In my experience of working with the librarians at Iowa, Rutgers, NC State, and UNT, they always welcome suggestions from faculty so I hope you will suggest this to your librarians: Sustenance and Sustainability: Dharma and Ecology of Hindu Communities http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1409405915/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_alp_pzFKnb1XBNVAY With a foreword by Roger S Gottlieb. Contents: Foreword; Introduction; Theoretical propositions for Indic traditions and ecology; The Swadhyaya movement; The Bishnoi community; Sacred groves of Bhils; Modern organizations adapting to ecology; Dharma as religious and environmental ethos; Conclusions; Appendices; Bibliography; Index. In Indic religious traditions, a number of rituals and myths exist in which the environment is revered. Despite this nature worship in India, its natural resources are under heavy pressure with its growing economy and exploding population. This has led several scholars to raise questions about the role religious communities can play in environmentalism. Does nature worship inspire Hindus to act in an environmentally conscious way? This book explores the above questions with three communities, the Swadhyaya movement, the Bishnoi, and the Bhil communities. Presenting the texts of Bishnois, their environmental history, and their contemporary activism; investigating the Swadhyaya movement from an ecological perspective; and, exploring the Bhil communities and their Sacred Groves, this book applies a non-Western hermeneutical model to interpret the religious traditions of Indic communities. ________________________________ Hardcover: 234 pages Publisher: Ashgate (May 1, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 1409405915 ISBN-13: 978-1409405917 -------------------------------------------------------- Previews and Reviews at: http://www.ashgate.com/default.aspx? page=637&calcTitle=1&pageSubject=425&lang=cy- gb&sort=pubdate&forthcoming=1&title_id=10065&edition_id=13134 Dr. Pankaj Jain Assistant Professor Dept of Anthropology; Tel: 940-369-6980 Dept of Philosophy and Religion Studies; Tel: 940-369-7574 University of North Texas 1155 Union Circle # 310409 Denton, TX 76203-5017 https://faculty.unt.edu/editprofile.php?pid=2232&onlyview=1&view=0