Oxygen Manifesto: A Battle for the Environment by Atulya Misra [Hardcover]

Oxygen Manifesto is a story of the triumph of ordinary people over the might of the establishment
in their battle to save the environment.
Thatha lives in a remote and inaccessible part of Manipur and Ravi is a young IAS officer from
the Tamil Nadu cadre. Circumstances bring them together and they create the most effective
environmental movement the world has ever seen. They shun the politics of criticism and personal
attacks and focus on establishing a new polity based on the principles of environmental protection,
habitat conservation, direct civil action and democratic decentralization.
Oxygen Manifesto is an engaging story about environmental degradation and the impact of the
Anthropocene. It exposes the myth around wealth creation and the paradigm of economic growth.
It also plants a development narrative that is environment-centric—an idea which is considered
fringe in today’s times, but is bound to emerge as a mainstream thought in the future.
The story also has an undercurrent of minimalism and veganism, as opposed to consumerism and
wasteful consumption. A novel concept of taxing goods and services based on their carbon and
water footprint has also been introduced by the writer. This is a must-read for anyone who cares
about the future of human civilization.