The focus of Grade 10 Service Nepal was to build a house with earthbags for a family in need in the Dhading District. The students learned how to sew and fill earthbags and use them to build the structure of a house. It was hot...

The Grade 6 students began their first-ever Service Nepal trip in Nagarjun National Park! They spent Monday and Tuesday learning how to rock climb and participated in activities focused on teamwork and collaboration. On Wednesday, they began their overnight adventure in Chhaimale. Alongside the Hope...

Offering khata is a symbolically meaningful cultural tradition in Nepal and at Lincoln School. As part of the Global Goals course, 10th grade students designed and pitched solutions that both honor and reduce the environmental impact of this tradition. ...

The high school student organization PLUM aims to empower girls in Nepal by teaching lessons on menstrual health and hygiene and distributing menstrual products. At Lincoln School, the PLUM Care Baskets project supplies every female and gender-neutral bathroom on campus with free menstrual products, so...

Sustainability Saathi Day 5: Pottery! For our final day of the week, students learned about traditional pottery making in Nepal. The highlight of the day was definitely watching our visiting expert Sajan Prajapati from the Pottery Training Center demonstrate the pottery wheel and learning to use...

Students learned that there are environmental impacts of producing food products called water and carbon footprints. They discussed dal as a traditional food of Nepal and compared the environmental impact of producing dal with other foods. With the help of our Lincoln gardening expert, Kale,...

Students learned that the leaves from saal trees are used to make plates in Nepal and that we can support people who use their skills to create local biodegradable leaf plates for the community rather than buying plastic disposable plates. With the help of our...

Elementary students will spend the week exploring the essential question: What can we learn about environmental sustainability from traditional cultural practices in Nepal? We started the week with an introduction to sustainability from guest speakers Dr. Erica Udas and Barsha Rani Gurung from ICIMOD, followed...

After learning about the importance of reducing our impact on the environment through reducing, reusing, and recycling, Mr. Rabi from the company, Kolpa, came to Lincoln School. He shared with us how they reuse materials to create products, such as turning old tire rubbers into...