Astronomy for Himalayan Livelihood Creation Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/astronomy-for-himalayan-livelihood-creation/ Astronomy for a better world! Wed, 28 Jun 2023 09:34:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://astro4dev.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-03_OAD_symbol_colour_2-32x32.jpg Astronomy for Himalayan Livelihood Creation Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/astronomy-for-himalayan-livelihood-creation/ 32 32 Documentary on a Astroguide https://astro4dev.org/video-on-a-astroguide/ Mon, 22 Jun 2020 10:09:35 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=19446 The fim depicts one day in the life of Stanzin Dolkar, a young woman in a remote village in the Indian Himalayas, who is one of the astroguides running the first Astro-tourism program in the region. Film by Boris Wilmart, bakafilms.   [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgIBH61uKvo[/embedyt]

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]]> Final summary https://astro4dev.org/final-summary/ Mon, 18 Nov 2019 06:59:20 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=18999 Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE) is an organization based in Ladakh, India providing clean energy and education access to remote off-grid communities in Himalayas. Electricity has acted as a powerful tool to stimulate economic empowerment and create new streams of revenue generation for this region. With a vision to leverage astronomy as a key development intervention [...]

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]]> Astro Homestays https://astro4dev.org/astro-homestays/ Wed, 31 Jul 2019 15:21:01 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=18695 Introducing Astro Homestays The high altitude and dry climate of Ladakh result in wonderful night skies where you can identify numerous stellar objects. This makes it a region perfect for astronomy. The project identified this clear night sky as a resource available to the locals that has a huge potential for creating opportunities for livelihood. [...]

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]]> Visit by UN Ambassador for Mountain partnerships https://astro4dev.org/visit-by-un-ambassador-for-mountain-partnerships/ Mon, 15 Jul 2019 07:06:33 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=18671 His Holiness Drikung Kyabgön Chetsang visited OAD project Astronomy for Himalayan Livelihood Creation led by Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE). The project has established Astro Homestays in the villages in the mountains.   The villagers, who have been trained in astronomy, showed His Holiness, Saturn and Jupiter through the recently installed 10 inch Dobsonian Telescope. He [...]

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]]> Video teaser https://astro4dev.org/video-teaser/ Mon, 24 Jun 2019 03:08:24 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=18629 [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moa4LKQpw3M[/embedyt]

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]]> update: first telescopes installed https://astro4dev.org/update-first-telescopes-installed/ Tue, 11 Jun 2019 15:24:47 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=18613 GHE selected 30 women from over 15 remote villages of Ladakh for commencing this project. All of them underwent an intensive training in Leh on the basics of astronomy and using telescopes and how they can leverage one of their most valuable assets (clear night skies) as a tool for creating new revenue streams for [...]

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]]> update: Collaboration with astronomy institution https://astro4dev.org/update-collaboration-with-astronomy-institution/ Tue, 20 Nov 2018 11:51:41 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=17923 Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE) and Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) have entered into a formal collaboration for AHLC and this project will now officially be a part of IIA’s outreach program. Through this collaboration, we will be able to leverage IIA’s expertise in training the locals on astronomy and handling telescopes along with utilising their [...]

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]]> update: Videos in media https://astro4dev.org/update-videos-in-media/ Wed, 21 Mar 2018 05:20:23 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=17238 Short videos on the work being done by Global Himalayan Expedition to electrify remote communities in the Himalayas in India. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crmgVU1QJ6Y[/embedyt]   [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJzd6Hxnmzw[/embedyt]

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]]> Overview of project https://astro4dev.org/overview-of-project-15/ Tue, 19 Dec 2017 16:41:08 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=17016 Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE) seeks to provide clean energy access, Digital education and Livelihood access through solar power for the remote unelectrified Himalayan communities, located in the higher reaches of the Himalaya above 13000 ft, by providing energy access through DC solar micro-grids. Energy access intervention has acted as a tool for further development and [...]

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