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 Green Foot-Prints brings together the eco-wisdom from the living heritages of all humanity with specific relevance to a developing nation and an ancient civilization like India that is Bharath.
The book consists of four parts. The first part, Sacred Green enumerates how environmental care was embedded into our day to day culture and is part of our way of life. How the sense of sacredness flowers into Ecological Intelligence.
The second part Greening of Human Intelligence showcases the works of secveral activists and thinkers of this century, who created awareness globally about the hazards of blindly imitating the western life style.
The third part Green Diversity illustrates how the irreplaceable Bio-diversity got displaced due to industrialization and the rearguard steps needed to be taken to reinstate it.
The fourth part Green Systems deals with the steps taken by various peoples' initiatives in safeguarding the traditional knowledge systems, an invaluable asset which the so-called developed countries owe to the developing ones.
All together this lucidly presents all the various aspects of one of the most pressing need of the hour for the whole humanity. The book brings out experiences, illustrations, quotations, writings, and summary of activities from various relevant sources. Mahatma Gandhi, Firitjof Capra, James Lovelock, Vandana Shiva, Pachauri and many other eminent holistic thinkers and achievers share their vision in the pages of this book.
An Inspiring guide to the soul of any one interetsed in sustainable development and the future of humanity's children - that is : This is for everyone.
Green Foot-Prints Vol-36 No.1 Issue no: 71 Price: Rs 125/- Pages:274
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VK-NARDEP combines traditional wisdom and modern science and provides cost-effective alternative holistic solutions to the problems of modern living - especially for the rural communities.
central axis of the concept of sustainable development. 
