Irumbai

Rejuvenating the farms

Feature, By Carel

2 Ramanan explaining the principles of organic farming at Auro-Orchard

Auroville has 22 farms, ranging in size from 120 to about 6 acres. Each farm is managed by one or two farmers. Jointly, they run the Farm Group.

The threats to Auroville’s physical integrity

An interview with Paul Vincent, By Alan

Privately owned hotel in the Greenbelt near Dana community, built without the required permissions

For many years Paul Vincent has been involved with trying to protect the land of Auroville. Here he gives his views on the present situation in which private developments in the Auroville area are mushrooming, and suggests what can be done about it.

Searching for Social Change

An interview with Ahmed, By Alan

On 5th December, Auroville Consulting launched the Solar Village Search Engine to help fund its Solar Village Initiative, which aims to power 100 villages in Tamil Nadu with solar by the year 2030.

The necessity of co-development with the local villages

An interview with Cristo, By Alan

Cristo has worked for many years on developing collaborations with the local villages. Why does he do it? What are the challenges and the satisfactions?

Irumbai solar village

News in brief

The Government of Tamil Nadu has approved a Solar Village Project for Irumbai village which has been promoted by Auroville Consulting. The pilot project will demonstrate that a village can (on an annual basis) produce all the energy it consumes from grid-connected solar PV systems and should / can therefore be exempted from load shedding.