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27. A parting gift
Roasted corn kernels given to us as a parting gift. Kind of a cross between corn nuts and half-popped popcorn.
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The farmer, second from left, with his older brother, age 83. Their family has been on this mountainside for 11 generations.
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23. Farmer
The 76-year-old farmer of a pig farm that uses biodynamic methods, for example composting saw...
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13. New housing
Villagers had a choice between cement and wood in the reconstruction, former was about $15,000...
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The chief architect is flanked by Mi Lai of Global Villages on the right and the head of the local village Ecological Committee on the left.
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16. Housing cluster
22. Crop
20. The view
The black mesh protects a medicinal plant that aids in digestion and stomach ailments - a cash crop.
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19. The road
The government installed this road, which is concrete eight inches deep, covered with sawdust and...
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15. Old Designs
Global Villages brought in the School of Architecture from Beijing to come up with new, more...
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14. New houses
The village is the primary focus of the work of an NGO called Beijing Global Village,...
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12. Taping
The remote village of Taping saw 98 of the 100 households destroyed in the earthquake, almost...
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02. Buckled Highway
01. Monument
A memorial to the earthquake on 5/12/08. Note the buckled highway just beyond the numbers.
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Sichuan Province, China
