According to the Ecological Footprint (EF) index, we are consuming one year's worth of the world's renewable resources within the first eight months of every year in recent times. So, during the next four months of the year, the world is living beyond its ecological limits. The consequences of our accumulating ecological debt result in global climate change, species extinctions, insecure energy supplies, water shortages and crop failures. This book is an endeavor to reorient the community towards practicing optimum consumption and environmental protection.

"Applied Buddhism" is the foundation of our true understanding of all the events occurring in nature. It explains how every person can relate Buddhist ideas in his or her daily life and in profession. This book provides guidance for understanding the Doctrines of the Buddha and their effective applications to reduce our sufferings. In recent times, some of the new concepts that have evolved in Buddhism are Engaged Buddhism, Social Buddhism, Socially Engaged Buddhism and Green Buddhism. "Applied Buddhism" is an effort to integrate all these scattered aspects of Buddhism under one single and unified concept. Through this Applied Buddhism, one should be able to follow Buddhism without being a Buddhist.