Women Healing the Globe, Preserving the Tibetan Plateau

• Published in: Feminist Theology
• Main Author: Poss, Janice L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2021
• Subjects: Religious studies; Gender Studies; Buddha; permafrost
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09667350211000603; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/09667350211000603; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/09667350211000603

The Tibetan Plateau’s Permafrost is melting at an alarming rate. Six of the world’s major rivers are sourced in the Tibetan Himalayas that are warming at a faster rate than the rest of the earth. If the temperature of the region continues to increase, the rivers will dry up and the earth will warm a...