Product Description: With all the attention on living sustainably, the one thing missing from the conversation is how to find a personal connection with green living that will sustain us on our green path. While practical approaches to an eco-responsible lifestyle offer important first steps, it is critical that we ground these actions in broader understanding so that we can effect real change in the world...read more

Fresh perspectives on craving and attachment offer solutions to the negative effects of consumerism and explain how to apply Buddhist thought and ethics to overcome the problem of overconsumption both as individuals and collectively. Original.

Contemporary Buddhist insights on environmentalism are assembled here, with contributions from Basho, the Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh, Gary Snyder, Chogyam Trungpa, Gretel Ehrlich, Peter Mattiessen, Philip Glass, and others. Original.

The author shares her impressions of trees and their place in the environment