https://www.watersphere.org/home daily 1.0 2022-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6235e18ef792b91c0bc6ada9/e5736e1a-ebbd-41c0-8cb4-7794d4eb0766/R.jpg Home - Our Roots and Purpose WaterSphere is an initiative to support rural projects in the area of water and natural resource conservation. I started it in the ninth grade while studying at Rishi Valley School, a boarding school in rural south India. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6235e18ef792b91c0bc6ada9/e1985990-aff2-4dc7-b99d-d08d7dad769e/IMG_2310.jpg Home - The Bio-Toilet Like many areas in rural India, Diguvapalem lacks adequate access to public toilets. Public defecation is prevalent, even though it could lead to diseases. Diguvapalem also has a chronic water shortage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6235e18ef792b91c0bc6ada9/c2bd0c18-cb3b-41fa-bba9-edf59aa37c7b/IMG_3828.JPG Home - Children’s Learning Center Rural Chittoor district in India, where this project was implemented, does not have sufficient capacity to support the learning needs of the local elementary school population. One of the primary challenges is that children do not have space to learn and study after school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6235e18ef792b91c0bc6ada9/6fd42224-91b2-4b62-8d12-7d305b708c25/IMG_2309+%281%29.JPG Home - Local Plant Nursery One of the environmental challenges in many rural areas is the growth of invasive non-local plant species. We built a nursery to grow native plants and then planted the saplings in the local hills. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6235e18ef792b91c0bc6ada9/19f17476-1f5e-4840-8e08-2ab0c2bee68d/Voltmeter.jpeg Home - Water Purification Experiments My research in water purification began in my 9th grade. I experimented with using naturally available coagulants to purify water in my school design & technology center. https://www.watersphere.org/learn-more-about-us daily 0.75 2022-04-17 https://www.watersphere.org/read-more-about-it daily 0.75 2022-05-14 https://www.watersphere.org/how-it-works daily 0.75 2022-04-17 https://www.watersphere.org/learn-more daily 0.75 2022-04-17 https://www.watersphere.org/see-more daily 0.75 2022-04-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6235e18ef792b91c0bc6ada9/47cb4ced-371d-4300-96b8-1c0f5312b78b/IMG_2309.JPG Completed WaterSphere Projects - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6235e18ef792b91c0bc6ada9/d672f662-2eaa-4354-a123-b9b4ff080d72/Image-1+%283%29.jpg Completed WaterSphere Projects - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6235e18ef792b91c0bc6ada9/4f2c1a6d-121b-4299-bf69-cc5c6c3bc327/Biotoilet+pic+1.JPG Completed WaterSphere Projects - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.watersphere.org/learning-center daily 0.75 2022-04-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6235e18ef792b91c0bc6ada9/30ac2cc8-68a8-44e2-affa-fff9dfd0a542/IMG_2314.JPG Learning Center - Make it stand out Bamboo was added to reinforce the roof structure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6235e18ef792b91c0bc6ada9/810f266a-0ece-4d5b-a133-224ae055bea5/IMG_2313.JPG Learning Center - Make it stand out Lemongrass was added to thatch the roof. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6235e18ef792b91c0bc6ada9/916ea24d-eb78-42fd-8e7e-b4bc743c12ab/IMG_2316.JPG Learning Center - Make it stand out After the construction was complete, we requested donations for books and other learning materials. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6235e18ef792b91c0bc6ada9/20f492c7-a376-4d8d-9b55-692ea2c5ba27/IMG_2311.JPG Learning Center - Make it stand out A site that was previously used as a shed for goats was identified as the location for the learning center. The existing structure had to be leveled so a new building could be constructed. The goal was to build it using locally available natural materials. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6235e18ef792b91c0bc6ada9/d60c016d-0f46-4244-8ed9-f0c5e5d44c27/IMG_3828.JPG Learning Center - Make it stand out Me as a 9th grader helping with whitewashing the walls. Chuna (a limestone based material) was used to whitewash the interior walls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6235e18ef792b91c0bc6ada9/c8fbe213-378f-4de0-bbf3-fb3180e7260b/IMG_2312.JPG Learning Center - Make it stand out The building begins to take shape: the bricks were made using locally sourced red soil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6235e18ef792b91c0bc6ada9/6f8eca5c-cf96-4c1a-896f-c82849d3682f/IMG_2315.JPG Learning Center - Make it stand out Eucalyptus was used to make the basic frame of the roof. The floor was made using a fermented mixture of jaggery (a brown sugar made from tree sap) and jamun (a native Indian blackberry variety). https://www.watersphere.org/local-plant-nursery daily 0.75 2022-04-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6235e18ef792b91c0bc6ada9/afd23dbe-a672-4330-9bd3-dc2acf1bf004/IMG_2307.JPG Local Plant Nursery - Make it stand out This initiative was very important in ensuring that invasive non-local species did not displace the native plants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6235e18ef792b91c0bc6ada9/92e898bc-737b-4d11-b779-febfb1970500/IMG_2308.JPG Local Plant Nursery - Make it stand out Students from Rishi Valley School helped as volunteers in planting tree saplings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6235e18ef792b91c0bc6ada9/4ee0f359-5057-4346-ae8c-74a7df38baaf/IMG_2309+%281%29.JPG Local Plant Nursery - Make it stand out A low cost nursery was built and maintained to grow native plant species. The WaterSphere initiative helped to fund and support the project. https://www.watersphere.org/steps-to-building-the-biotoilet daily 0.75 2022-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6235e18ef792b91c0bc6ada9/62c56ba0-9dbe-484c-9574-baf6f80fa9b1/IMG_4571.JPG Steps to Building the Bio-Toilet - Step 1: Initial scoping for the design of the Bio-Toilet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6235e18ef792b91c0bc6ada9/03f7a6e8-397c-40e4-a8c9-4952b513142d/IMG_1752.JPG Steps to Building the Bio-Toilet - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6235e18ef792b91c0bc6ada9/16f7461b-de23-4d16-b731-7d8a765e2054/IMG_1723.JPG Steps to Building the Bio-Toilet - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6235e18ef792b91c0bc6ada9/ee51852a-f08c-4a25-88b5-9632277c0980/IMG_1722.JPG Steps to Building the Bio-Toilet - Step 2: Photos From the Building Process. https://www.watersphere.org/steps-to-building-the-biotoilet/v/reed-bed-plants-for-biotoilet monthly 0.5 2022-05-14 https://www.watersphere.org/steps-to-building-the-biotoilet/v/adding-the-bacterial-inoculum monthly 0.5 2022-05-14