Jeff Rasley with Bringing Progress to Paradise

Jeff Rasley author of Bringing Progress to Paradise: What I Got from Giving to a Mountain Village in Nepal with be live on-air with Bob Gregoire. In October 2008 Jeff Rasley led a trek to a village in a remote valley in the Solu regions of Nepal, where trekkers and mountaineers do not go. In Basa Village he found a people thoroughly unaffected by Western consumer-culture values. They had no running water, electricity, or anything that moves on wheels. Each family had a flower garden and they lived in beautiful, hand-chiseled stone houses. All they seemed to want, byond what they had, was education for their children. And electricity. And roads. And thus began Jeff¹s crash course in philanthropy. Bringing Progress to Paradise chronicles Jeff¹s adventures through remote Nepal: the thrill of reaching mountain peaks and of getting a good night¹s sleep in a warm hut; the inevitable mishaps that are part and parcel of the climbing life; and a few tragedies, as well. Throughout, Jeff reflects deeply on the tangled relationship between tourists and locals in remote locations. In short, the locals seem to want what we have, and we want to be who they are. How do we promote change and exchange while doing least harm. There are deep philosophical questions and answers posited in the book. The discussion runs deeper than Nepal or Jeff¹s experience. Experience the dialogue tomorrow, Friday October 29 at 1:30 pm ET/10:30 am PT with Bob and Jeff. You may participate by calling into the show to talk live: (646) 378-0660.