Sustainable Village in Nepal Houses Former Street Children

March 2, 2009 · Print This Article

The Pegasus Project built a small sustainable village near Kathmandu, Nepal in the Himalaya mountains where there are over 40 super adobe domes to accommodate 80 children, 10 staff and a small school. The village also has solar panels for hot water and a bio gas plant. The video below shows how the adobe homes are built:

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Written by Dorothee Royal-Hedinger · Filed Under Video
Tagged: architecture, eco-architecture, Green Architecture, Housing, Nepal, sustainable housing

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