EcoPro’s work in four areas: ecological sanitation, water resource management, solid waste management, and educational materials and training. Working with a Puducherry-based NGO called Ekoventure, ...

The Auroville Costal-area Development Centre (ACDC) is a non-governmental organisation based in Auroville, an international township in Tamil Nadu, South India. ACDC aims to empower people at the gras...

The Kaluvelly tank is one of Tamil Nadu’s biggest water sheds and is a central node in the traditional network of tanks. It plays a central role in traditional rain water catchment and is of utmo...

Auroville Water Harvest proposed to conduct a 3 years mini watershed project, starting January 2006 and ending in December 2009 in an area particularly threatened by salinity intrusion in the Vanur Ta...

A vast area of the south-eastern coastal region of India is facing an acute degradation of water and environmental resources. The lack of a coherent and integrated resource management is creating mul...

Auroville Water Harvest runs a pilot project for sustainable and durable development through integrated water resources development in Kottakarai Village. It improves the local village water tanks...

Renewable energy technologies are generally very expensive, especially solar energy technologies. As you cannot expect somebody to pay their electricity bill for the next 25 years in one shot, the Ind...

Using plants of the Tropical Dry Evergreen Forest in landscaping is a fascinating way of reintegrating nearly extinct species into modern day society. This is a win-win situation it supports the conse...

Auroville’s Botanical Garden has designed programs to awaken local school children’s interest in a range of environmental issues including an introduction to local TDEF flora through an exposure v...

WELL means "Women's Empowerment through Local Livelihood" WELLPaper was initiated in 2005 in South India as a tsunami-relief effort, to provide alternative livelihood to affected families from the l...