Sacred Spaces
Archive – Keeping pipelines off Ukok [2011]
The 2600-km pipeline would stretch through sensitive landscapes and communities in Altai Republic and then cross the Ukok Plateau into China across the 54-km wide stretch of Russia-China border in central Siberia.
Read MoreCultural practices in Altai [2020]
This page introduces important concepts and traditions that are specific to Greater Altai.
Read MoreStanding on Sacred Ground [2015]
Our friends at Sacred Land Film Project, another Earth Island Institute project, are thrilled to announce the broadcast of this award-winning 4-film series.
Read MoreAltai Pipeline: One step forward for Ukok, one step back for sacred sites [2013 & 2022]
Despite eliminating the Altai route in 2013, threats to Ukok Plateau remain. Gazprom continues to negotiate and plan an eastern pipeline route.
Read MoreGathering of Indigenous Leaders in Hawaii [2016]
Traveling from deep in the center of the Eurasian landmass to the Hawaiian Islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean
Read MoreConservation of the sacred Ukok Plateau [2020]
Ukok is unlike any other place in the world…pristine, magical, and spectacular.
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