CONTENTS PREFACE 11 Jayanti Ranganathan Chavan, President, Institute of Science and Religion, Navi Mumbai. FOREWORD 19 A.D. Sawant, Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of Mumbai. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 22 Jayanti Ranganathan Chavan, President, Institute of Science and Religion, Navi Mumbai. CHIEF GUEST ADDRESS 25 B.B. Shrivastava, Director, Pillai Research Institute, Navi Mumbai. NOBEL LECTURE 29 Al Gore, Nobel Laureate, Ex-Vice President US and Environmental Activist. SECTION 1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND CHALLENGING ISSUES -SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVES AN OVERVIEW OFENVIRONMENTALSCIENCE 39 Mansoor M. Sheikh, SIES-Indian Institute of Environment Management, Navi Mumbai. ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND CHALLENGES 53 Anula Millindar, NACIL (I), Air India, Mumbai. SECTION 2 MORAL AND ETHICAL OBLIGATION TOWARDS ENVIRONMENT - ROLE OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND TECHNOLOGY IN PRACTICE ROLE OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS THIS SOLUTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES 73 CREATING AWARENESSINTHESOCIETY 73 D. V. Prabhu and Mrs. ShahinD. Irani Department of Chemistry, Wilson College, Mumbai. SPIRITUALITY & VALUE EDUCATION TO STUDENTS & ADULTS77 K. Narasimhan Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Material Science, IIT-Mumbai. CREATING AWARENESS OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 80 V. Ramachandran SIES-Indian Institute of Environment Management, Navi Mumbai. STRESSING ON THE FUNCTION OF EDUCATON84 John T. Eapen M.E. Eapen Institute of Science and Technology for Community Development, (MEEISATCODE) Dahanu, Maharashtra. ENGAGING STUDENTS IN LIVE PROJECTS 88 C. S. Adhikari and Mrs. Priti Bakshi Institute for Technology and Management, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai. A ROLL MODEL FOR 'GREEN CAMPUS' 97 Prabhat Kumar Singh Department of Civil Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. ENVIRONMENT CONCERNS - GREEN CRISIS 103 Mahalakshmi Krishnan, Department of Commerce, K. J. Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce, Mumbai. ECO-FRIENDLY TECHNOLOGY 109 C.R. Seshadri, Thermo Fisher Scientific, India and John T. Eapen, M.E. Eapen Institute of Science and Technology for Community Development, Dahanu, Maharashtra SECTION 3 VEDIC TECHNOLOGY AND ECO-SPIRITUALITY FOR MAKING PEACE WITH PLANET ENERGY ECONOMICS AND ENVIRONMENT 125 Ramgopal Uppaluri, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT- Guwahati. GANDHI'S APPROACH TO HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 142 Raj Kumar Sen, Department of Economics, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata. RABINDRANATH TAGORE ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 146 Ratan Lal Basu, Department of Economics, Bhairab Ganguly College, Kolkata. ECO-SPIRITUALITY FOR CARING AND PRESERVING ENVIRONMENT- DR. T.D. SINGH'S VISION 150 Jayanti Ranganathan Chavan, Institute of Science of Religion, Navi Mumbai. SECTION 4 A CASE STUDY ON ECO-FRIENDLY FESTIVALS ECO-GANESHA PROJECT 173 Rohit Pansare, M.Tech Student, CEPT University, Ahmedabad. APPENDICES CONTRIBUTORS 190 Dr. T.D. Singh 194 Institute of Science and Religion 197