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New Delhi: Ladakh activist Sonam Wangchuk, who inspired the lead character in the film ‘3 Idiots’, said that he will start a five-day climate fast on January 26 to demonstrate the “power of the sun” and “sustainable carbon neutral technologies”.
During his fast, he will be camping on top of the Khardungla at a height of 18,000 feet, where the temperature will be minus 40° Celsius. The carbon-neutral fast will see him use hot water and electricity generated using solar panels and, possibly, a solar bed. “Solar is the way to go for the world and that is what I will try to demonstrate on perhaps the world’s first climate-neutral fast,” Wangchuk said in a video.
Demonstrating the “power of the sun”, Wangchuk shared a video from inside a uniquely-built mud house in Ladakh, where the temperature inside the hut was 20° Celsius even when the temperature outside was minus 20° Celsius.
THIS IS THE POWER OF SUN
And I’ll be demonstrating it during my… (possibly world’s 1st carbon neutral) #ClimateFast at #Khardungla top 18,000 ft minus 40 °C starting 26th January…
Stay tuned…#SaveLadakh@350@UNFCCC @UNEP #ilivesimply @narendramodi @LeoDiCaprio pic.twitter.com/wKCKC878D1— Sonam Wangchuk (@Wangchuk66) January 24, 2023
In preparation for the fast, the activist camped overnight on his rooftop at HIAL Phyang at 11,500 feet in minus 20° Celsius, inviting praise from business tycoon Anand Mahindra.
The fast comes at a time Wangchuk has been urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to pay attention to the environmentally sensitive Ladakh, where studies suggest two-thirds of the glaciers are extinct. In a video, Wangchuk had asked Modi to intervene and safeguard the fragile ecosystem under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution as “all is not well in Ladakh”.
A TEST RUN SUCCESSFUL !
All’s well at minus 20°C.
Inching closer to my #ClimateFast at #Khardungla 18,000 ft minus 40 °C starting 26th January…
This test was on my rooftop at #HIAL Phyang at 11,500 ft#SaveLadakh@ClimateReality@UNFCCC @UNDP_India #ilivesimply @narendramodi pic.twitter.com/apv0NDrZAg— Sonam Wangchuk (@Wangchuk66) January 23, 2023
