Disaster Video Competition Natural disasters like landslides, flooding, heatwaves, and drought pose significant risks to Nepal, impacting lives and livelihoods across the country. Raising awareness about disaster preparedness is essential, and the FOREWARN Disaster Hackathon Nepal has launched an exciting Disaster Video Competition to engage university students, influencers, artists, and youths in spreading awareness through […]
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FOREWARN Disaster Hackathon Nepal Register for FOREWARN Disaster Hackathon Nepal Here FOREWARN Start Network, in partnership with Green Decision Labs and Research (GD Labs) and the Institute of Himalayan Risk Reduction (IHRR), proudly presents Nepal’s first-ever FOREWARN Disaster Hackathon. This initiative aims to inspire and empower young minds to create innovative solutions to pressing humanitarian challenges.
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GD Labs, in partnership with FHI Nepal, launched an air pollution awareness project during Kora-2023. This event, an annual cycling drawing over 2000 participants, provided a unique platform to gather and disseminate air quality data. By engaging cyclists, who are especially vulnerable to air pollution due to their proximity to motorized vehicles, this initiative aimed
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The Bhenchen Monastery in Swayambhu, Kathmandu, initiated an environmental project in 2018 to establish a plastic recycling industry. The monks initially installed machinery at Bhenchen Gumba but faced challenges, especially in sourcing plastic materials at competitive prices. The COVID-19 pandemic further exacerbated these issues. To scale up their efforts, the monks collaborated with other monasteries
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The “Plastics Insulating Polyfloss for Economic Roofing” (PIPER) project, undertaken by Green Decision Labs and Research (GD Labs) in collaboration with World Vision International Nepal, addressed the critical issue of plastic waste management by upcycling polypropylene waste into polyfloss fibers for thermal insulation. Implemented in Bhajani, Kailali, the project utilized the decentralized polyfloss machine PF-0002
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The Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) for Birendranagar was a two-year project funded by GIZ under IKI and implemented by Green Decisions Labs, Sano Paila, and Cycle City Network Nepal. This project aimed to raise awareness about the benefits of a sustainable urban mobility plan and encourage its adoption. It involved collecting engineering and social
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The project was funded by Asia Foundation whereby GD Labs was commissioned by Cleanup Nepal to develop and install smart bins in waling municipality. The developed smartbin had the basic segregation features wheras the smartness came from the bin being able to detect the bin being full and alerting the municipality office administrator to empty
With the support of Urban Pathways, open-seneca provided 20 air quality monitoring devices, which arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal, on 19 August 2021. Sajha Yatayat and TU-CDES facilitated arrangements for the devices to reach Kathmandu by signing an MoU with the Centre for Global Equality allowing for tax and duty exemption of the sensor shipment entering
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The RAE funded project came as a result of partnership between Utopia Kathmandu, University of Manchester, University of De Montfort and Green Decision Labs and Research during a symposium hosted by Royal Acadamy of Engineering in Circular Economy. The project focused on macro-scale mapping of the hierarchy and ecosystem of informal and formal waste actors
The Government of Nepal Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport, United Nations Development Programme, Lalitpur Metropolitan City, Kantipur Media Group and Cycle City Network Nepal jointly launched a new campaign called “My Way Greenway” to promote cycling and other environment-friendly practices in Nepal. The initiative, which kicked off with a cycle rally in Lalitpur on
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