Posted in China, Tibet on May 15th, 2008 No Comments »
To follow up Kim’s post about what we can all do to help out the situation in Tibet… we called and emailed our representatives and senators and now there is legislation drafted in the US Senate for action to be taken! I haven’t read the full bill yet, so who knows what kind of [...]
Posted in Tibet, Washington on Apr 14th, 2008 No Comments »
It’s probably obvious from our posts about Tibet that Kim and I were both profoundly impacted by the landscape, people and culture we experienced on our journey through the Himalayas. What may not be as obvious is that we’ve long had a fascination with Tibet for years before we went, of course influencing our [...]
Posted in China, Tibet on Mar 14th, 2008 No Comments »
The Government of Tibet in Exile has posted this page on what we can do to help Tibet. There are articles on the importance of writing letters and why you should write to your congressional representative/senator/MP/etc. We have sent out the following messages to our representatives today and encourage everybody we know to do [...]
Posted in China, India, Tibet on Mar 14th, 2008 No Comments »
Violence has broken out in Lhasa, Tibet, as police forces there have come down hard on a peaceful protest to mark the anniversary of the failed uprising 49 years ago that led eventually to the exile of the Dalai Lama. First reports were coming in in the last few days that the military was [...]
Posted in Nepal, Tibet on Jan 11th, 2008 No Comments »
I was a little surprised yesterday to receive an email requesting permission to use one of my photos for a “news” article! This request came via Flickr’s messaging system from another Flickr user claiming to represent a crowdsourced news organization that creates its stories from user generated content. I was a little skeptical [...]