Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh

Monday October 22 at 11:00 a.m.

Tuesday October 23 at 11:00 a.m.

Wednesday October 24 at 11:00 a.m.

Thursday October 25 at 11:00 a.m.

Friday October 26 at 11:00 a.m.

For more than a decade, Helena Norberg-Hodge has been helping Ladakh, an isolated Himalayan culture, to preserve its strengths and choose carefully from the West as it modernizes. In 1986 the Ladakh Ecological Development Group (of which she is the director) was awarded the Right Livelihood Award (also known as "the alternative Nobel Prize") in recognition of their remarkable work.

"Ancient Futures" examines the root causes of environmental and social problems and forces the viewer to re-examine what is meant by "progress". The
film also shows that the traditional cultures of Ladakh and Tibet have much to
offer the world.

The video was made by Helena Norberg-Hodge and John Page of the Ladakh Project and by Canadian film-makers Chris Beeman and Eric Walton. There is also a book of the same title with a preface by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

To read an interview with Helen, go to the 'In Context' website.

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