What can Gandhi teach us about sustainability?
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About the video: ‘What can Gandhi teach us about sustainability?’
Ela Gandhi talks about her grandfather’s transformation from lawyer to civil rights leader. She tells the story of Mahatma Gandhi’s visit to the Mariannhill Monastery near Durban in South Africa and describes how life there inspired him to leave his well-paid job and set up an ashram. She explains how the values her grandfather lived by can help lead the way to a more sustainable world – one that promotes self-sufficiency and respect for all living beings.
Total views: 4,411
Filmed: Parliament of World Religions. Barcelona, Spain on 10 July 2004
Credits: Interviewer - Marcus Morrell Camera and Editor - Marcus Morrell
Copyright © 2004 Big Picture TV
About Ela Gandhi
Ela Gandhi is the granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi.
A world renowned human rights activist in her own right, she is a former member of South Africa’s Parliament and is currently Editor of Satyagraha magazine. She is Secretary of the Gandhi Development Trust and is the sister of Arun Gandhi, President of the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence.
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