๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐
“๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐ข๐๐, ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ก๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ . ๐โ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐กโ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ . ๐น๐๐ ๐๐๐ค๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐, โ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐กโ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ค๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐๐ข๐โ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐๐ข๐โ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ . “
โ Rudolf Hogger, Naga and Garuda
Building upon this rich narrative and seeking to document additional cultural stories of mythology, we are excited to announce our project, “๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก: ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.” This initiative aims to promote eco-tourism by exploring the journey of Nagraj across different places of Nepal.
We are honored to have been awarded the ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ by Chatham House to support this endeavor.
Team Up for climate 2024
Rapid urbanization experienced by most parts of the world has produced mounting urban flooding problems. It is already a key global challenge with 23% of the world population directly exposed to 1-in-100-year floods (Rentschler et al., 2022). This impacts a large fraction of the world’s population with the urban population currently comprising 56% of the global population and projections to increase to 65% by 2050 (UN-DESA, 2018). Climate change is already manifesting severe flooding across cities (Dodman et al., 2022) which points to the urgency of timely adaptation strategies.
As a local solution to such impacts, our team presented the solution of rain garden to control urban floods in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Save Our Wetlands
In a bid to save the rapidly deteriorating wetlands in Kathmandu Valley, SENSE seeks to promote a campaign focusing on the protection of urban wetlands. The campaign will focus on building emotional connectivity between people and wetlands, backed by cultural and mythological stories, while also raising awareness of its environmental importance. The campaign aims to foster a sense of stewardship in youth for wetlands in their locality and inspire them to take action for its conservation.
INCUBATION PROGRAMME
We are also currently being supported by Youth Food Lab to set up social enterprise vested in the utilisation of invasive aquatic weed into biopesticide.
BIOPESTICIDE PROTOTYPING
We are trying to make use of the invasive water lettuce found in Nagdaha, a sub-urban wetland for producing liquid biopesticide called โJholmalโ. Initially, local youths had tried to manually clean-up the lake but the success of lake restoration has not come easy and the only way to make the restoration efforts sustainable is through an economic incentive. We are conducting testing of our prototypes at the moment.
CONSTRUCTION OF SEDIMENT RETENTION POND
We are focusing on constructing a sediment retention pond at the inlet of Nagdaha. The pond is being designed to retain the sediments coming from the catchment and prevent it from entering the lake. The retention pond will require regular removal of
sediments, for which the local youth will be actively involved.