by Nitisha Agrawal | Mar 27, 2017 | Conceptual, Experience & Memoirs, Smokeless Chulah workshop, Smokeless Cookstove Revolution, Travel |
When we see, and hear from outside and then when we really understand what it all means from within! Longish, title…but this is actually what I felt at the end of the Kanha’s Smokeless Chulah workshop. I have been to Kanha several times, but never peeped into the...
by Nitisha Agrawal | Mar 11, 2017 | Conceptual, Experience & Memoirs, Smokeless Cookstove Revolution, Travel |
We didn’t start the fire!!! For it was always burning. And I want to give it another sub title – “of hand painted banners & disruptive marketing” These two titles actually pretty much sum up the first official smokeless chulla workshop held in the University...
by Nitisha Agrawal | Mar 9, 2017 | Conceptual, Experience & Memoirs, Progress, Travel |
One ordinary evening, I chat with Nitisha over hummus, pita and a couple of mojitos. She is in Goa for a few weeks to work on a new project. She is explaining to me her transition from the corporate sector to pursue her dreams away from the territory she is used to....
by Russell Collins | Sep 29, 2016 | Conceptual, Progress, Related News |
Burning Plastic in the Himalayas – A consideration of the options Initially when I think about burning plastic… I think of stinky black toxic smoke belching out polluting the otherwise pristine air of the Himalayas. It’s is not the image I want to have when...
by Russell Collins | Sep 18, 2016 | Conceptual, Progress |
Since clay is a readily available resource in Ladakh, and perlite is not, I’ve been exploring ways to make cost effective burn tubes using local clay mixed with various other local ingredients to make stable, long lasting insulative burn tubes. Testing at the...
by Russell Collins | Sep 11, 2016 | Conceptual, Related News |
Traditional clay stoves are a work of art, a centerpiece to a home and a feature in many old Ladakhi houses. Unfortunately they are now rarely found and even more rarely used. There is a thought experiment being conducted by Sonam Wangchuk to explore the option of...
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