The Last Shepherds of the Himalaya

Environmental & Science Education, STEM, Agriculture, Culture

Ed Hessler

Ways of life change over time and as education and technology influence choices we make. 

In a short BBC film (3m 42s) Yak herders in the Himalaya (Sanskrit: snow dwelling, abode) talk about their lives and the reality that they are the last members of their families to practice this long standing profession.