Pat Roy Mooney

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Pat Mooney
Born	(1947-02-24) February 24, 1947 (age 78) [1]
Nationality	Canadian
Awards	Right Livelihood Award Pearson Medal of Peace Giraffe Hero
Scientific career
Fields	Biodiversity
Institutions	Rural Advancement Foundation International, ETC Group

Pat Mooney (born February 24, 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

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

• 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

• 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

Mooney lived on the Canadian prairies for many years; he now resides just outside the village of Wakefield, Quebec with his second wife in retirement. He has five children and eleven grandchildren. ^[14]

References

1. "Pat Mooney". Right Livelihood. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
2. "A DECADE IN REVIEW". grain.org. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
3. Smith, Michelle R. (17 December 2005). "Is Nanotechnology Dangerous?". The Victoria Advocate . Associated Press. p. 2D. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
4. "Pat Mooney". IPES-Food. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
5. Rose, Mathew D. (9 June 2021). "GPEnewsdocs – Pat Mooney: The 2021 Corporate Bamboozle On World Food Systems". Brave New Europe. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
6. "A Long Food Movement: Transforming Food Systems by 2045 | FAO". www.fao.org. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
7. "Pat Roy Mooney". UNA-Canada. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
8. "Pat Mooney - Giraffe Hero". giraffeheroes.org. Giraffe Heroes Project. Archived from the original on 11 December 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
9. "Giraffe Heroes". www.giraffe.org. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
10. "Tuesday, June 13, 2017 | Daily Bulletin". uwaterloo.ca. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
11. "Nuestros Honoris Causa". 17, Instituto (in European Spanish). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
12. "Book outlines threats to world seed trade". The StarPhoenix . 8 September 1979. p. B4. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
13. 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.
14. "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.

External links

• Website of Action Group ETC
• Pat Mooney on the Dangers of Geoengineering to Combat Climate Change - video report by Democracy Now!