WEPCO - Women's environmental preservation committee, Kathmandu Nepal: biogas, SWM, recycling, education and women's empowerment » blog http://www.wepco.org.np Women's environmental preservation committee Tue, 27 Dec 2011 06:19:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Vertical gardening: growing plants with limited space in Kathmandu http://www.wepco.org.np/2010/05/03/blog/161/urban-vertical-garden/ http://www.wepco.org.np/2010/05/03/blog/161/urban-vertical-garden/#comments Mon, 03 May 2010 06:06:21 +0000 admin http://www.wepco.org.np/?p=161 This is a brilliantly simple idea that came from an article entitled vertical vegetables on the Instructable’s website. It shows just one way of growing plants in a limited space in an urban setting. This was a shoe rack made from fabric. I imagine this could be easily made from materials available in Kathmandu. Let us know if you try it!

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As part of WEPCO’s involvement in the local community, we teach skills that can help women from poor familes generate income. Yesterday we held a class in paper bag making, using the paper we make from recycling green-circle office paper.

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