By Dorji Kyi China’s State Council Information Office published a White Paper entitled Ecological Progress on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau on July 18, which claims that the Chinese government has always been mindful about environmental progress…
A river diversion project is being implemented by Chinese authorities that will affect the availability of water resources for local Tibetan farmers and their livelihood in the Chumar Township in Hui Autonomous County and the…
The Earth is undoubtedly facing a global environmental crisis. Human activities are changing the climate, melting the glaciers,clearing the forest, exterminating many species, creating antibiotic resistance, polluting our water sources, and moving species into new…
Genesis of a neo Earth by: Tenzin Younten Zenang When Mr. Leo Baekland invented ‘bakelite’ in 1907, he would have never imagined that a young eight year old Tibetan refugee who never saw an ocean would…
Lha staff, students and volunteers gathered on September 16 for a cleanup around the main temple. Around 60 people took part in the day which was a part of our monthly mass cleanup programme. This…
More than 100 Tibetan women took to the streets carrying a huge Chinese flag and blown-up photos of the country’s leaders to protest against the confiscation of farmland on June 13 and 14, according to…
Although the precise picture is still unclear, it’s likely that Nepal’s huge earthquake last month has wreaked major damage to a dozen hydroelectric projects in Nepal.
DHARAMSHALA: “China’s vision of development and hunger for economic growth are both powerful driving forces and the environmental exploitation of Tibet shows no sign of slowing down”, said a new report titled “Environmental Protest on…
Mahatma Gandhi delivered a trenchant assessment of the British Empire in 1928. “The economic imperialism of a single tiny island kingdom is today keeping the world in chains,” he wrote. Gandhi would lead India to…
Over the last 15 years we have heard a great deal about the importance of ‘Global Warming’ (the increase in global temperatures due to the accelerated emission of greenhouse gases) but little international attention has…