Ancient futures
Subtitle: learning from Ladakh
By: produced by John Page ; script, John Page, Steven Gorelick, Army Armstrong ; a production of the International Society for Ecology and Culture
Contributors: Beeman, Chris; Walton, Erik; Norberg-Hodge, Helena; International Society for Ecology and Culture; Video Project
Series: MAT 641 (NU Course); TED 667 (NU course)
Publisher: International Society for Ecology and Culture; Distributed by The Video Project
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Bristol, Eng; Berkeley, CA; Ben Lomond, CA
Language: eng; sit
Format: [videorecording] :
Number of pages: 59
Subjects: Documentary films; Rural development projects; Appropriate technology; Rural conditions
Other titles: Learning from Ladakh
Description: Ladakh, in the western Himalayas, is a place of few resources and an extreme climate. After centuries of living in harmony with the environment, recent trends in development and modernization threaten to disrupt traditions of ecological balance and social harmony. Examines the root causes of environmental, social, and psychological problems, and provides valuable guidelines for the future Ladakh as well as the West.
Notes: Documentary.

Based on the book: Ancient futures : learning from Ladakh / by Helena Norberg-Hodge.

Cameraman, Derek Redmond; editor, Army Armstrong; narrator, John Page; music, Angchuk Kiddar, Angchuk Ralam, El Armstrong; associate producers, Chris Beeman, Helena Norberg-Hodge and Erik Walton.

VHS.

English and Sino-Tibetan with English subtitles.