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The Web of Life
Lawyer and environmental activist M.C. Mehta believes that because we are interconnected, we can only protect ourselves by protecting every living thing on earth. Who will come forward to empower this view?
M.C. Mehta is an attorney in the Supreme Court of
India, one of the founders of the Indian Council for Enviro-Legal
Action (ICELA), and director of the M.C. Mehta Environmental Foundation
in New Delhi. M.C.’s landmark environmental cases in the Supreme Court
of India have resulted in the protection of India’s natural and
cultural treasures – including the Ganges River and the Taj Mahal –
from the adverse effects of pollution. An ardent supporter of
alternative energy he brought about the transition of New Delhi's
transport system (buses, rickshaws etc.) to become the largest green
based transit system in the world.
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