The End of Consumerism is the Beginning of the Joy of Living

EcoWatch: My ecological journey started in the forests of the Himalaya. My father was a forest conservator, and my mother became a farmer after fleeing the tragic partition of India and Pakistan. It is from the Himalayan forests and ecosystems that I learned most of what I know about ecology. The songs and poems our mother composed for us were about trees, forests and India's forest civilizations. My involvement in the contemporary ecology movement began with "Chipko," a nonviolent response to the large-scale...

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