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Boucherie Revolution in Nepal
Our bamboo plant at work. It is simple. It can be carried by one person. It is environmentally benign, low cost, manually operated and most importantly locally produced. It is Abari's another brain child. All thanks to our research expert Nripal and Ramkrishna (shown in the picture). Once a few technical problems are sorted out, the system will be ready to market soon. This is the first time in Nepal, a low cost treatment plant is developed. Just like the success of biogas plants in Nepal, Abari team is hoping, this plant also will gain prominence. Good bye to timber, steel and iron. Bamboo is here to stay.Stay informed by subscribing to our RSS Feed!
A stairway to the Second Floor
This is an example of a typical nepali staircase. They are usually located right after the entrance. In the traditional houses, the first floors were used to shelter animals or only to store food because the moisture barrier used to be insufficient to provide sufficient thermal comfort for the humans. These stairs used the the wood agrath and they were as durable as the house. Needless to say the stairs had a locking system instead of nails. Its a taboo in Nepal to stand under a stair case. Any thoughts on why it is so?
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BAMBUCICLETAS
Photo: American Bamboo Soceity
Flavio Deslandes is the man behind the development of a bicycle made of bamboo. He is Brazilian and he is an industrial designer from the PUC-Rio University.
The bicycle is one of the worlds most brilliant inventions. It is hard to find a disadvantage (to the bicycle) - except the material it is made from. Light bicycles are made from aluminum, which is one of the most resource demanding materials that exist. My bicycles are made of grass, he says.
Continue Reading Steen Heinsen's article.
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Weaving
Our friend Deepak from Chepang gaun is weaving! Almost everyone, men and women, young and old, know how to weave in this village. They usually weave dokos and nanglos, for their everyday use. Weaving could be a very good opportunity for these really impoversished and marginalized people to generate income. But the lack of market and perhaps lacks of exposure to more contemporary designs has kept them on the fringes.
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