A few years ago, a buddhist monk in Bhutan introduced me to a powerful word – Bardo – meaning an...
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1. Deep respect for what makes our life possible - Soil, Air, Water -
and all life these three elements carry - Ecological Sustainability
2. The practice of interdependence - social cohesion
3. Blending traditional wisdom with appropriate contemporary technology
4. Self-reliance in 9 basic needs
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Graamam represents a growing network of rural women committed
to a new model of economic resilience, trained in producing
world-class products that cause happy and healthy consumers
and a happy and healthy planet.
KNOW MOREWe dream of a Resilient Rural India.
Being set up in 12.5 acres of land, in the 2nd driest
district in India (Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh)
ProtoVillage is the prototype of
a “Resilient” rural community
built for the villagers,
by the villagers.
ProtoVillage is a space for systemic
solutions for rural resilience to be
iteratively co-created,
diligently practiced,
comprehensively demonstrated
and openly shared!
It will be a center for learning, practice, demonstration
and dissemination of the knowledge on how any
community in this region can organize itself
to be Resilient
Ecologically sustainable,
Socially cohesive and
Economically viable
A Resilient community is one in which the inhabitants' practice
harmonious interdependence, employ ecologically
sustainable means and blend native knowledge systems with
contemporary appropriate technology to achieve self-reliance
in terms of the 9 basic needs:
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We believe that Education and Enterprise systems if designed well can enable rural transformation at scale.
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Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish (skill development) and you've fed him for a lifetime.”
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Omelas – Walking away ain’t an option.
we are an integral part of the larger natural ecosystem, and that our life is a result not just of our actions, but of a concerted effort by the billions of species that we share the planet with.
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Such a wonderful experience staying at proto village. Experienced life in its full zest! starting from 5:30 AM till 10 in the night, the schedule was packed with learnings, activities, discussions, sports, reflections and most importantly TASTY FOOD!!
Mahimna
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I was inspired with the work happening in Proto – village even before visiting. I thought these people are trying to solve the right problems. And after visiting physically, I was very pleased to see the activites and their unique ways of doing those activities.
Vivek
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This place felt like my school. Big campus, freedom, community and openness.