Carmen Meinert, Dr. phil. (2001), is Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI) in Essen. Her field of research covers Chinese and Tibetan religious history, Buddhist studies, and cultural perspectives on environmental and climate change.

• Foreword Acknowledgements List of General Abbreviations List of Bibliographical Abbreviations List of Tables and Figures Introduction: Climate and Culture in East Asia - Carmen MeinertIDEASChinese ‘Unity of Man and Nature’: Reality or Myth? - Heiner RoetzIdeas in Daoism Relative to Ecology and the Environment - Paul Jackson Environmental Concern: Can Humans Avoid Being Partial? - Epistemological Awareness in the Zhuangzi - Karyn Lai Of Eco-Buddhas and Dharma-Roots: Views from the East Asian Buddhist Tradition - Henrik H. Sørensen PASTA Retrospection of Climate Changes and their Impacts in Chinese History - Ts’ui-jung Liu Manipulating the Yellow River and the State Formation of the Northern Song Dynasty - Ling Zhang PRESENTWater Diversion Between Offfijicial Rhetoric and the Drive to Dominate Nature - Miriam Seeger Chinese Environmental Movements: Civil Society Discourses on Climate Change and Environmental Protection - Nora Sausmikat ‘From Worse to Better’: Anti-Desertifijication Policies on the Tibetan Plateau in the Past Decades - Carmen Meinert & Christian Gudehus From Ascetic to Activist: Jiyul Sunim’s Korean Buddhist Ecomovement - Eun-su Cho PROSPECTSKilling Three Birds with One Stone: Possibilities of Achieving Environmental Success in Conforming Societies—What Japanese Experiences May Suggest to China - Takashi Kanatsu Environmental Think Tanks in Japan and South Korea: Trailblazers or Vicarious Agents? - Alexander Ruser Energy and Climate Change in China - Carlo Carraro & Emanuele MassettiList of Names and Subjects in Non-Latin Scripts Bibliography Contributing AuthorsIndex

Carmen Meinert, Dr. phil. (2001), is Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI) in Essen. Her field of research covers Chinese and Tibetan religious history, Buddhist studies, and cultural perspectives on environmental and climate change.

• Foreword Acknowledgements List of General Abbreviations List of Bibliographical Abbreviations List of Tables and Figures Introduction: Climate and Culture in East Asia - Carmen MeinertIDEASChinese ‘Unity of Man and Nature’: Reality or Myth? - Heiner RoetzIdeas in Daoism Relative to Ecology and the Environment - Paul Jackson Environmental Concern: Can Humans Avoid Being Partial? - Epistemological Awareness in the Zhuangzi - Karyn Lai Of Eco-Buddhas and Dharma-Roots: Views from the East Asian Buddhist Tradition - Henrik H. Sørensen PASTA Retrospection of Climate Changes and their Impacts in Chinese History - Ts’ui-jung Liu Manipulating the Yellow River and the State Formation of the Northern Song Dynasty - Ling Zhang PRESENTWater Diversion Between Offfijicial Rhetoric and the Drive to Dominate Nature - Miriam Seeger Chinese Environmental Movements: Civil Society Discourses on Climate Change and Environmental Protection - Nora Sausmikat ‘From Worse to Better’: Anti-Desertifijication Policies on the Tibetan Plateau in the Past Decades - Carmen Meinert & Christian Gudehus From Ascetic to Activist: Jiyul Sunim’s Korean Buddhist Ecomovement - Eun-su Cho PROSPECTSKilling Three Birds with One Stone: Possibilities of Achieving Environmental Success in Conforming Societies—What Japanese Experiences May Suggest to China - Takashi Kanatsu Environmental Think Tanks in Japan and South Korea: Trailblazers or Vicarious Agents? - Alexander Ruser Energy and Climate Change in China - Carlo Carraro & Emanuele MassettiList of Names and Subjects in Non-Latin Scripts Bibliography Contributing AuthorsIndex

Carmen Meinert, Dr. phil. (2001), is Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI) in Essen. Her field of research covers Chinese and Tibetan religious history, Buddhist studies, and cultural perspectives on environmental and climate change.

• Foreword Acknowledgements List of General Abbreviations List of Bibliographical Abbreviations List of Tables and Figures Introduction: Climate and Culture in East Asia - Carmen MeinertIDEASChinese ‘Unity of Man and Nature’: Reality or Myth? - Heiner RoetzIdeas in Daoism Relative to Ecology and the Environment - Paul Jackson Environmental Concern: Can Humans Avoid Being Partial? - Epistemological Awareness in the Zhuangzi - Karyn Lai Of Eco-Buddhas and Dharma-Roots: Views from the East Asian Buddhist Tradition - Henrik H. Sørensen PASTA Retrospection of Climate Changes and their Impacts in Chinese History - Ts’ui-jung Liu Manipulating the Yellow River and the State Formation of the Northern Song Dynasty - Ling Zhang PRESENTWater Diversion Between Offfijicial Rhetoric and the Drive to Dominate Nature - Miriam Seeger Chinese Environmental Movements: Civil Society Discourses on Climate Change and Environmental Protection - Nora Sausmikat ‘From Worse to Better’: Anti-Desertifijication Policies on the Tibetan Plateau in the Past Decades - Carmen Meinert & Christian Gudehus From Ascetic to Activist: Jiyul Sunim’s Korean Buddhist Ecomovement - Eun-su Cho PROSPECTSKilling Three Birds with One Stone: Possibilities of Achieving Environmental Success in Conforming Societies—What Japanese Experiences May Suggest to China - Takashi Kanatsu Environmental Think Tanks in Japan and South Korea: Trailblazers or Vicarious Agents? - Alexander Ruser Energy and Climate Change in China - Carlo Carraro & Emanuele MassettiList of Names and Subjects in Non-Latin Scripts Bibliography Contributing AuthorsIndex