The Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Centre for Buddhist Studies at the University of Toronto has announced a new film series on Buddhism and The Environment. The series will showcase the work of three women in film, who will be in attendance for their respective films. These films are open to all. It all starts this month.
Screenings will take place at 6:30pm in Room 100 at 170 St George St. Toronto, ON M5R2M8
February 28, 2017
Drokpa
with Director Yan Chun Su
Once lush grasslands in Tibet are rapidly turning into deserts. With rare access to an extended nomadic family living at the center stage of this drastic and historical change, Drokpa reveals the unprecedented environmental and sociopolitical forces that are pushing the Tibetan nomads to the edge of their existence.
See our event post for Dropka.
March 14, 2017
Shielding the Mountains: Cultures of Nature in Tibet
with Producer Dr. Emily T. Yeh
Why have Tibetans become environmentalists? How do Tibetan conceptions of nature differ from Western ones? What is the relationship between culture and nature? This film explores these questions through a narrative that features Rinchen Samdrup, the leader of a Tibetan community environmental association in a remote area of Chamdo in the eastern Tibet Autonomous Region, and Tashi Dorje, a leading Tibetan environmentalist in China who first became interested in conservation after the death of a good friend at the hands of Tibetan antelope poachers.
See our event post for Shield the Mountains.
March 28, 2017
Pad Yatra: A Green Odyssey
With Director Wendy J.N. Lee
Pad Yatra: A Green Odyssey is the harrowing adventure of 700 people, trekking across the Himalayas with a call to save the planet’s “3rd Pole,” a glacial region now devastated by the climate chaos associated with global warming. Battling the most treacherous terrain on earth, they spread their message of ecological compassion through human’s most basic means –by walking on foot, village to village, and showing by example.
See our event post for Pad Yatra.
