Tibetan Buddhism and the environment: A case study of environmental sensitivity among Tibetan environmental professionals in Dharamsala, India

Description

The purpose of this study was to investigate environmental sensitivity among environmental professionals in a culture that is assumed to hold an ecocentric perspective. Nine Tibetan Buddhist environmental professionals were surveyed in this study. Based on an Environmental Sensitivity Profile Insytrument, an environmental sensitivity profile for a Tibetan Buddhist environmental professional was created from the participants demographic and interview data. The most frequently defined vaqriables were environmental destruction/development, education and role models.

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1. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2904
2. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3921&context=etd-project

Tags

Human ecology Religious aspects Buddhism

Tibetans India

Buddhist philosophy

Environmental degradation

Sustainable development

Environmental education

Ecology Religious aspects Buddhism

Buddhist philosophy

Ecology Religious aspects Buddhism

Environmental degradation

Environmental education

Human ecology Religious aspects Buddhism

Sustainable development

Tibetans.

Education

Environmental Studies

Human Ecology

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:csusb.edu/oai:scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu:etd-project-3921
Date	01 January 2005
Creators	Shearer, Megan Marie
Publisher	CSUSB ScholarWorks
Source Sets	California State University San Bernardino
Detected Language	English
Type	text
Format	application/pdf
Source	Theses Digitization Project