CONSUMERISM: ITS SIDE EFFECTS ON ENVIRONMENT AND REMEDIES THROUGH BUDDHIST WAY Ven. Dr. Dhammapiya Secretary General, International Buddhist Confederation Advisor, Subharti School of Buddhist Studies Abstract In the present paper, while discussing consumerism, we will try to analyze its basic ideology, its consequences on human life and on our insufficient natural resources. Our unquenchable desire to have more and more have accelerated the process of depletion of natural resources. Furthermore, we have tried to understand Buddhist approach more exactly, 'containment of lust', and 'wants to a limit’. Keywords : Buddha’s thought, consumerism, western materialism, ecological ambience, biodiversity, natural resources and ecosystem. The effect of ecological degradation is now well felt worldwide, one of the factors responsible for it is consumerism. We have accepted our approaches to life as that of western style and materialism. The western m