Grassroots Movement Building Earthbag Schools in Nepal

Earthbag school built by volunteers with Good Earth Nepal in Nuwakot, Nepal
Earthbag school built by volunteers with Good Earth Nepal in Nuwakot, Nepal

In collaboration with Good Earth Nepal.org and donations from the Schoeck Family Foundation, we’ve been touring earthbag projects near Kathmandu. We’ve seen numerous earthbag schools in our travels, but haven’t noticed any new conventionally built RCC/brick schools.

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Volunteer MyBB Forum Administrator Wanted

Here’s the latest on the Take it to Zero idea from yesterday’s blog post:

I see now that an online forum will naturally create self organizing teams of volunteers. People choose a topic they’re interested in and converse with others on the forum who are also interested in the same thing. Brainstorming and networking with others should lead to lots of good ideas and spontaneous/grassroots growth. So a free forum seems like a perfect solution for this project.

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