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The Sustainable City Of Auroville |
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As a part of a school trip, I visited the Auroville, a township 4km away from the Union Territory of Pondicherry in India. Based on the ideology of the spiritual guru Sri Aurobindo, this township was developed by Mira Alfasa, known as the spiritual collaboration of Sri Aurobindo, with the help of architect Roger Anger. Auroville is meant to be a universal town where men and women of all countries are able to live in peace and progressive harmony, above all creeds, all politics and all nationalities. The purpose of Auroville is to realize human unity and help people achieve a higher level of mental consciousness through evolution.
Auroville, also known as the City Of Dawn, is famous in India for being known as the most environment friendly and pollution free city of India. In the early 1960s and 70s, a small group of pioneering residents took up extensive tree planting to rejuvenate the barren land and harvest rainwater. Since then, Aurovilians (residents of Auroville) have been constantly experimenting with new ideas and solutions in areas of forestation, organic farming, renewable energy, water management, waste treatment, building technologies and environmental awareness programs among others.
With the vision of achieving self sufficiency in food production, Auroville has been a pioneer in modern techniques of organic farming aimed at producing the best high quality healthy food substances for its residents and visitors. With places like Sadhana forest and Naidu farms constantly spreading awareness about the need for organic farming, farmers of Auroville have given up the use of pesticides and fertilizers completely.
Today Matri-Mandir in Auroville hosts the largest solar panel installation in India, and solar kitchen equipped to cook for over 1000 people everyday primarily uses the energy generated from the largest solar collector in Asia developed and build indigenously at Auroville. Windmills, mainly used to pump water, are a common sight in Auroville along with many solar power panels that provide energy to almost everything in Auroville, ranging from the street lights to the big town hall. Today Matri-Mandir in Auroville hosts the largest solar PV installation in India, and solar kitchen equipped to cook for >1000 people everyday primarily uses the energy generated from the largest solar collector in Asia developed and build indigenously at Auroville.
Auroville's EcoService collects waste from 2/3rd's of the Aurovilians while the remaining 1/3rd prefer to dispose waste in their own way. 60% of the waste collected is recycled while the rest 40% is land filled. Auroville is working towards a zero waste policy. Afforestation campaigns started in the 1970s have been successful in turning the barren land of Auroville into a living forest with over two million trees and some of them being exotic species too. As the trees grew, and micro-climates formed, many species of bird-life and animals returned, further accelerating the dissemination of seeds and enriching the environment.
All in all, Auroville is a city that every person enthusiastic about environment and spirituality should visit. Not only does Auroville teach us about eco friendly practices, it also educates us about the need to live in harmony with one another and how we all can grow together as a community that loves what nature has to offer.
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22 Comments
Thanks for sharing and greetings from Jordan ! )
Posted 30-11-2014 22:00
Simply Amazing .. who ever knew that eco lovers could live in the same city <3
Posted 30-11-2014 21:59
Thank for your sharing, Ramal Jagan!
Posted 27-11-2014 00:19
Would you mind compressing and recizing these pictures ? that would make the topic more organized :)
Posted 26-11-2014 05:43
I loved how the whole city seems to be invested in taking care of the environment :) this results in a healthy community that takes care of its people and its natural resources to grant growth and developement :)
Thank you for sharing :)
Posted 26-11-2014 05:42
@Ramal Wow I didn't know about Auroville, the city of DAWN previously, organic farming, greenery, upcoming zero waste policy, solar use etc. So much of initiatives for sustainability. If We wish we can Accomplish :)
Posted 23-11-2014 19:21
It's a really great initiative! It's like a dream comes true situation, really amazing that pioneers made a 'city' based on their dream. Thank you Ramal for letting us know that sustainable and spiritual city does exist! :D
Posted 20-11-2014 14:07
Thanks for sharing! Would love to visit the village one day to learn more about it :)
Posted 20-11-2014 03:24
Thanks for sharing
Posted 20-11-2014 01:23
Thanks Ramal for introducing Auroville to us. This serves as a role model city of India to the world.
The pics supplied are very vivid. I love the green beauty.
Posted 19-11-2014 20:04
I've heard of Auroville as a best practice of sustainable village. It's good to see the photos from there! Thanks for sharing!
Posted 19-11-2014 16:11
nice green concept. hope that concept can be applied in other places.
Posted 19-11-2014 13:26
This is so great! Thanks for share
Posted 19-11-2014 05:07
but how you got these photos, it's very amazing
Posted 19-11-2014 05:05
nice article!
Posted 19-11-2014 05:03
Well, I guess we should all take the city of Auroville as a sustainable city example. Thanks for the informative report.
Posted 19-11-2014 04:22
Thanks for sharing about this lovely and nature friendly town Auroville. Enjoyed reading your report. I am sure even the happiness index of residents there must be very high as they are not disturbing the nature and are under the umbrella and protection of nature. This town is worth a visit.
Posted 19-11-2014 01:29
I share the same vision of many more cities coming up in the future Mr. Jung.
Thanks Rahul and Bikal
Thanks for your valuable feedback Mr. Jekk. Auroville should indeed be considered as a role model for other cities.
Thank you everyone :)
Posted 19-11-2014 00:08
I do hope that there will be more cities like this in the future.
Thank you for sharing.
Posted 18-11-2014 22:58
"Today Matri-Mandir in Auroville hosts the largest solar panel installation in India, and solar kitchen equipped to cook for over 1000 people everyday primarily uses the energy generated from the largest solar collector in Asia developed and build indigenously at Auroville." AND "60% of the waste collected is recycled " Thats something worth sharing!!!
Auroville is really example for other town. Thanks for the report Ramal
Posted 18-11-2014 20:19
worth to read
Posted 18-11-2014 19:12
Nice report Ramal!In terms of technicality, I like the way you write the article when it comes to transition of each topic. I am so happy to see such community active in terms of eco-saving programs like tree-planting, energy, and waste management. Hope some parts of India will look this as a role model. God bless to the hosting of the largest solar panel installation in India! :)
Posted 18-11-2014 16:14