Engineer, environmentalist, activist, and Innovator Sonam Wangchuk traveled for 12 days from Ladakh, India to New York City carrying a section of a glacier wrapped in several kilos of cashmere. His mission and ours is to engage the world about the "Year of Glaciers' Preservation."
Cashmere on Ice
In honor of the United Nations “International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation,” we are offering a variety of events for people to engage and educate the fiber arts community and beyond. Rapidly melting glaciers endanger not only the environment but also the Indigenous populations who depend on them for their social and economic survival. Many herders are suffering up to a 50% loss in livestock due to water shortage and inaccessibility.
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​"Cashmere on Ice" is a global fiber arts competition to help support these nomadic communities. There are four categories including "Best of Ladakh" where our cashmere center is located.
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