I’ve been told that smokeless stoves are being built in every district of Nepal by the following two organizations:
Alternative Energy Promotion Center
“Improved cook stove (ICS) is a device that is designed to improve combustion efficiency of biomass, consume less fuel, save cooking time, convenient in cooking process and creates smokeless environment in the kitchen or reduction in the volume of smoke produced during cooking against the traditional stove.
A nice lady here in Nepal just told me there was no earthquake damage to the rammed earth monasteries in the Himalayas after the recent earthquakes. In fact, most of these structures have survived earthquakes for centuries.
“A digital short about the goings on at CRMPI and Ecosystems Design. Directed and edited by Justin Wright.”
Free PDF about how to rebuild Nepal sustainably by Patti Stouter of Build Simple.org.
It is my honor to introduce Dr. Jerry Epps, my friend’s poverty reduction plan. He helped inspire me as I developed the Take it to Zero and Rosetta Interactive Library projects (both still in early start-up stages) as I helped inspire his Recipe for Hope project.
“The goal of Recipe for Hope is to End Poverty (at least 80% or more of it) by creating the economic conditions that enable families to have more money to spend and thereby move out of poverty into the working class.
Here’s a project I’ve been working on for a couple of years. It’s not directly related to natural building, although this library website could be used to research all types of subjects.
Rosetta Interactive Library (RIL) is a library website where people go to get things done, either by working alone or collaborating with others. Billions of people use libraries. Many of these same people will want to use an online library for similar purposes. Rosetta Interactive Library is user friendly, powerful and adaptable, and can be used in many different ways as the following images illustrate.