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Seeing these problems and after discussions with Mr Norphel Sonam Wangchuk started working on a new approach in which the glaciers would be free of location, frequent maintenance and shading requirement etc.
In October 2016, Wangchuk and his team went to the Swiss Alps and started building the first Ice Stupa of Europe, together with the Swiss partners. In February 2018, a group of young local sculptors and artists from Ladakh built an actual 10-feet high ice stupa.
In October 2013, Sonam Wangchuk created the first prototype of 6 metres (20 ft) ice stupa by freezing 150,000 L (40,000 US gal) in Leh without any shade from the sun. Water was piped from upstream using gravity.
The Ice Stupa Project Join Ladakh as it gears up to fight climate change and melting glaciers. Artificial Glaciers of Ladakh. Ladakh is a trans-Himalayan mountain desert in the extreme north of India with villages located at 2,700m to 4,000m altitudes.
Jul 20, 2017 · Using nothing but physics, Indian engineer Sonam Wangchuk is creating giant ‘ice stupas’ in the Tibetan plateau to counteract the effects of climate change.
Ladakhi engineer Sonam Wangchuk and his team from the alternative school, Students’ Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh (SECMOL), built the Ice Stupa programme to solve growing water scarcity in the region and make communities self-reliant and engaged in water conservation.
Dec 26, 2016 · Ice stupas are an ingenious way of saving water in higher-altitude-regions. Support the cause here: http://icestupa.org/Watch his documentary for more detailed explanation: • The Monk | The ...
Sonam Wangchuk is freezing water into artificial glaciers that resemble Tibetan 'stupas' to solve the problem of water shortage. And they're beautiful. FaceBook
Oct 29, 2021 · Invented in 2013 by engineer Sonam Wangchuk in Ladakh, the idea is to conserve this tower of ice as long into the year as possible so that, as it melts, it feeds the fields until the real...
Faced with retreating glaciers high in the Himalaya, engineer Sonam Wangchuk invented a way to store winter water for irrigation—a 78-foot-tall “ice stupa”.
