Amidst merry making in view of Bhatte’s upcoming marriage, the camp fire in front of Mone’s living quarters also served as venue where an interesting discourse on development and environment took place. The only environmental science graduate among civil engineers, electrical (power) and computer engineers, I had a tough battle Read more…
With bhattey on his FZR
Mona’s invitation to come spend a weekend at his living quarters inside Kule Khani III project, in Nibuwatar was long overdue. Amidst last minute changes, we decided to take up on his offer and packed our bags with bare essentials and loads of hors d’oeuvres for the night. There were four of us who agreed on the commute – Dhungel, Gauri, Bhatte (a soon to be groom) and myself, amongst two motorbikes – an almost bedridden Pulsar 180 DTSi and a relatively newer Yamaha FZR.
About 60 kilometres from Kathmandu, lay Nibuwatar via the Pharphing -Indra Sarowar –Kule Khani route. From Kathmandu via Kirtipur to Pharphing and after taking the fork upper right from Pharphing, onwards to Nibuwatar we went. The road snaked uphill with potholes in the decades old bitumen road. From Lama Gaun onwards, about 11 kilometres of dusty jolting roads punctuated the total length. As we ascended towards Indra Sarowar (the reservoir for Kule Khani Hydro-power), the wind chill factor grew and I considered myself fortunate to have remembered to bring along my woollen cap; Gauri on the other hand, made do with his North Face hoodie. (more…)
Ice breaking introduction at the pre-conference workshop
Govind Singh, DelhiGreens.org and I were among 71 youth participants from India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Germany, Spain, United States of America, Sri Lanka among others, who came together on a pre-conference workshop at the Centre for Environment Education (CEE) campus in Ahmedabad. This workshop was held to strategise youth involvement at the 3 day conference (Ethical Framework for a sustainable world) that followed. Participants comprised of students enrolled in different undergraduate and graduate programmes. Both Govind and I, were invited to the conference (also referred to as the Earth Charter plus 10 celebrations) as SAYEN mentors through South Asia Youth Environment Network (SAYEN). (more…)