GfGD are involved in a hazards education project in Ladakh, India, later this year. You can read more about this work on our website here. On Wednesday 26th March, King’s College London’s Intrepid Explorers team will be hosting a screening of ‘JUNGWA: The Broken Balance’ – a documentary about living with environmental change in this region of the western Himalaya.
Living with natural hazards is part of life in Ladakh: how much of the change is due to global warming is an active debate, among the communities in the mountains and for global science. In the documentary, Ladakhi writer-director Stanzin Dorjai Gya shares with us the varying concerns and perspectives of the people of Ladakh about the changes they are witnessing in their local environment.
Following this screening, there will be a 20 minute panel discussion chaired by Professor Nick Clifford, Head of Department of Geography at King’s College London, with:-
- Joel Gill (Director of Geology of Global Development, PhD student at Geography Department, King’s College London and Intrepid Explorers presenter)
- Virginie Le Masson (Research Officer Gender and Climate Change at the Overseas Development Institute whose thesis was based on disaster risk reduction in Ladakh)
- Malgorzata Skowronska (masters student at King’s, member of Secret Peaks Expedition Series+ Intrepid Explorers presenter)
- Sally Daultrey (Director of Research Services, Ladakh International Centre)
- Ambassador Phunchok Stobdan (Founding President, Ladakh International Centre) – Joining the panel via Skype.
The event will also be a great opportunity to find out more about our hazards education project in Ladakh, India – taking place in June 2014, but with multiple opportunities to get involved before this with preparing materials.
Attending this event is free, but registration is essential. You can do this online here.
