In 2012, the Auroville Earth Institute took on a project to design and build a community centre in the remote Himalayan town of Kaza, 3600M Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh.  Designed by the Institute’s team of architects, the ground floor will include a village hall, a optical clinic, a centre for indigenous craft, a library, and…

Kaza is a remote mountain town – at 3,650 meters and 10 hours off-road from Manali – which demonstrates the complexity of modern and traditional ways of living and building in the Himalayas. The harsh conditions of Kaza include lows of -35˚ C and as much as 2 meters of snowfall during the winter season,…

Jeet in Spiti says the barley harvest has been great this year. The weather is lovely blue sky – bright sunshine.  The work is now over and its party time, weddings, birthdays, and a time for celebration before the winter sets in.

Our Water Pump  Project is going well. Now that the harvest is over the villagers  of Upper Mane are working to finish digging the trench for the water pipes before the land freezes for winter.  This covers a distance of 320 meters up a steep hill. We hope this will ease the water collection in…

We are just back from Spiti, the roads at the Rhotang Pass are still bad. Spiti Projects were fortunate to have the Hertfordshire & Essex High School helping with our Water Pump Project in Upper Mane village. The students came for a week and were fantastic, they dug 4ft deep trenches for the water pipes…

I’m all packed and heading off to Spiti tmrw to start a new project in Upper Mani Village, to install a water pump for the people of the village. We are hoping for blue skies and clear roads. We are also very excited to be working with the students from the Hertfordshire and Essex High…