Article Archives  >  March, 2010

The ideas of Himalayan Consensus are catching on across the globe. See how Bolivian farmers are shunning consumerism in the hopes of saving their precious glaciers.

Internationally re-known anthropologist, Buddhist scholar, and contributor to National Geographic Magazine, Ian Baker, discusses the Himalaya region's extraordinary uniqueness, and explains how lessons from the region demonstrate the human possibilities currently threatened by an ever expanding global monoculture. In a powerful piece, Baker highlights the need to find sustainable development models in order to protect such diversity worldwide, and how Himalayan Consensus fills this void.