Advancement Foundation International), whose name was changed to ETC Group (pronounced "etcetera" group) in 2001. ETC Group is a small international CSO addressing the impact of new technologies on vulnerable communities.
Mooney’s more recent work has focused on geoengineering, nanotechnology,[3] synthetic biology and global governance of these technologies as well as corporate involvement in their development. He is a member of the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems,[4] and led their Long Food Movement project.[5][6]
Awards and recognition
[edit]- 1985 - Right Livelihood Award (with Cary Fowler) for "working to save the world's genetic plant heritage."[1]
- 1998 - Pearson Medal of Peace[7]
- Giraffe Heroes award[8] for "people who have the courage to stick their necks out for the common good"[9]
- 2017 - Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Waterloo, Canada[10]
- 2017 - Doctor Honoris Causa from 17, Instituto de Estudios Criticos, Mexico.[11]
Selected works
[edit]- Mooney, Patrick Roy (1979). Seeds of the Earth: A Private Or Public Resource? (PDF). Inter Pares. ISBN 978-0-9690149-0-4. Archived from the original on 10 May 2023.[12][13]
- Fowler, Cary; Mooney, Patrick R. (1990). Shattering: Food, Politics, and the Loss of Genetic Diversity. University of Arizona Press. ISBN 978-0-8165-1181-5.
Personal life
[edit]Rooney lived on the Canadian prairies for many years; he now resides just outside the village of Wakefield, Quebec with his wife in retirement. He has six children and nine grandchildren.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Pat Mooney". Right Livelihood. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ "A DECADE IN REVIEW". grain.org. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ Smith, Michelle R. (17 December 2005). "Is Nanotechnology Dangerous?". The Victoria Advocate. Associated Press. p. 2D. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ "Pat Mooney". IPES-Food. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ Rose, Mathew D. (9 June 2021). "GPEnewsdocs – Pat Mooney: The 2021 Corporate Bamboozle On World Food Systems". Brave New Europe. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ "A Long Food Movement: Transforming Food Systems by 2045 | FAO". www.fao.org. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ "Pat Roy Mooney". UNA-Canada. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ "Pat Mooney - Giraffe Hero". giraffeheroes.org. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ "Giraffe Heroes". www.giraffe.org. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ "Tuesday, June 13, 2017 | Daily Bulletin". uwaterloo.ca. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ "Nuestros Honoris Causa". 17, Instituto (in European Spanish). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ "Book outlines threats to world seed trade". The StarPhoenix. 8 September 1979. p. B4. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ Kloppenburg, Jack R. (21 July 2013). Seeds and Sovereignty: Debate Over the Use and Control of Plant Genetic Resources. Duke University Press. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-8223-9973-5. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ "Hi-Tech and/or/vs. Wide-Tech? Climate-Smart Agriculture, Nature-based Solutions, and Agroecology | CALS". cals.cornell.edu. 27 March 2025. Retrieved 10 December 2024.