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Our only home : a climate appeal to the world / His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Franz Alt ; [English translation by Peter Reif].

Summary:

An appeal for environmental action by the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and spiritual leader of Tibet urges decision-makers to fight climate change ignorance while encouraging younger readers to assert their right to a climate-friendly future.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781335218469
  • ISBN: 1335218467
  • Physical Description: 174 pages ; 19 cm
  • Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Hanover Square Press, 2020.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"First published in 2020 in Germany by Benevento Publishing, a brand of Red Bull Media House GmbH."--verso of title page.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction / by Franz Alt -- The third World War against nature -- Save the environment: the Dalai Lama's climate appeal to the world -- Franz Alt's interview with His Holiness the Dalai Lama -- The solar age begins: the sun wins -- The mountains here are as bald as a monk's head -- The sheltering tree of interdependence: a Buddhist monk's reflections on ecological responsibility -- For a solar age: epilogue by Franz Alt -- Ten commandments for the climate -- What can I do?
Subject: Climatic changes > Moral and ethical aspects.
Environmental ethics.
Environmentalism > Religious aspects > Buddhism.

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