THE ICE STUPA GLACIER PROJECT
Last year the city of Lille in France was World Capital Design 2020.
You can have a look at all the iniciatives of this extraordinary exhibition here: https://www.designiscapital.com/en/project
Among them, the Ice Stupa Glacier, an ice piramid designed and set up by the engineer Sonam Wangchuck in Ladakh, north of India. It is 20 metres tall and its purpouse is to storage water in the zone.
You can watch and read the project in this BBC presentation: "Can ice stupas solve the water crisis in the Himalayan Desert?" by BBC News.
Meet the engineers who build glaciers from scratch to help isolated villages in Ladakh, the northern most province of India. Sonam Wangchuk’s team hope that when the man-made sculptures melt, they will provide water in times of need.
And then the Ice Sutpa Glacier web page: http://icestupa.org/ where you can also watch this video and enjoy English with another beautiful accent:
Sonam Wangchuk lives and works in the Ladakh region of India, high in the Himalayas. This harsh mountain area is experiencing acute water shortages due to climate change. Sonam, who is an engineer and educator, found a simple but ingenious way to store water using artificial glaciers that will irrigate trees and crops.
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