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Adapting Our Lives, Changing Our Legacies
Vietnam is one of the 10 countries considered most vulnerable to climate change. How are the people there coping with the changes? What are they doing to adapt? PISA, Partnerships for International Strategies in Asia, is a project based out of The George Washington University that has a long history working in Southeast Asia. We went to a rice growing community in Nam Dinh Province in Vietnam to discover what adaptation strategies are taking place there.
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On November 16th, 2011 at 11:00 am A. Tom Grunfeld Said:
Wonderful idea!
On November 18th, 2011 at 1:23 pm JohnKelly Said:
It is heartening that PISA is helping to undo the damage we did to the Vietnamese.
On November 26th, 2011 at 3:52 pm carol ardman Said:
Fantastic program based on reality, not denial.
On December 5th, 2011 at 5:56 pm Thalia Assuras Said:
This strikes me as the embodiment of the hopeful, driving philosphy that every individual can make a difference in the world around them.
On December 16th, 2011 at 5:36 pm Christophe Tulou Said:
My evaluation is based on the limestone powder idea, since community-based engagement can work, change the game and is a sound idea IF the plan and participants are the right ones (i.e., outcome is highly dependent on a variety of variables).
The outstanding question is whether the limestone powder treatment works in all salty soils and for all affected crops.
On December 16th, 2011 at 5:44 pm Michael Cowden Said:
The video does a wonderful job showing the lives of real people and how they do not have the luxury of debating climate change. However, the limestone paste and desalinization was the only concept that I took away to address the problem and that’s hardly going to help these women long term.
Also, adaptation by finding an alternative lifestyle in the city just places the burden there.
It was again great to see how our actions have crippled subsistence farming.