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By Dayananda das<\/strong><\/p>\n Several devotees on dandavats.com who are discussing environmental problems have posted their concerns about devotee use of plates, plastics, oil products, solar power, etc. This introspection is certainly not wrong, but devotees\u2019 environmental faults are minuscule compared to those of the business and other communities.<\/p>\n Prof Haberman and others* have written important, informative books about the pollution of the Yamuna and other sacred rivers. India has serious pollution and environmental problems, and some of these books contain important Krishna conscious strategies that I share with you here. Personal conservation and implementation of scientific methods are a miniscule part of those solutions.<\/p>\n Here is what devotees can do as representatives of Krishna, but first some background thinking. According to experts there are at least two important ways the serious environmental problems can be curbed in India. (1) Religious leaders should be convinced there is a problem. They should also be induced to preach about it to their constituents and urge practical actions; (2) The Vaishnava doctrine of respect for nature, seeing the soul in nature, over and above the monistic (impersonal) idea that the world is false, should be widely disseminated in India.<\/p>\n Particularly in India, environmental solutions can be solved within the context of religion. Experts say that a fundamental cause of environmental problems in the West is that the Protestant disregard for God\u2019s nature has allowed business, government, and science to collaborate in the rape and destruction of the earth and its living beings.** Similarly, in India, a similar collusion among government, business, and science, based on monistic (impersonal) thinking, has caused considerable damage.***<\/p>\n Devotees can do the following: Small groups of devotees\u2014both foreign and Indian–can meet with religious leaders throughout India, specifically to address the environment. Devotees can simply, non-offensively question those leaders about (a) what they feel about the violation of Krishna\u2019s sacred bharata-bhumi, its tirthas, its holy rivers, and its cows; (b) what they are doing to influence their congregations regarding these violations, and (c) what will be their actions going forward. This or a similar method of guided, non-confrontational interviewing will likely have the best result.<\/p>\n In addition, although not as easy, small, more experienced, devotee groups can go to large industrialists who are significantly polluting the environment, and take bold tactics with them. Highly skilled devotees should confront them. Essentially, devotees should firmly tell them to stop polluting and give back to Krishna 100% of all profits derived from pollution. Krishna says yo bhunkte stena eva sah, \u201cHe is a thief.\u201d I reiterate that such confrontation should be done skillfully, by mature, advanced preachers; however, any group of responsible devotees with a little intelligence can approach religious leaders, provided it is done with respect and sincerity.<\/p>\n * Haberman, \u201cRiver of Love in an Age of Pollution,\u201d Ranchor Prime, \u201cVedic Ecology,\u201d Palmer, \u201cFaith in conservation,\u201d are a few.<\/p>\n **White, \u201cThe Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis\u201d<\/p>\n ***Haberman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Particularly in India, environmental solutions can be solved within the context of religion. 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By Dayananda das<\/strong><\/p>\n