Page 2 | Greenhouse | Family of 4 PlusRIDS-Nepal. What other than a challenge is it to work and struggle towards the improvement of the present food security of the local people, who until now were able to grow only a few crops on their meager land during 3-4 month per year? Aiming for greater food security in a land hostile and harsh such as in the high altitude district of Humla is not just to confront head towards the naked reality of the Humla people, but a great importance towards more sustainable development.
Every new approach of a project has to be first tested, tried out and evaluated before the idea and the project is carried into the villages and disseminated on a bigger scale. In the same way the greenhouse, new to Humla, has to be first better understood in order to be appropriate and applicable for the local people and context. RIDS-Nepal has a local Humla staff, who enjoyed under RIDS-Nepal a 2 ½ years training as an agriculturist, who is responsible for the day to day operation and care of the greenhouse. RIDS-Nepal at a glance. Build a $300 underground greenhouse for year-round gardening.
Growers in colder climates often utilize various approaches to extend the growing season or to give their crops a boost, whether it's coldframes, hoop houses or greenhouses. Greenhouses are usually glazed structures, but are typically expensive to construct and heat throughout the winter. A much more affordable and effective alternative to glass greenhouses is the walipini (an Aymara Indian word for a "place of warmth"), also known as an underground or pit greenhouse. First developed over 20 years ago for the cold mountainous regions of South America, this method allows growers to maintain a productive garden year-round, even in the coldest of climates. Here's a video tour of a walipini that shows what a basic version of this earth-sheltered solar greenhouse looks like inside: © Benson Institute It's a pretty intriguing set-up that combines the principles of passive solar heating with earth-sheltered building. SilverThunder/via. Aquaponics - Intro_Aquaponics.pdf.
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Sustainable Living Communities Open Source Blueprints Update. Posted by One Community on Monday, March 18, 2013 · Leave a Comment Here’s our sustainable living communities open source project-launch blueprinting update for the week of 3/11 including updated aquaponics/aquapini drawings, the newest SEGO Center City Hub export, open source Education for Life updates, and more. Also our weekly blog update (first three minutes) and a 17 minute discussion about what is open source project-launch blueprinting, what do we hope to accomplish with it, and why are we doing it.
This last week’s team accomplishments were primarily in Sustainable Infrastructure, the Education for Life Program, and significan website infrastructure updates. Sustainable Living Communities Open Source Food Production Large-scale Aquaponics/Walipini (Aquapini) Floor Plan and Longitudinal View – Click for Details Page with Enlargeable Images Large-scale Aquaponics/Walipini (Aquapini) Cross Sections & Elevations – Click to Visit Details Page with Enlargeable Images.
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