Ladakh Ecological Development Group

knowledge to change the world

rural interventions

Ladakh Ecological Developments started the journey by intervening in the Rural Sector.

urban interventions

Ladakh Ecological Development Groups has shifted the focus much towards urban sector currently

environmental interventions

Ladakh Ecological Development Group also focuses on the environmental interventions

core values

We provide support to the locals in many different fields such as constructing environmental friendly houses, Traditional and Modern Handicraft Training, Local food processing techniques, and value addition to locally processed produce. We also provide support to the governmental departments in optimizing their workflow, by conducting workshops in various fields and also support them in various Exposure tours across the country in various fields pertaining to their organization.

Handicraft

Providing support to local women self help groups in new and improved handicraft techniques and also value addition.

Appropriate Tech

Development of agricultural tools, R&D; in various agriculture tools

Agriculture

Providing support to local self help groups in value addition to their produce.

building centre

building-related techniques with the help of locally available materials and also R&D; in various locally available building materials.

supPort

Support to the Government Organizations

Strength

LEDeG has 35 full-time employees who tend to the general administration and implementation of various projects. In turn, employees report to a Working Committee of eight members through an Executive Director. The Working Committee fulfills the managerial responsibility of LEDeG’s projects. The Working Committee is elected by a General Body comprising of 100 members. Each year, the organisation has several national and international volunteers who get involved in various ongoing projects in Leh satisfying the organisations need for staff. The head office of LEDeG is in Karzoo, Leh and has branches in Kargil and Zanskar that take care of the projects in those regions.

overview

The head-office has a well equipped library, an exhibition hall, conference hall and a craft shop at the Karzoo Centre in Leh. LEDeG also has a demonstration campus (where all of its projects are put into operation), approximately two kilometres from the head office. The demonstration campus has a fully equipped workshop, store-house, agriculture-testing centre and a plantation of apricot trees and a greenhouse where vegetables are grown in the summer, a solar passive Trombe-technology hostel and guest house for trainees and guests. It relies only on solar energy for electricity and water heating. The group also runs a Rural Building Centre near Choglamsar, on the outskirts of Leh.