Our Journal

After She Married into the Snow Mountains

To us, the sacred mountain and lake have never been something distant. We open the door and see the mountain; we walk to the shore and see the water. They are part of our everyday lives—like the el...

The Lotus in Tibet

Tibet, through its scriptural traditions and Buddhist faith, has shaped a culture in which the lotus became a spiritual sign - a symbol of purity and awakening, rising untouched from the world of d...

A Summer with the Women and Artisans of the Sanjiangyuan

Throughout the long winters of the plateau, hands move rhythmically through warp and weft. Wool, fabric, and time are slowly transformed into patterns, carrying within them the memories of snow mo...

The Last Horse Caravan of the Snowland

In ཡུལ་ཤུལ་ དགའ་མདའ་, the རྫ་ཆུ་ River runs through the grasslands. When the snow begins to fall, a horse caravan still follows the river valley deeper into the mountains. They are nomads, and they...

Wind Horse（Lungta རླུང་རྟ་）

Prayer flags of the Wind Horse, in Tibetan རླུང་རྟ་, originate from ancient Bön rituals. On the flags, the horse raises its head, carrying the wish-fulfilling jewel, moving with the wind.  

Where do great rivers begin?

“What truly made me stay was the reverence for nature that still lives within them.” While volunteering for the association, she wrote a line borrowed from Indigenous wisdom: The shimmering water ...

Tibet in Five Colors

The flags bear sacred scriptures, Tibetans believe that with every flutter in the wind. Blessing-words, through the wind’s sacred recitation, drift over the grasslands, mountains, and rivers, carry...

Sayol | Earth’s Veil

Rooted in the traditions of Tibetan carpet weaving, Sayol carries this heritage forward through sustainable innovation, enabling women in the headwaters of Asia's three great rivers to choose to li...

Dugya( དུད་བརྒྱ། ) Zero Waste Center

In 2017, the Dugya Zero Waste Center was built from houses damaged in the Yulshul earthquake. Old rammed-earth walls were cut apart and built again by hand. Every window came from a different family.

What Does It Mean to Be a Nomad?

No one knows where Yanga will finally go. But when the last nomad leaves, the memories carried across the grasslands — the memories of migration, and those fearless faces shaped by the plateau — w...