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Book SynopsisThe book delves into global and Indian environmental crises, discussing causes, impacts, and solutions. It addresses threats to ecosystems, species, pollution, and resources, offering real-life examples and highlighting successes and failures. Appendices offer additional resources and a glossary to enhance reader awareness.
Trade ReviewThis book is not a mere textbook. The author has written with passion and zeal ... In fact, I have read out the book's account on the Bhopal gas tragedy to my students and received silence as their affirmation of the seriousness of the world's worst industrial disaster ... The author makes clear suggestions on what must be done, including collective and individually conducted actions ... The dispersion of facts and figures throughout the book will engage the wandering student mind of the amateur environmentalist. It felt good to have read this book as it made me feel closer to my green home. It has also made me feel more responsible and realise once again the urgency of the planetary crisis. * V.R. Manoj, International Journal of Environmental Studies *
Table of ContentsPREFACE; INTRODUCTION; PROLOGUE: THE CONSERVATIONIST'S LAMENT AND THE TECHNOLOGIST'S REPLY; PART I: THE CRISIS AND ITS CAUSE; PROLOGUE: A FABLE FOR TOMORROW; PART II: THE CRISIS DESCRIBED; PROLOGUE: HOW CAN ONE SELL THE AIR?; PART III: THE CURE; PROLOGUE: THE MAN WHO PLANTED TREES; APPENDICES; FURTHER READING: BOOKS AND MAGAZINES, WEBSITES; RESOURCES: ORGANIZATIONS, ETC; ANSWERS TO 'FIND OUT AND BE SURPRISED!'; GLOSSARY OF TERMS; INDEX
