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Hugging the Trees
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The Chipko Movement
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The Unquiet Woods
A short history of the Chipko movement in India, one of the world's most famous examples of a grassroots environmental protest movement. This is a revised and expanded edition of a widely-reviewed book originally published in 1990.
Of Myths and Movements
Rangan appraises the grassroots social resistance within its cultural context to scrutinize the myths surrounding indigenous 'tree huggers'.
Women and the Environment
Increasingly, over the last 20 years, women in poor developing countries have had to cope with growing ecological stress. Food, fodder, wood and water, previously in adequate supply have become scarce, and women have also been deprived of traditional access to cultivable land. Those who left the countryside for the cities now face terrible pollution, miserable housing and poor sanitation and water supplies. This reader tells the rarely told story of women living and coping in these dreadful conditions. It is a book of hope because it shows them to be not passive victims but courageous fighters and organizers in the fact of natural disaster, uncaring bureaucracy, agencies and governments whose priorities lie elsewhere, and traditional structures inimical to their needs. The women and their oganizations described here have produced demonstrably effective approaches for more sustainable uses of their resources and environments, challenging conventional accounts of their roles.
Ecology Is Permanent Economy
For decades, Sunderlal Bahuguna has been an environmental activist in his native India, well known for his efforts on behalf of the Himalayas and its people. In the 1970s, he was instrumental in the successful Chipko (or "hug") movement during which local people hugged trees to prevent logging for outside concerns. He was also a leader of the long opposition to the Tehri Dam. In both conflicts, the interests of outsiders threatened the interests of local people living relatively traditional lives. George Alfred James introduces Sunderlal Bahuguna's activism and philosophy in a work based on interviews with Bahuguna himself, his writings, and journalistic accounts. James writes that Bahuguna's work in the Indian independence movement and his admiration for the nonviolence of Gandhi has inspired a vision and mode of activism that deserves wider attention. It is a philosophy that does not try to win the conflict, but to win the opponent's heart.
Women's Movement
With reference to India.
Environmental Movements
A special issue of the journal Environmental Politics, vol. 8, no. 1, Spring 1999.
Environmental Studies
This Book Is Designed In Terms Of The Ugc Guidelines For The Common Course On Environment/Environmental Studies For The Undergraduate Students Of Various Streams (B.A., B.Sc., B.Com. Etc.) In Colleges And Universities. First Published In 2001, The Book Has Been Updated And Thoroughly Revised In The Form Of The Second Edition. It Is Hoped That The Book Will Be Found Extremely Interesting And Useful By The Teachers And Students Concerned For The Common Course.Highlights Of The Book: * Simple And Lucid Presentation Of Environment (Physical And Human) * Only Essential Scientific Terms Included And Explained Throughout The Text * Glossary Of Key Terms Included In Each Chapter For Better Understanding Of The Subject * Feedback Exercises In The Last Chapter For Testing The Knowledge Of The Subject.The Book, With A New Look, Is Destined To Carry Forward Its Mission Of Promoting Environmental Education Among The Students.
