Ethical, Sustainable Luxury from Tibetan Plateau. Stories from Norlha

Animals and Surroundings

Autumn is Here

It starts with frosty mornings and frozen flowers. Soon the bushes turn red and yellow, and the pasture goes from green to golden with all the ...

Animals and Surroundings

There is a magic ten days on the plateau in mid-July that marks the height of the wildflower season. Even during their busiest time of year, yo...

Animals and Surroundings

Spring on the plateau is the least remarkable of seasons. It creeps in quietly, with the exhausted pasture turning from brown to a timid green....

Animals and Surroundings

In 2007, we were all ten years younger and full of hope and expectation. When the time came to begin to document our work at Norlha we used the...

Animals and Surroundings

Summer is short on the Tibetan Plateau, beginning in late June with the hills gradually turning green. By late September, the wind, with a biti...

Animals and Surroundings

Thartsang Tso is a sacred lake near Labrang where people make offerings on auspicious dates. They raise prayer flags and throw papers inscribed...

Animals and Surroundings

Gazelles are a familiar site in Ritoma. They come closest to humans in winter, when they follow the herds of yak and sheep to the winter areas ...

Animals and Surroundings

Spring is a crucial time for nomads. Though the warming weather and the thawing ice bring a positive note, spring is also marked by herds of ya...

Animals and Surroundings

In 2010, we discovered the nearby monastery of Kangtsa, a beautiful, small monastery surrounded by junipers and spread over a hill in a quiet, ...

Animals and Surroundings

Massive stone walls are found everywhere in Tibet, carved out from the vast array of stone found all over the plateau, and dating to a time whe...

Animals and Surroundings

A fence across the pasture, a banner, a ribbon against the sky. They blow in the wind, changing shade and color like the clouds…. Norlha fabric...

Animals and Surroundings

Not yet ten years old, Norlha has become a sustainable enterprise. More than a concept it's a philosophy reflected by an impressive range of pr...