Summary Why have Tibetans become environmentalists? How do Tibetan conceptions of nature differ from Western ones? This film explores these questions through a narrative that features Rinchen Samdrup, the leader of a Tibetan community environmental organization in a remote area of eastern Tibet, and Tashi Dorje, a leading Tibetan environmentalist in China who first became interested in conservation after the death of a good friend at the hands of Tibetan antelope poachers. Viewers learn about the formation of coalitions of Chinese and Tibetan environmentalists that made Rinchen's work possible, as well as about the religious, cultural and personal motivations for Tibetan environmentalism, and its basis in particular understandings of the landscape, of what 'nature' is, and why it should be protected. View more details
Genres : History Biography Documentary Short
Release date : Dec 22, 2016
Countries of origin : United States China
Official sites : Official site
Language : Tibetan
Summary Why have Tibetans become environmentalists? How do Tibetan conceptions of nature differ from Western ones? This film explores these questions through a narrative that features Rinchen Samdrup, the leader of a Tibetan community environmental organization in a remote area of eastern Tibet, and Tashi Dorje, a leading Tibetan environmentalist in China who first became interested in conservation after the death of a good friend at the hands of Tibetan antelope poachers. Viewers learn about the formation of coalitions of Chinese and Tibetan environmentalists that made Rinchen's work possible, as well as about the religious, cultural and personal motivations for Tibetan environmentalism, and its basis in particular understandings of the landscape, of what 'nature' is, and why it should be protected. View more details
Genres : History Biography Documentary Short
Release date : Dec 22, 2016
Countries of origin : United States China
Official sites : Official site
Language : Tibetan
