By Michael Buckley
On Friday, September 20 and 27, students around the world will strike for climate crisis action — joined by adults — with protests planned for hundreds of cities around the world. Tibet 3rd Pole* is calling on Tibetans to join the action to add their voice and to draw attention to the Tibetan perspective. Tibet should be at the forefront of any discussion about the climate crisis. ….
The Zoigê grasslands may greatly benefit from removing the fences that divide them, but entrenched interests and government policy are pushing in the other direction, reports Feng Hao ….
Lha observed World Environment Day with a Tibetan Animals drawing competition at three different Tibetan schools (Upper TCV, Lower TCV and Petoen School). 112 students took part. ….
21st June 2019, London: The President Dr. Lobsang Sangay joined eminent scientist Professor Chris Rapley CBE, Professor of Climate Science at UCL, for a panel discussion on Climate Change and Tibet at University College London’s Darwin Lecture Theatre. ….
By Rebecca MorelleScience Correspondent, BBC News
Images from Cold War spy satellites have revealed the dramatic extent of ice loss in the Himalayan glaciers.
Scientists compared photographs taken by a US reconnaissance program with recent spacecraft observations and found that melting in the region has doubled over the last 40 years. ….
Lha organised a talk on Tibet’s Unique Ecosystem at TCV Gopalpur on March 23 with the intention of raising environmental awareness issues in Tibet. Mr Tempa Gyaltsen Zamlha, Head of the Environment ….
How can Asian countries survive without Tibetan glaciers and water?
The Tibetan plateau, which holds the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) ice sheet, is known as the world’s “Third Pole.” It holds the largest number of glaciers and snow after the Arctic and Antarctic. The Tibetan plateau has more than 46,000 glaciers, 14.5 percent of the world’s total. ….
Lha organised the monthly mass clean up on March 16 covering areas of TCV (Tibetan Children’s Village) road and the forest area below His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s temple. Lha students and volunteers took part in the mass clean up and it was followed by lunch for the participants. ….
There has been a significant rise in the number of people and animals affected by continuing snowstorm since Dec 28 in Yushu (Tibetan: Yulshul) Prefecture of Qinghai Province with corresponding rise in economic losses, according to China’s official Xinhuanews agency Mar 2. The report said some areas were covered under snow nearly half a metre deep, adding it had snowed again from Feb 21 to 28. ….
Lha’s monthly mass clean up took place on Jan 19, the third Saturday of the month as usual. Around fifteen students and volunteers joined us for the event. We started in Mcleod Ganj and ended up at the forest area below Temple Road, near Nagini Mandir. ….
