Microhydro Drives Change in Rural Nepal
International Herald Tribune June 20, 2012 BAGLUNG, NEPAL — In Rangkhani, a remote mountain village in western Nepal, a 12- hour walk on steep dirt roads from Baglung, the district’s […]
Category Archives: Environment
Biogas Offers Poor Countries a Cleaner, Safer Fuel
International Herald Tribune October 27, 2011 NEPALGANJ, NEPAL — Here’s an unlikely starting point for clean energy: No toilets, and plenty of dung. In developing countries where domestic animals are […]
Soil Renewal Puts Pakistan’s Poor on Stronger Ground
International Herald Tribune November 16, 2011 LAHORE, PAKISTAN — In the Pakistani village of Sharbaga, about 130 kilometers from Lahore, a 70-year-old farmer named Mohammed Ali and his wife plant […]
Lidartector
The Economist May 26, 2011 IN AN isolated forest in the Sivalik hills of south-western Nepal, intense sun beats down through the treetops. A sweaty trek up a steep, rocky […]
Working in the Himalayas to Prevent Disastrous Flooding
International Herald Tribune November 27, 2011 NEW DELHI — With its massive chalk-white face of ice and snow, Thorthormi glacier in northern Bhutan looms high against a bright blue sky, […]
A Healthier, More Efficient Way to Cook
International Herald Tribune September 29, 2010 NEW DELHI — In tens of millions of homes in rural India, the kitchen is a cramped space with walls blackened by soot from […]
Harvesting rain
Financial Times May 27, 2009 Poonam Bisht may be the best-known resident of West End, an affluent neighbourhood in New Delhi. The housewife and mother of two is the suburb’s […]
India finds cheap energy may be an easy nut to crack
Financial Times March 10 2008 When police bring the traffic to an abrupt halt in Raipur, capital of the remote Indian state of Chhattisgarh, drivers know what to expect next. […]
Bangladesh weathers climate storms
Financial Times December 14, 2007 Dhaka –For generations Mohammed Alam Khokshabari and his forebears lived in a village near the mighty Jamuna River in Bangladesh. Each year this farmer from Sirajgonj […]
Bangladesh storm warning system pays off
Financial Times 28 November 2007 As Cyclone Sidr swept across the Bay of Bengal towards the coast of Bangladesh, 38-year-old shopowner Boni Amin Talukder paced through the remote village of […]
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