https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfpTHOhExGI
It's interesting to me how the people in the film have established a way of working with an abundant natural resource to construct so many useful items for their homes. While it might be tempting to say that this is a kind of push-back against damaging anthropocene-related activites, the burning of yak dung to heat houses during the cold Tibetan winters is actually pretty damaging to the environment.
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2014/12/yak_dung_is_making_climate_change_worse_and_new_cookstoves_don_t_help.html
Such a great film and post Kyla! It's interesting to see that the so-called anthropocenic effects of the human can operate outside capitalism too. It's never a simple equation, or rather, dichotomy!
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ReplyDeleteYes, we rely on the earth and fellow creatures for our life and yet when we use these tools we are often damaging one or the other or both at the same time that we are helping ourselves. Complicated
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