Most of us generally believe that there is a fundamental collision between the developmental goals of the world and environmental protection. There is also another misconception that poor countries and poor people cause more damage to the environment. But, India's history of over thousands of years completely refutes this view. Ancient India has seen a time of immense prosperity; then we have also been through centuries of slavery, and now independent India is the fastest-growing big economy in the whole world. But during this whole period, India did not let its commitment to the environment get diluted even a single bit. 17 percent of the world's population resides in India. But, our contribution of global carbon emissions is only 5 percent. The main reason behind this is our lifestyle, which is based on the theory of co-existence with nature.