TWA’s Women’s Environment and Development desk (also known as ‘WEDD’) disseminates timely and useful information on the environment and women’s issues for the international community. In addition, this program highlights the critical issue of climate change in Tibet and engages proactive measures to offset any destructive climate policies.
In recent years the Tibetan community has come to know of the enormous environmental destruction of Tibet. Vast areas of forest have been logged causing immeasurable damage to local ecosystems. Tibet is reportedly being used as a nuclear dumping ground, the effects of which will not be truly felt for years to come. Tibet’s rivers are polluted with industrial waste and vast mining of precious resources has created widespread imbalance of local ecologies.
In order to bring the world’s attention to this continuing destruction of Tibet’s precious environment, TWA alerts the local communities by focusing attention on local environmental issues. By protecting and nourishing the local ecosystems there will be a better quality of life, with an understanding of the interconnectedness of the global environment.
RTWA-Regional Tibetan Women’s Associations organize regular cleanup drives in their local areas. TWA is also involved in local reforestation programs. Every year on World Environmental Day (June 5th), our Regional Working Committees have planted saplings in the Tibetan settlements. His Holiness the Dalai Lama regularly blesses large quantities of fruit tree seeds which are distributed amongst the settlements. TWA has made special efforts to ensure that blessed seeds are planted properly on His Holiness’ birthday (July 6th) and maintained as they grow.
TWA representatives regularly attend workshops organized by the Environmental Desk of the Central Tibetan Administration. TWA has introduced environmental awareness to the office. The use of non-biodegradable plastics is discouraged and paper waste generated by the office is recycled.
Recent Environment news:
Exile Women observe United Nations World Water Day
03-23-2012 POST EVENT PRESS RELEASE
Exile Women observe United Nations World Water Day
Dharamsala, 22nd March: Today on ‘United Nations World Water Day,’ Women’s Environment & Development Desk (WEDD) of Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA) spearheaded a signature drive for the petition titled ‘Nomads for a Planetary Third Pole’ [1]at McLeod Ganj. WEDD received good response from people and gathered around 600 on-ground signatures i...On World Water Day let’s raise our voice to protect Tibet’s water. Sign this petition & TAKE ACTION!
03-20-2012 On 22nd March ‘World Water Day’, Women’s Environment and Development Desk (WEDD) of Tibetan Women’s Association is running a petition drive titled ‘Nomads for Planetary Third Pole’ which was successfully launched at the Buddhist Kalachakra teaching in Bodh Gaya. 3500+ signatures were gathered at Bodhgaya which is also available online. One petition is addressed to the Environment Ministries of the ten downstream nations excluding China. These are ten countries in Asia namely: China, ...Post COP17 report
02-13-2012 Two members of TWA: Tenzin Woebum, head of Women’s Environment and Development Desk (WEDD) and Tenzin Dolma, Joint secretary, who represent Tibet Third Pole (T3P), took part in the two-week Conference of Parties (COP-17) meeting (November 28 – December 9, 2011), an undertaking of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
The Tibetan delegates joined NGOs from around the world at the UN’s climate change negotiations to advocate for equitable and durable solution...Tibet the Third Pole and its Impact on Asia’s Future
02-01-2012 POST CONFERENCE REPORT
Tibet the Third Pole and its Impact on Asia’s Future
A Tibetan Women's Association undertaking during the 32nd Kalachakra Initiation at Bodhgaya, January 2012
TWA has a primary focus on achieving international advocacy and tangible support for Tibet’s environment. Thus during the two-week 32nd Kalachakra initiation TW...Tibet the Third Pole Conference
01-09-2012 Conference on TIBET THE THIRD POLE and ITS IMPACT ON ASIA’S FUTURE
Time, Day and Date: 6 pm – 8 pm (120 minutes), Monday, 9 January 2012.
Venue: TWA tent, in- front of Namgyal Monastery Guest House, opposite Gate number one, Bodhgaya.
Featuring a panel of experts:
Michael Buckley, Traveller Writer and Filmmaker on Tibet,
Mr. Vijay Kranti, Indian Writer and Journalist,
Tenzin Norbu, Head of the Environment and Development office of Central Tibetan Administration and
Tenzin Do...TWA actions during the 32nd Kalachakra prayers for world peace
01-05-2012
Advocacy for Homeland and Action in Exile stand as the bottomline
Bodhgaya, January 2, 2012: The Tibetan Women’s Association and its globalnetwork of regional chapters are organizing a series of actions during the32nd Kalachakra initiation by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Keeping Tibetans inside Tibet as the key audience, TWA has organized for aseries of public talk catering ...
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