stanford: Carl Pope on Impact of Glacial Melt in South Asia: Sept. 2

aug 9th, 2010

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From: Tatiana Deogirikar <tanya@stanford.edu>
Date: 2010/8/9
Subject: Carl Pope on Impact of Glacial Melt in South Asia: Sept. 2
To: Center for South Asia <southasia@lists.stanford.edu>

SACHI, The Society for Art & Cultural Heritage of India 

is honored to present
 
Carl Pope
Executive Chairperson of the Sierra Club
 
in a time sensitive discussion . . .
 
The Big Glacial Melt: Its Significance for South Asia 
Impact of Environmental Change on shifting Traditions and Cultural Patterns
 
Thursday, September 2, 2010, 7.00 p.m.
Clark Center Auditorium
318 Campus Drive
Stanford University, CA 94305
 

On top of the Himalayas, glaciers whose meltwater sustains vast populations are dwindling.  Himalayan glaciers have given birth to Asia's largest rivers - the Ganges, the Indus, the  Yangtze, the Yellow, the Brahmaputra - "rivers that over the course of history have nurtured civilizations, inspired religions, and sustained ecosystems".

 

Melting glaciers portend a serious ecological threat; the eventual depletion of Asia's greatest rivers that sustain nearly a third of the world's population. As reservoirs of existence, the mighty rivers hold spiritual significance and inspire deep devotion. The rivers are believed to bestow blessings of peace, calm, healing, and eternal life. 

 

As a crisis brews on the "roof of the world", will the sacred mountains and rivers continue to offer nourishment to its people? 

 

Carl Pope explores how a rapidly advancing environmental change is inducing a shift in traditional patterns of living for many people in South Asia.

 

SACHI extends special thanks to Prof. James Spudich and Center for South Asia, Stanford University, for support of

the program.

 

For information, call 650-918-6335;  www.sachi.org
For directions, http://forum.stanford.edu/visitors/directions/clark.php
 

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SACHI (Society for Art and Cultural Heritage of India) is a nonprofit, educational organization that was formed to serve as a forum for promoting, understanding, and appreciating the richness and diversity of the art, culture, and heritage of India.

For more information, visit  http://www.sachi.org

 

Director, Center for South Asia, Stanford University. www.stanford.edu/~dossani1

Senior Research Scholar, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center. 650-725-4237.

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