Why India Might Save the Planet - Newsweek

Why India Might Save the Planet - Newsweek: "Ramesh ridicules what he calls the fashionable “lifestyle environmentalism” that dominates Western Europe, where the affluent compete to outdo one another in recycling, composting, and the installation of solar panels. What India needs, he says, is “livelihood environmentalism,” which preserves the bodies of water, forests, and grazing land on which the nation’s impoverished farmers, fishermen, and tribal groups depend. These ecosystems, he argues, are as essential to India as its new factories and mines."