This book weaves together the life stories of five extraordinary contemporary
Tibetans involved in environmental protection (as well as a host of secondary
characters): Tashi Dorje, a well-known and celebrated environmentalist; Karma
Samdrup, a philanthropist, businessman, and environmentalist; Rinchen Samdrup,
Karma's brother, another extraordinary environmentalist; Gendun, a painter,
historian, and researcher from Amdo; and Musuo, a Tibetan from the Dechin area
of northwest Yunnan who founded the Khawakarpo Culture Society.
In the politically fraught and ever-worsening situation for Tibetans within
China today, it is often said that the only possible path for a better solution
will be through a change in the way that the majority Chinese