living in clouds

Climate change is affecting the Himalayan nation of Nepal immensely and the glacial melt is identified as one of the major impacts. Tshering Sherpa takes us to his beautiful community by the Imza Lake. He tell the story of a life that is lived under the constant threat of the lake bursting any day and overflowing into his home.

This film is the 2nd part of a series "From the Himalaya to the Bay of Bengal", a series of short stories about climate change and its impact the people of Bangladesh and Nepal. Captured and narrated by 10 young climate champions with the support of British Council and Wild Eye, it is a collection of stories that raises crucial questions about what is happening around us and urges the next generation to wake up and protect their future.

Number of films: Ten
Runtime: 35+ minutes
Formate: DV PAL Wide Screen

Series Producer: Tanjilur Rahman
Production: British Council & Wild Eye
Year of production: 2011

Category:

Education

Tags:

• living in clouds
• an uncharted landscape
• climate change
• global warming
• glacier melting
• sea level rise
• irregular precipitation
• changed weather pattern
• environment
• carbon emission
• cyclone
• flood
• glacial lake overflow flood
• the Himalaya
• the Bay of Bengal
• British council
• wild eye
• conservation
• Bangladesh
• Nepal
• climate impact
• Cyclone Sidr
• Cyclone Aila
• carbon credit
• climate justice
• sherpa community
• GLOF

[khumjungmingma]

Good job My dear friend. Missed you always

Take care

Mingma T sherpa