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Hewlett Packard is to publish a list of all the smelters worldwide which supply it with the metals used in HP products, according to the New York Times. HP is one of the first big companies to buckle under the … Continue reading →

 JUST UPSTREAM FROM LHASA……… The disastrous waste of 83 human lives at China’s copper and gold mine in Tibet, at Gyama, is a reminder of China’s plans for intensive extraction of Tibetan wealth, for China’s lowland factories.   So big … Continue reading →

Naming the key environmental issues in Tibet: a reflective blog on categories we use. What would you say are the key environmental issues in Tibet? Many say rivers: Chinese dams threatening huge populations downstream. Many would say railways that cut … Continue reading →

SACRED SITES, WILDLIFE & BIODIVERSITY Blogpost 3 of 3 PRESENTATION TO TIBETAN YOUTH WORKSHOP ORGANISED BY TIBET INFORMATION OFFICE, AUSTRALIA,  JANUARY 2013 Each of the seven key challenges facing Tibet is a major problem, but solutions are possible. While the … Continue reading →

CLIMATE CHANGE, MINING, POVERTY & INEQUALITY PRESENTATION TO TIBETAN YOUTH WORKSHOP ORGANISED BY TIBET INFORMATION OFFICE, AUSTRALIA,  JANUARY 2013 blog #2 of 3 Each of the seven key challenges facing Tibet is a major problem, but solutions are possible. These … Continue reading →

EXCLUDING NOMADS, DAMMING RIVERS PRESENTATION TO TIBETAN YOUTH WORKSHOP ORGANISED BY TIBET INFORMATION OFFICE, AUSTRALIA,  JANUARY 2013 blogpost 1 of 3 Each of the seven key challenges facing Tibet is a major problem, but solutions are possible. These issues and … Continue reading →

#1 in a series of three blogs on self-immolation and the roots of the blindness of China’s central leaders   Three existential questions gnaw at Tibetans and their friends worldwide. Why do so many Tibetans carefully and premeditatedly flame themselves … Continue reading →

#2 in a series of three blogs on self-immolation and the roots of the blindness of China’s central leaders The Tibetans are up against much more than the vestiges of Chinese communism. Modernity makes itself by its opposition to tradition, … Continue reading →

  #3 in a series of three blogs on self-immolation and the roots of the blindness of China’s central leaders   The Buddhists of Tibet are used to being misunderstood. Even people who think of themselves as Buddhist often misunderstand … Continue reading →