27. A parting gift

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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25. The local school

25. The local school

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26.

26.

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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24. The farm

24. The farm

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23. Farmer

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

13. New housing

Villagers had a choice between cement and wood in the reconstruction, former was about $15,000...

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18.

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

16. Housing cluster

The buildings use a lot of local materials.

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17. Almost finished

17. Almost finished

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22. Crop

22. Crop

Here the crop is protected by shade.

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21. Hillside

21. Hillside

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20. The view

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

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

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

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

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

02. Buckled Highway

A highway damaged by the Sichuan Earthquake.

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01. Monument

01. Monument

A memorial to the earthquake on 5/12/08. Note the buckled highway just beyond the numbers.

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