Table of Contents
I Introduction by Franz Alt 13
1 Life is holy 15
2 Climate emergency 18
3 The world's most likeable person 19
4 Mankind's survival is at stake 21
II The Third World War against Nature 23
1 Mankind is losing control 25
2 Four hundred million climate refugees 31
3 Millions take to the streets with Greta 32
4 What could rescue look like? 34
5 Dare for a future 36
III Save the Environment-The Dalai Lama's Climate Appeal to the World 39
1 Buddha would be Green-me too, I am Green 41
2 Enviromental education 42
3 Universal responsibility 43
4 The revolution of compassion 44
IV Franz Alt's Interview with His Holiness the Dalai Lama 47
1 The purpose of life is to be happy 49
2 We are all children of one world 52
3 Without humans the earth would be doing better 55
4 Himalaya's glaciers are vanishing 59
5 A nuclear war would be the last in the history of mankind 65
6 More education of the heart 69
V The Solar Age Begins-The Sun Wins 73
1 Solar energy is social energy 75
2 We should lock up the politicians 78
3 Rebirth calls for environmental protection 80
4 Buddha: "We are what we think" 82
5 Greta: "Our house is on fire" 85
VI The Mountains Here Are as Bald as a Monk's Head 91
1 Plant trees 93
2 Ethics is more important than religion 102
3 Vegetarianism helps the climate 104
4 Buddhists disapprove of killing as a sport 106
VII The Sheltering Tree of Interdependence- A Buddhist Monk's Reflections on Ecological Responsibility 113
VIII For a Solar Age-Epilogue by Franz Alt 127
1 Reconciling economy and ecology 129
2 There is no matter 132
3 In depth all life is one 135
4 No child should starve to death 136
5 Disarming instead of rearming 140
6 Economizing with nature, not against it 143
7 Deeds are evidence of the truth 151
IX Ten Commandments for the Climate 155
X What Can I Do? 163
1 Choose wisely 165
2 Is there still hope for us? 169
Acknowledgments 175
