The
Tibetan Ecology Foundation does not reject modernization or globalization.
The future will arrive, whether we support it or fight it.
There is a Chinese
education slogan, "百年大计,教育为本"
”Education is fundamental to the great hundred year plan” Whether or not
you agree with Chinese Communism, you must admit these words are true.
Education is the key to behavior; therefore education will chart the path of
history.
Twenty-three years ago, in
1985, television came to Tibet. From television, we learned how to change
our dress, we learned how to eat new species (like crustaceans – sea
insects), and from Hollywood, it seems people learn how to be violent.
Through this medium, we can also learn how to protect our environment.
The Tibetan Ecology
Foundation proposes to produce a documentary movie about the Colorado
River. The movie would be made in both the Tibetan and the Chinese
language, for distribution and viewing among the Tibetan and Chinese people,
all of whom share a responsibility for the Tibetan Plateau. The Blood
of the Earth-Colorado River will discuss river management,
utilization, and conservation in the American Southwest. For Tibetans, the
story of the Colorado River will help them to prophesize the future story of
their own rivers. And with a glimpse into their future, perhaps the people
of the Tibetan Plateau will have the tools to fulfill their responsibility
to best care for their rivers.
