About the book: Designed to meet the UGC guidelines for a compulsory course on environmental studies, the book aims to create awareness among students for environmental issues both at local and global levels.

The book aims to create increased sensitivity among students for environmental issues. It also aims to develop an appreciation for the seriousness of the environmental crisis at the global and local levels. Designed to meet the UGC guidelines for a compulsory course on environmental studies, the book is meant for undergraduates of any discipline - from commerce to chemistry, English to electronics. It assumes minimal background in mathematics and science.

The book discusses the major environmental problems we face today: runaway growth, imperiled ecosystems, disappearing forests, endangered species, dwindling natural resources, escalating pollution, dangerous toxic, green laws and others. The book illustrates various problems, solutions, successes, and failures with over one hundred environment-related stories and real-life case studies both in the Indian and global contexts. Written in a student-friendly manner, the text is enriched with a large number of illustrations.