Nepal Greenhouse Program
Vision for Solar Greenhouses in the Himalayan Region of Nepal
Vision Statement
A vision to bring low cost, appropriate regional technology, locally built and operated solar greenhouses to high altitude remote villages in the Nepal Himalayas. These greenhouses will allow local residents to grow fresh vegetables year round to expand their diet and thus their health and quality of life and provide business opportunities for supplementing incomes by selling vegetables locally.
Solar Greenhouses
This vision has been growing over the last 1.5 years. The idea for my vision came from my last 2 trips to Tibet and Nepal in the Khumbu and Humla regions. I saw thousands of solar greenhouses in the Lhasa area and isolated villages throughout Tibet where fresh vegetables are grown year round. Similar solar greenhouses have been successfully introduced and perfected with 600 greenhouses built over 15 years in Ladakh, India (3500m elevation, -25degrees C) by the French non-profit GERES. These solar greenhouses can be easily adapted to the Nepal high altitude Himalayan climates.