sustain sustain!

baraka bhikku · Mar 8th, 2007, 20:25

Hello India wanderers...

Can anyone tell me about initiatives in sustainability, appropriate technology or anything of this essence they may have come across anywhere in India...?

blessings x

contrabassista · Mar 8th, 2007, 20:33

Check out www.satavic.org/rishikheti.htm for organic no till farming.

baraka bhikku · Mar 9th, 2007, 02:35

thanks,

I'm keen to find out as much as possible...really tired and feeling a bit sick of being an imperialist twit of a tourist...doesnt matter how integrated we think we are, how much of a ragged pauper we appear to be, how culturally sensitive we are...I'm starting to think the only justification for trampling over new lands is if I can do something useful...

so cheers!

Keep the info coming please, its a huge country and theres loads of you on this forum!!

peas and love x

crvlvr · Mar 9th, 2007, 03:30

you may be interested in reading about Vandana Shiva and follow some of the links on this wiki

robotvoice · Mar 9th, 2007, 06:08

Auroville, I haven't been there but I know someone who lived there for a while.

baraka bhikku · Mar 9th, 2007, 10:13

Vandana Shiva actually came to my home city in Scotland just before I left for India last year...nice to hear a female voice standing up to the monocultures and the bio-pirates, especially an asian female voice...

auroville I know a little about but need to do more research and hope to visit soon...maybe your friend could put a small posting on here with some experiences of the place?

what I want to do is work out potentially receptive sites, communities at any stage of a process...and do a cycle and rail journey getting involved with green builds/energy, cooperatives, organics/indigenous seed saving, blah blah blah...all the usual empowerment stuff that gives me a fire in my belly and a lump in my throat!
Thanks for the suggestions.

happy day x

robotvoice · Mar 10th, 2007, 00:21

I am not able to be in touch with her at the moment, but you can get some good info from their website. The second link below lists the different communities, and you can click on the individual ones for description, contact etc. note: the green belt is where you will find most of the farming communities. check out Buddha Garden for instance.

http://www.auroville.org/

http://www.auroville.org/society/housing.htm

federica · Mar 12th, 2007, 18:16

You can take a look at http://www.besharp.org for initiatives and organizations for sustainable built environment. It is the website of a program mostly for architects where i took part.

Auroville is definitely a place you should visit, especially the solar kitchen is interesting, and of course the mud projects of Satprem Mani (he offers workshops)

In Kerala it is the architecture of Laurie Baker and all the architects inspired by him and his ideas.

You can find lots of organizations working in the field of sustainability, so it might be important to focus, e.g. on solar technologies/sustainable architecture/recycling

davidp80 · Mar 12th, 2007, 19:03

You might want to check out WWOOF. India has a list of independent sites in which you can exchange work for room and board on an organic farm, many of which are practisiing other sustainable development techniques. There is a small membership fee in order to gain access to the host contact information, and there are a variety of farms across the subcontinent. You may already know about this. Check out the link below for a preview of the India hosts:

http://www.wwoof.org/newsite/wlist.asp

-Dave

woodlouse · Mar 12th, 2007, 20:29

I'm not sure that this is really what you're after...

sustainable tourism

have a look at www.apanidhani.com

eco lodge in shekhawati, Rajasthan

great place to stay - very reasonably priced too!

eco-friendly practices, plus they will organise sessions with local artisans, for example we spent a morning learning traditional tie & die - then had a local classical indian musician entertain in the evening.

they describe themselves as
'We are deeply involved in sustainable tourism. We are also a member of The International Ecotourism Society and of Eco Club'

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