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Tibet in little plastic bottles
Groundwater and springwater sold in plastic bottles is the biggest scam on earth. China is taking it to new heights in Tibet, by exporting Tibet’s groundwater and springwater all over...

TIBET: time to declare a climate emergency
News from the Land of Melting Snows: if TIBET dries, ASIA dies-- Author: Michael Buckley || Most photos from the People's Climate March, New Delhi, Sept. 2014. Two photos...

Dam lies, Broken promises
How China’s Draconian megadams are causing the slow strangulation of Tibet’s mighty rivers In April 2019, a colossal new project, Lawa Megadam, was given the green light by Chinese authorities....

A Future on Thin Ice
Ingenious solutions for replicating glacial meltwater are under way in Ladakh — involving Tibetan Buddhist monks… Text: Michael Buckley || Research: Allan Fotheringham || Photos: Mikael Lorin + STSSC March 2015: High...

Review: The Hidden Life of Trees
If trees could speak our language, they’d put their voices together urging everyone to take time to read through Peter Wohlleben’s new illustrated edition of The Hidden Life of Trees....

Village Well Webcast: Tune In to Protect our Planet
The biggest global climate action gathering since Paris lands on the shores of San Francisco this week. Its mission is to celebrate the transformational achievements of local governments, businesses, investors,...

Endangered Species Soup
Schooling Hammerheads, Cocos Island, Costa Rica Shark-fin soup, promoted by Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in the Chinese diaspora, is driving shark species to the edge...

Teaming up with Heal the Bay to Clean our Beaches
On Saturday, August 18th, 40 students from Pacific Palisades Charter High School joined Heal the Bay and Pacific Palisades Democratic Club (PPDC) to clean up Will Rogers State Beach. Donning...

Cyclist attempts to break his own world record in a bid to mitigate climate change
Award winning Austrian cyclist Michael Strasser is currently the first to join the UN Environment's Mountain Heroes Campaign. He recently expresses his interest in taking part in the ice2ice expedition...