Ebook: When God isn't green: a world-wide journey to places where religious practice and environmentalism collide

Law professor and humorist Jay Wexler travels the globe in order to understand the complexity of these problems and learn how society can best address them. He feasts on whale blubber in northern Alaska, bumps along in the back of a battered jeep in Guatemala, clambers down the crowded beaches of Mumbai, and learns how to pluck a dead eagle in Colorado, all to answer the question "Can religious practice and environmental protection coexist?"--Provided by publisher.;Religious practice versus the environment: an overview -- Guatemalan greenery: international effects and the influence of markets -- Indian idols: the economic costs of regulation and the problem of equality -- Eagles: a reprise -- Singapore smoke: technological fixes and the impacts of regulation -- Taiwanese turtles: religious authenticity and the role of government -- Barrow (Alaska) bowheads: legal exemptions and the power of community.