_cross-currents-journey-to-asian-environments-trailer.jpg "CROSS CURRENTS: JOURNEY TO ASIAN ENVIRONMENTS (TRAILER) from farming in the philippines Video Screenshot Preview")
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⏲ Duration: 8 min 36 sec
✓ Published: 07-Aug-2013
✓ Published: 07-Aug-2013
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With water as central theme and imagery, the documentary takes itsnviewers across five Asian ecological sites and shows how local inhabitants,noften without scientific help, have developed indigenous ways in taking care of their environments innthe face of natural and man-made calamities. Two stand out among the region’s most notable responses:nspirituality and community action. Across the region, spirituality has been seen as Asian people’s first linenof action toward environmental threat,
With water as central theme and imagery, the documentary takes itsnviewers across five Asian ecological sites and shows how local inhabitants,noften without scientific help, have developed indigenous ways in taking care of their environments innthe face of natural and man-made calamities. Two stand out among the region’s most notable responses:nspirituality and community action. Across the region, spirituality has been seen as Asian people’s first linenof action toward environmental threat,
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