Introduction: Shades of green
The myriad-minded environmentalist: Rabindranath Tagore
Ecological sociologist: the work and legacy of Radhakamal Mukerjee
Gandhi's economist: J.C. Kumarappa and rural renewal
Scottish internationalist: Patrick Geddes and ecological town planning in India
Dissenting scientists: Albert and Gabrielle Howard and the quest for an ecological agriculture
Gandhi's Englishwoman: The passionate environmentalist of Madeleine/Mira
Culture in nature: The forest anthropology of Verrier Elwin
The first Hindutva environmentalist: K.M. Munshi
Speaking for nature: M. Krishnan and Indian wildlife
Epilogue: A partially usable past?
