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Gandhi's Environmental Ethics and Sustainability
Research Guide

What is Gandhi's Environmental Ethics and Sustainability?

Gandhi's environmental ethics centers on trusteeship, voluntary simplicity, and critique of industrialization as foundations for sustainable human-nature relations.

Scholars analyze Gandhi's trusteeship as a model where wealth serves society and nature (Vidaković, 2022; Pulla et al., 2017). These ideas link to water disputes and community development (Pani, 2010; Badal, 2020). Over 10 papers since 2010 explore applications, with 27 citations for Majumdar (2015) on CSR ties.

Curated Papers

Key Challenges

Why It Matters

Gandhi's trusteeship informs corporate responsibility in India's Companies Act, 2013, mandating CSR contributions (Majumdar, 2015). It addresses water conflicts like the Cauvery dispute by challenging scarcity perceptions rooted in overconsumption (Pani, 2010). Recent works apply it to migrant ecological footprints and sustainable economics, offering non-Western frames for climate justice (Sharma and Jadon, 2023; Vidaković, 2022).

Key Research Challenges

Adapting Trusteeship to Capitalism

Gandhi's trusteeship resists wealth accumulation, clashing with modern corporate growth (Vidaković, 2022). Pulla et al. (2017) note Gandhi influenced capitalists yet faced leftist critiques. Bridging this to CSR laws remains unresolved (Majumdar, 2015).

Scaling Community Models Globally

Gandhian community development suits local federalism but struggles with globalization (Badal, 2020). Pani (2010) shows institutional rigidity in water disputes blocks change. Sharma and Jadon (2023) highlight migrant footprint issues in urban scaling.

Linking to Environmental Jurisprudence

Applying Gandhi's thought to legal cases like MCWC v. Nestlé demands mindful reasoning (Patel and Vella, 2013). Conflicts arise in balancing non-violence with enforcement. Contemporary philosophy integrations are sparse (Sirswal, 2013).

Essential Papers

India's Journey with Corporate Social Responsibility-What Next?

Arjya B. Majumdar · 2015 · Journal of Law and Commerce · 27 citations

One of the causes for raised eyebrows to the Companies Act, 2013 is Section 135. The provision mandates companies meeting certain requirements to compulsorily contribute to corporate social respons...

Critical Reflection on the Role of Education as a Catalyst of Peace-building and Peaceful Coexistence

Seema Agnihotri · 2017 · Universal Journal of Educational Research · 17 citations

Human being since its evolution is continuously struggling to combat inherent prowess of violence and conflict as a part of biological species which is falling in an ambivalent position in the ecos...

Institutions that Cannot Manage Change: A Gandhian Perspective on the Cauvery Dispute in South India

Narendar Pani · 2010 · Repositorio Institucional · 11 citations

"There is a growing recognition that water conflicts extend well beyond issues of water scarcity. Perceptions of scarcity are themselves based on assumptions of what is sufficient. And what is cons...

Gandhian Model of Community Development

Bharat Prasad Badal · 2020 · Research Nepal Journal of Development Studies · 11 citations

Gandhian Model of Community Development (GMCD) is a sustainable development model for governments in the central, provincial, and local levels of democratic federal countries in the world by the sc...

Contribution of Gandhian Thought to Corporate Responsibility

Venkat Pulla, Vinod C Nayak, Keshav Walke · 2017 · Space and Culture India · 5 citations

Mahatma Gandhiji transformed contemporary capitalists amidst the criticism from leftist quarters that he was working for a compromise in the interests of the Indian bourgeoisie. The purpose of this...

Gandhi: The Non-Violent Socialist is Trusteeship the Only Viable Sustainable Economic Model?

Mina Vidaković · 2022 · European Journal of Law and Political Science · 4 citations

Fighting against inequality and discrimination, Gandhi developed his famous non-violent resistance, first in South Africa, and then later on in India, in the fight for independence. However, non-vi...

Creative Dissent in India: Knowledge Swaraj and the People’s Health Movement

C. Shambu Prasad, Mathieu Quet · 2022 · Engaging Science Technology and Society · 3 citations

There is an increasing interest among STS scholars to go beyond public understanding of science to look at the role of social movements in shaping alternate science and exploring the role of scient...

Reading Guide

Foundational Papers

Start with Pani (2010) for trusteeship in water conflicts; Patel and Vella (2013) for legal applications; Sirswal (2013) for philosophical context.

Recent Advances

Vidaković (2022) on trusteeship economics; Badal (2020) on community models; Sharma and Jadon (2023) on migrant footprints.

Core Methods

Textual analysis of Hind Swaraj, trusteeship reinterpretation, case studies like Cauvery dispute, CSR policy mapping.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What defines Gandhi's environmental ethics?

It emphasizes trusteeship where the wealthy hold resources in trust for society and nature, plus simplicity to curb overconsumption (Vidaković, 2022; Pulla et al., 2017).

What methods link Gandhi to sustainability?

Analyses reinterpret Hind Swaraj critiques of industrialization for modern CSR and water management (Pani, 2010; Majumdar, 2015; Jha, 2024).

What are key papers?

Majumdar (2015, 27 citations) on CSR; Pani (2010, 11 citations) on Cauvery dispute; Badal (2020, 11 citations) on community development.

What open problems exist?

Scaling trusteeship to global capitalism and integrating into jurisprudence amid institutional change resistance (Vidaković, 2022; Patel and Vella, 2013).