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Tibetan Buddhism And The Environment: A Case Study Of Environmental Sensitivity Among Tibetan Environmental Professionals In Dharamsala, India, Megan Marie Shearer
Tibetan Buddhism And The Environment: A Case Study Of Environmental Sensitivity Among Tibetan Environmental Professionals In Dharamsala, India, Megan Marie Shearer
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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.