BUDDHISM AND ECOLOGY IN THE HIMALAYAS - Activist and Entrepreneur Ang Dolma Sherpa

Ms. Ang Dolma Sherpa is an environmentally and culturally engaged social entrepreneur who won the top “ideator” award at Idea Studio Nepal 2019 for her concept of biodegradable khatak, or offering scarves, and lungta, or prayer flags. The platform led her to open her studio Utpala Craft in Kathmandu, Nepal, in 2020, creating a shift from synthetic khatak and lungta to biodegradable ones in response to the discovery of microplastics in Himalayan glaciers and streams. Ms. Sherpa is based in Kathmandu and regularly carries out community education initiatives in her ancestral community in Sherpa Nation in the Jomolangma (Mt. Everest) region, in contemporary Nepal. Come and learn about her innovative approach to a culturally, ecologically, and social justice-oriented entrepreneurship that cares for relatives across dimensions as part of a vision for a sustainable future in the Himalayan mountains and beyond!