Dazzled by India’s meteoric economic rise, we hesitate to acknowledge its costs to the people and the environment. In Churning the Earth, the authors engage in a timely inquiry and present incontrovertible evidence on how the nature of this recent growth has been predatory. Unfettered development has damaged the ecological basis that makes life possible for hundreds of millions and has increased the chasm between the rich and the poor, threatening the future of India as a civilization.
Rich with data and stories, this eye-opening critique of India’s development strategy argues for a radical ecological democracy based on the principles of environmental sustainability, social equity and livelihood security. Churning the Earth is unique in presenting not only what is going wrong in India but also the ways out of the crisis that globalized growth has precipitated.
Imprint: India Penguin
Published: Jan/2014
ISBN: 9780143422709
Length : 552 Pages
MRP : ₹599.00
When we were young, we’d study about the environment and how we as humans are contributing to its degradation. But that was just something we were told…as adults, we seldom do all we can as individuals to help the environment. “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” […]
