Ranchor Prime

The new century began with a blaring alarm, triggered by very real concerns about the environment. A race for increased consumption, coupled with a population explosion, is straining the limits of our sustainability on earth. Vedic Ecology offers insightful advice from an unexpected source, ancient Vedic literature.
The perspective on Mother Earth and our duty to protect her, put forth by the Vedas, is being applied by contemporary environmental activists and thinkers today. Prime interviews several of them, notably scientist Vandana Shiva and Anil Agarwal, director of the Center for Science and Development in India. He also contributes his own conclusions about high thinking and simple living. Sacred stories, poetry and art, coupled with these words, make a profound statement about what the Vedas have to teach us about the environment.

This is a timely work addressing current trends in Hindu environmentalism based on very recent interviews of high profile thinkers and activists.

About the Author:

Ranchor Prime works as a freelance writer and broadcaster and as an advisor on religion and conservation to the Worldwide Fund for Nature in Britain and India. He is the author of Hinduism and Ecology and Ramayan: A Tale of Gods and Demons and contributes to many books on religion and the environment.… (altro)