About this episode

This episode features a conversation with Bidisha Mallik, PhD, discussing the intersections of Gandhian and Buddhist philosophies with ecology and nonviolence.

Bidisha Mallik, PhD, is an Associate Teaching Professor of Social Sciences in the Department of School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington Tacoma. Dr. Mallik is the author of Legends in Gandhian Social Activism: Mira Behn and Sarala Behn: Addressing Environmental Issues By Dissolving Gender And Colonial Barriers. For more information about the resources mentioned in this episode, please see below: https://www.tacoma.uw.edu/https://www.amazon.com/Legends-Gandhian-Social-Activism-Environmental/dp/3030954307/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.fgFqbelrBOW_HwCwCua40A.tnkZLuujlNEvqauJZVal8_wM8sGg8mtRS3K3HJQAbQM&dib_tag=se&qid=1783028669&refinements=p_27%3ABidisha&s=books&sr=1-1 We discussed: *Ahimsa, nonviolence vs. non-violence, as well as Gandhian and Buddhist philosophy and their connections with ecology *Interbeing, capitalism, creativity, and making concrete examples of the world you want to live in *Mira Behn (Madeleine Slade), Sarala Behn (Catherine Mary Heilman), and the Chipko movement *And the importance of investigating the self and approaching actions through the lens of nonviolence

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