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The Race for Materialism
Lawyer and environmental activist M.C. Mehta describes how the Western yardsticks for quality of life are impossible for a population the size of India's. According to Mr. Mehta, protecting the environment is a safer way to ensure quality of life.
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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