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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.
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.
April 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
New Book from HH Dalai Lama
upcoming in March
January 26, 2025 at 12:08 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!
December 14, 2024 at 9:03 PM
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.
December 13, 2024 at 3:18 AM
35 years ago today
December 10, 2024 at 11:49 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.
December 9, 2024 at 12:32 PM
When the Mekong does not arrive in Vietnam.
See longer piece:
www.tibetrightscollective.in/visual-expla...
December 9, 2024 at 4:11 AM
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.
December 8, 2024 at 8:40 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.
December 8, 2024 at 8:35 PM
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
REFUGEE from Twitter and Instagram.
Fuck billionaire Zuck! Fuck billionaire Musk!
December 6, 2024 at 11:11 PM
Tibet Libre!
December 6, 2024 at 9:09 PM