Ancient Indian Wisdom for Ensuring Sustainable Development: A Primer - S. A. Abbasi

Despite enormous research, issues of untreated waste and eco-degradation are persistent and increasing. This book illuminates another path: by following ancient wisdom that supports holistic, regenerative growth and strengthening it with contemporary science and technology, a different paradigm could help shift the decline of Earth’s ecosystems.

The authors provide a grounding in the ecosystem concepts enshrined in ancient Indian texts that facilitate the kind of wholesome, balanced, and sustainable existence that the present day world deeply desires... but doesn't know how to achieve . This volume examines the traditions and practices that helped maintain India’s rich environmental diversity and technological leadership until the mid-18th century. It demonstrates that a nuanced understanding of ecology and environmental engineering was reflected in ancient Indian texts thousands of years before Ernst Haeckel’s conception of the science of ecology. The book shows that relying on science and technology as a panacea–rather than treating it as a tool–dooms our present-day development paradigm to failure in its mission of halting climate change and environmental decline