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Mark Moore 07/11/2016 Mark Moore 07/11/2016

New Film on Didi Contractor Debuts at DIFF

After years in the making, a new feature-length documentary film entitled, ‘Didi Contractor: Marrying the Earth to the Building’ premiered at the 2016 Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF).

Mark Moore 04/12/2012 Mark Moore 04/12/2012

Help Dharmalaya Open its Doors

The first building on the new eco-campus of the Dharmalaya Institute is just two steps away from being ready to welcome the public, and Dharmalaya needs your help to reach the finish line.

Mark Moore 26/05/2012 Mark Moore 26/05/2012

Dharmalaya Inaugurates Green HQ with Service and Meditation

After a marathon rush of construction activity through the winter, the Dharmalaya Institute held the first programmes in the new (and still-unfinished) main building of its Himalayan eco-campus for sustainable and compassionate living.

Mark Moore 17/01/2012 Mark Moore 17/01/2012

Growing Skyward: Raising the Roof of the Institute

When we left you with the season finale cliffhanger last June, we had just bundled up our baby building with prayers that she’d survive the monsoon rains without a roof. That was asking a lot from a big mud sandcastle! We put her fate in the hands of a few well-fastened tarps, some slate shingles, and a whole lotta flax husk mud plaster. Well, the monsoon was merciless!

Mark Moore 09/06/2011 Mark Moore 09/06/2011

Monsoon Update - Zen and the Jazz of Green Building in India

The biggest news on the construction of the Main Building is in regard to our race against time to get the roof on our baby building before the onslaught of the monsoon rains this month…Well, we couldn’t win, so we’ve done our best to change the game!

Mark Moore 08/06/2010 Mark Moore 08/06/2010

Rocking the Foundations

Dharmalaya is pleased to announce the completion of the foundations for the Main Building of Dharmalaya Institute, an eco-friendly service-learning campus in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas. The Institute is being constructed in a style based upon the traditional vernacular architecture of the area, known as ‘Kangra style’, using eco-friendly materials and non-mechanized building methods.

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