Appiko
-to embrace
Produced
by Ruth Rosenhek & John Seed
for
the Rainforest Information Centre ©2006
written, directed etc by Neil Pike
Assistant director: Ruth Rosenhek
In
the tradition of Gandhi and the Chipko movement,they
used direct action to save the forests of the Western
Ghats. An inspirational story of a non-violent grass-roots
movement that arose in the vilages of Southern India.
An inspirational half-hour documentary about environmental
activism and tree-hugging featuring Sunderlal Bahuguna,
Pandurang Hegde and Vandana Shiva.