In Ahmedabad, women act to make slums climate-resilient, one house at a time

“We focus on the 4 prevalent stresses of the slums - heat stress, floods, vector-borne diseases, and water scarcity,”
Life in a Cube

Have you considered housing construction that uses compressed plastic, mud, discarded material like used shipping containers?
अलीराजपुर में कैशलेस जीवन की झलकियाँ (in Hindi)

आदिवासी गाॅवों में हमने चौदह वर्ष लगभग कैशलेस तरीके से बिताये। सच में बिना कैश के। चूल्हा भी औरतें खुद…
Shipping Container ReUsed to make a Studio Apartment

We are presently working on the conversion of a used shipping container (size 40ft x 8ft x 9.5ft ht) into…
Built to last

A Rajasthan village has cylindrical houses that help people cope with extreme weather events
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