Meltdown in Tibet
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www.MeltdowninTibet.com = Microblogging on matters Tibetan by writer/filmmaker Michael Buckley, author of "Meltdown in Tibet," editor of "This Fragile Planet: HH Dalai Lama on Environment" + other works about Tibet, and filmmaker for five documentaries.
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· Apr 22
Happy EARTH DAY!
celebrating the release of my updated and expanded third edition of Tibet, Disrupted: How China is endangering entire ecosystems in Tibet and across Asia. Now running to over 500 pages.
celebrating the release of my updated and expanded third edition of Tibet, Disrupted: How China is endangering entire ecosystems in Tibet and across Asia. Now running to over 500 pages.
Happy EARTH DAY!
celebrating the release of my updated and expanded third edition of Tibet, Disrupted: How China is endangering entire ecosystems in Tibet and across Asia. Now running to over 500 pages.
celebrating the release of my updated and expanded third edition of Tibet, Disrupted: How China is endangering entire ecosystems in Tibet and across Asia. Now running to over 500 pages.
April 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Happy EARTH DAY!
celebrating the release of my updated and expanded third edition of Tibet, Disrupted: How China is endangering entire ecosystems in Tibet and across Asia. Now running to over 500 pages.
celebrating the release of my updated and expanded third edition of Tibet, Disrupted: How China is endangering entire ecosystems in Tibet and across Asia. Now running to over 500 pages.
New Book from HH Dalai Lama
upcoming in March
upcoming in March
January 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
New Book from HH Dalai Lama
upcoming in March
upcoming in March
THIRD POLE READING LIST
for those freezing nights when you are cocooned in subzero sleeping bag in a cave in the high Himalayas, but somehow still have internet access to Amazon Books or Apple Books or other portal.
shepherd.com/best-books/u...
for those freezing nights when you are cocooned in subzero sleeping bag in a cave in the high Himalayas, but somehow still have internet access to Amazon Books or Apple Books or other portal.
shepherd.com/best-books/u...
The best books to understand the water crisis at the Third Pole
Michael Buckley shares the 4 best books on understanding the water crisis at the Third Pole. Have you read This Fragile Planet?
shepherd.com
December 16, 2024 at 10:44 AM
THIRD POLE READING LIST
for those freezing nights when you are cocooned in subzero sleeping bag in a cave in the high Himalayas, but somehow still have internet access to Amazon Books or Apple Books or other portal.
shepherd.com/best-books/u...
for those freezing nights when you are cocooned in subzero sleeping bag in a cave in the high Himalayas, but somehow still have internet access to Amazon Books or Apple Books or other portal.
shepherd.com/best-books/u...
This looks promising! Have not gotten my hands on a copy yet, but here is a subject about which astonishingly little has been documented. Congrats to key author Ruth Gamble!
December 14, 2024 at 9:03 PM
This looks promising! Have not gotten my hands on a copy yet, but here is a subject about which astonishingly little has been documented. Congrats to key author Ruth Gamble!
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Meconopsis speciosa subsp. cawdoriana
(Papaveraceae)
July, Galong & Seji La, Tibet
(Papaveraceae)
July, Galong & Seji La, Tibet
December 7, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Meconopsis speciosa subsp. cawdoriana
(Papaveraceae)
July, Galong & Seji La, Tibet
(Papaveraceae)
July, Galong & Seji La, Tibet
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India - China Conflict Is Brewing
Territorial conflict and Tibet is a tinderbox between these two nation states. As sure as the sun rises.
Free article from Beefy 👇
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Territorial conflict and Tibet is a tinderbox between these two nation states. As sure as the sun rises.
Free article from Beefy 👇
open.substack.com/pub/beefeate...
India - China Conflict Is Brewing
An overview of the looming shitshow that could be un-avoidable
open.substack.com
December 10, 2024 at 12:13 AM
India - China Conflict Is Brewing
Territorial conflict and Tibet is a tinderbox between these two nation states. As sure as the sun rises.
Free article from Beefy 👇
open.substack.com/pub/beefeate...
Territorial conflict and Tibet is a tinderbox between these two nation states. As sure as the sun rises.
Free article from Beefy 👇
open.substack.com/pub/beefeate...
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Global Tibet-related organisations express deep alarm concerning reports of Beijing’s illegitimate Panchen Lama, Gyaltsen Norbu, visiting Nepal to attend the 9th South China Sea Buddhism Roundtable Conference.
Nepal: Beijing’s illegitimate Panchen Lama must not be allowed to visit
His Excellency Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli Prime Minister of Nepal Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers Singhdurbar, Kathmandu, Nepal 12 December 2024 Dear Prime Minister Khadga Prasad S...
tibetnetwork.org
December 11, 2024 at 10:23 PM
Global Tibet-related organisations express deep alarm concerning reports of Beijing’s illegitimate Panchen Lama, Gyaltsen Norbu, visiting Nepal to attend the 9th South China Sea Buddhism Roundtable Conference.
CHINA's SLEAZEBALL heading for NEPAL
www.tibetanreview.net/china-appoin...
www.tibetanreview.net/china-appoin...
China-appointed Panchen Lama's Nepal visit plan reignites a controversy - Tibetan Review
(TibetanReview.net, Dec12’24) –It now appears certain that Gyaincain Norbu, the Sinicized version of the 11th Panchen Lama, who would otherwise be Tibet’s second most prominent religious figure, is vi...
www.tibetanreview.net
December 13, 2024 at 9:10 AM
CHINA's SLEAZEBALL heading for NEPAL
www.tibetanreview.net/china-appoin...
www.tibetanreview.net/china-appoin...
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‘China’s dam building in upstream Tibet ignores serious geological, environmental risks’ - Tibetan Review https://buff.ly/48USWwI
‘China’s dam building in upstream Tibet ignores serious geological, environmental risks’ - Tibetan Review
(TibetanReview.net, Nov16’24) –China is accelerating dam building on the upper reaches of the Yellow River (Tibetan: Machu) in Tibet despite evidence from its own scientists of the risks of…
buff.ly
November 17, 2024 at 1:01 PM
‘China’s dam building in upstream Tibet ignores serious geological, environmental risks’ - Tibetan Review https://buff.ly/48USWwI
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Snow Leopard review – enigmatic tale of man v beast is late Tibetan film-maker’s final word
Snow Leopard review – enigmatic tale of man v beast is late Tibetan film-maker’s final word
Pema Tseden’s swan song about the fate of a snow leopard imprisoned by a vengeful farmer gains new layers of political meaning following the director’s death
Tibetan film-maker Pema Tseden died of heart failure last year at the age of 53, just months…
dlvr.it
November 21, 2024 at 1:11 PM
Snow Leopard review – enigmatic tale of man v beast is late Tibetan film-maker’s final word
season's greetings from the Third Pole Santa!
Who says Santa is from the North Pole? The North Pole feeds meltwater into the ocean. Tibet, the Third Pole, feeds meltwater into rivers, enabling billions across Asia to survive.
Who says Santa is from the North Pole? The North Pole feeds meltwater into the ocean. Tibet, the Third Pole, feeds meltwater into rivers, enabling billions across Asia to survive.
December 13, 2024 at 3:18 AM
season's greetings from the Third Pole Santa!
Who says Santa is from the North Pole? The North Pole feeds meltwater into the ocean. Tibet, the Third Pole, feeds meltwater into rivers, enabling billions across Asia to survive.
Who says Santa is from the North Pole? The North Pole feeds meltwater into the ocean. Tibet, the Third Pole, feeds meltwater into rivers, enabling billions across Asia to survive.
35 years ago today
December 10, 2024 at 11:49 PM
35 years ago today
Released in 2023,
this mid-length feature is a satirical take on a very serious situation: the rapid demise of the mighty Mekong River.
this mid-length feature is a satirical take on a very serious situation: the rapid demise of the mighty Mekong River.
December 9, 2024 at 12:32 PM
Released in 2023,
this mid-length feature is a satirical take on a very serious situation: the rapid demise of the mighty Mekong River.
this mid-length feature is a satirical take on a very serious situation: the rapid demise of the mighty Mekong River.
When the Mekong does not arrive in Vietnam.
See longer piece:
www.tibetrightscollective.in/visual-expla...
See longer piece:
www.tibetrightscollective.in/visual-expla...
December 9, 2024 at 4:11 AM
When the Mekong does not arrive in Vietnam.
See longer piece:
www.tibetrightscollective.in/visual-expla...
See longer piece:
www.tibetrightscollective.in/visual-expla...
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《YOU MUST TAKE PART IN REVOLUTION》
Cover Reveal & Pre-Order for our first graphic novel!
Co-author @melissakchan.bsky.social
Spanning the USA, China, Taiwan, & Hong Kong, it tells a dystopian tale of individual resistance against the tide of global totalitarianism and the flames of World War III.
November 20, 2024 at 12:31 PM
《YOU MUST TAKE PART IN REVOLUTION》
Cover Reveal & Pre-Order for our first graphic novel!
Co-author @melissakchan.bsky.social
Spanning the USA, China, Taiwan, & Hong Kong, it tells a dystopian tale of individual resistance against the tide of global totalitarianism and the flames of World War III.
Taliban bans women from
studying medicine in latest assault on freedoms --
The Taliban has ordered medical schools to cease teaching more than 17,000 women training to be midwives and nurses. This in a country with a maternal mortality rate of 620 deaths per 100,000 live births.
studying medicine in latest assault on freedoms --
The Taliban has ordered medical schools to cease teaching more than 17,000 women training to be midwives and nurses. This in a country with a maternal mortality rate of 620 deaths per 100,000 live births.
December 8, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Taliban bans women from
studying medicine in latest assault on freedoms --
The Taliban has ordered medical schools to cease teaching more than 17,000 women training to be midwives and nurses. This in a country with a maternal mortality rate of 620 deaths per 100,000 live births.
studying medicine in latest assault on freedoms --
The Taliban has ordered medical schools to cease teaching more than 17,000 women training to be midwives and nurses. This in a country with a maternal mortality rate of 620 deaths per 100,000 live births.
ED SHEERAN to become first
global artist to headline concert in Bhutan
The singer will perform on January 24, 2025 at Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu. Tickets range from $10 to $101, reflecting his commitment to accessibility, with strict measures against scalping. Also making a stop in INDIA.
global artist to headline concert in Bhutan
The singer will perform on January 24, 2025 at Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu. Tickets range from $10 to $101, reflecting his commitment to accessibility, with strict measures against scalping. Also making a stop in INDIA.
December 8, 2024 at 8:35 PM
ED SHEERAN to become first
global artist to headline concert in Bhutan
The singer will perform on January 24, 2025 at Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu. Tickets range from $10 to $101, reflecting his commitment to accessibility, with strict measures against scalping. Also making a stop in INDIA.
global artist to headline concert in Bhutan
The singer will perform on January 24, 2025 at Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu. Tickets range from $10 to $101, reflecting his commitment to accessibility, with strict measures against scalping. Also making a stop in INDIA.
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China’s rampant development is devastating the Tibetan way of life. Today, ICT released a report and first of its kind map exposing the scope of China’s hydropower dam expansion at the expense of the Tibetan people.
Read the full report: savetibet.org/chinese-hydr...
#tibet #water #climate
Read the full report: savetibet.org/chinese-hydr...
#tibet #water #climate
December 5, 2024 at 3:31 PM
China’s rampant development is devastating the Tibetan way of life. Today, ICT released a report and first of its kind map exposing the scope of China’s hydropower dam expansion at the expense of the Tibetan people.
Read the full report: savetibet.org/chinese-hydr...
#tibet #water #climate
Read the full report: savetibet.org/chinese-hydr...
#tibet #water #climate
Students at school for Himalayan refugees in Kathmandu, holding copies of class set of The Snow Leopar's New Friend (Tibetan-language edition) donated by Michael Buckley. Follow story here: www.tibetrightscollective.in/news/inspire...
December 8, 2024 at 1:02 AM
Students at school for Himalayan refugees in Kathmandu, holding copies of class set of The Snow Leopar's New Friend (Tibetan-language edition) donated by Michael Buckley. Follow story here: www.tibetrightscollective.in/news/inspire...
REFUGEE from Twitter and Instagram.
Fuck billionaire Zuck! Fuck billionaire Musk!
Fuck billionaire Zuck! Fuck billionaire Musk!
December 6, 2024 at 11:11 PM
REFUGEE from Twitter and Instagram.
Fuck billionaire Zuck! Fuck billionaire Musk!
Fuck billionaire Zuck! Fuck billionaire Musk!
