Nature Deadly and Nature Divine: The Bhagavata Purana’s Lessons on Human Relationships to the Environment

Nature Deadly and Nature Divine: The Bhagavata Purana’s Lessons on Human Relationships to the Environment: n recent decades we witness increasing public awareness about the profoundly damaging effects of accellerating human production, consumption, and mobility on ecosystems of the world; and this awareness is accompanied by a deepening sense of urgency that “something” must be done to stop the current trends of environmental destruction. Environmental activism is now a mainstream activity for all sorts of individuals and groups, not least persons and organizations whose motivations may be termed “religious.”