Growth or environment?

From : The Hindu


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Altered patterns of consumption which are less wasteful of resources will provide a lasting solution .








THE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY READER: Edited by Martin Reynolds, Chris Blackmore, Mark J. Smith; Books for Change, 139, Richmond Road, Bangalore-560025. Rs. 450.
The ‘development versus environment' debate has been going on endlessly. A major reason is that the proponents of development have not been exposed to a true appreciation of the intrinsic and extrinsic values of nature that defy the conventional cost-benefit analysis. The need of the hour, in the words of Wangari Maathai, is to realise that “in making sure that other species survive we will be ensuring the survival of our own.”





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