The swiftly evolving socioeconomic life of Ladakh, whose people struggle to balance growth and technology with cultural values, offers crucial lessons in sustainable development. This gripping portrait of the western Himalayan land known as "Little Tibet" moves from the author's first visit to idyllic, nonindustrial Ladakh in 1974 to the present, tracking profound changes as the region was opened to foreign tourists, Western goods and technologies, and pressures for economic growth. These changes in turn brought ...
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The swiftly evolving socioeconomic life of Ladakh, whose people struggle to balance growth and technology with cultural values, offers crucial lessons in sustainable development. This gripping portrait of the western Himalayan land known as "Little Tibet" moves from the author's first visit to idyllic, nonindustrial Ladakh in 1974 to the present, tracking profound changes as the region was opened to foreign tourists, Western goods and technologies, and pressures for economic growth. These changes in turn brought generational conflict, unemployment, inflation, environmental damage, and threats to the traditional way of life. Appalled by these negative impacts, the author helped establish the Ladakh Project (later renamed the International Society for Ecology and Culture) to seek sustainable solutions that preserve cultural integrity and environmental health, while addressing the Ladakhis' hunger for modernization. This model undertaking effectively combines educational programs for all social levels with the design, demonstration, and promotion of appropriate technologies such as solar heating and small-scale hydro power. Examining how modernization changes the way people live and think, Norberg-Hodge challenges us to redefine our concepts of "development" and "progress." Above all, "Ancient Futures" stresses the need to carry traditional wisdom into the future--our urgent task as a global community.
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Most of the time I think it best for the indigenous person to speak for him/herself. I deviate in this case.
The author lived with the Ladakh people for 16 years or so, and witnessed the changes that came in the form of "progress."
In her early years, the people still lived their traditional ways without interference from outsiders. They lived with their environment happily with each other, needing nothing from the outside world. They wasted nothing.
Then came the capitalists and industrialists with "better ideas", "modernization," " employment," and the Ladakh culture fell apart. The author describes the cost of progress.
I recommend this book to everyone! It may well help us find our way back to a healthy earth, and a healthy society.
