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Buddhism, Nature & Environmental Values

Stewart McFarlane

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Description:Here’s a story that aptly illustrates our own predicament……in the first millennium CE, Polynesian settlers arrived on the Easter Island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean. Within two or three hundred years, the culture that developed in this rich environment exploited its resources and the population of this small island soared to 30,000 people. Easter Islanders lived several centuries without serious impact on their environment.However, tree felling for cooking, boats and building including the substantial wooden runners used to transport their extensive stone statues ultimately led to the almost complete loss of resources and tree cover they had taken for granted.Eventually there were no longer any trees large enough to build oceangoing canoes, so they were unable to escape to other islands or extend their fishing territories. With the Palm and the Toromiro (a species of flowering tree) virtually gone, there was considerably less rainfall because of less condensation. As their diet suffered, the island was subject to further deforestation leading to soil erosion and reduction in crop production. Inevitably, tribal rivalry broke out; they destroyed each other’s ancestral statues and by the end of the nineteenth century, the Polynesian population numbered just over a hundred… completely weakened and malnourished! Could this be a warning of cultural and environmental dangers of over exploitation?The ‘Earth Summit’ in Rio in 1992 stimulated a greater awareness of the damage being caused to our environment; with scholars of religion and religious believers questioning what role they have had in influencing human understanding of the environment . Is there a conflict between basic beliefs and attitudes to nature and actual religious behaviour?In this revealing book, Stewart McFarlane discusses the wide divergence of views on the nature of Buddhism, and the role it has in formulating a response to environmental crises. He also illustrates in startling clarity how we are unable to exist or survive without each other. He argues the need for recognizing a spiritual dimension to the social, economic and environmental challenges that all of us now face.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Buddhism, Nature & Environmental Values. To get started finding Buddhism, Nature & Environmental Values, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Publisher: Mowbray Publishing Ltd, UK

Release: 2013

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Description: Here’s a story that aptly illustrates our own predicament……in the first millennium CE, Polynesian settlers arrived on the Easter Island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean. Within two or three hundred years, the culture that developed in this rich environment exploited its resources and the population of this small island soared to 30,000 people. Easter Islanders lived several centuries without serious impact on their environment.However, tree felling for cooking, boats and building including the substantial wooden runners used to transport their extensive stone statues ultimately led to the almost complete loss of resources and tree cover they had taken for granted.Eventually there were no longer any trees large enough to build oceangoing canoes, so they were unable to escape to other islands or extend their fishing territories. With the Palm and the Toromiro (a species of flowering tree) virtually gone, there was considerably less rainfall because of less condensation. As their diet suffered, the island was subject to further deforestation leading to soil erosion and reduction in crop production. Inevitably, tribal rivalry broke out; they destroyed each other’s ancestral statues and by the end of the nineteenth century, the Polynesian population numbered just over a hundred… completely weakened and malnourished! Could this be a warning of cultural and environmental dangers of over exploitation?The ‘Earth Summit’ in Rio in 1992 stimulated a greater awareness of the damage being caused to our environment; with scholars of religion and religious believers questioning what role they have had in influencing human understanding of the environment . Is there a conflict between basic beliefs and attitudes to nature and actual religious behaviour?In this revealing book, Stewart McFarlane discusses the wide divergence of views on the nature of Buddhism, and the role it has in formulating a response to environmental crises. He also illustrates in startling clarity how we are unable to exist or survive without each other. He argues the need for recognizing a spiritual dimension to the social, economic and environmental challenges that all of us now face.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Buddhism, Nature & Environmental Values. To get started finding Buddhism, Nature & Environmental Values, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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