Solid waste management in India can only be described as being at crisis point. Provision of technically sound infrastructure and services has not kept pace with the growing production of wast...

The Village Solid Waste Management Strategy (Auroville Area) has been compiled to specifically address waste management in the greater Auroville bioregion in a strategic and sustainable manner. T...

Effective micro-organisms (EM) technology is a liquid mix of microbes developed in Japan, which promotes vigorous plant growth, producing better agricultural crops. It can also be used to manage organ...

Eco-Pro is working in the field of  health and hygiene. The company focus is on attempting to integrate both public and environmental aspects of these issues. Long-time Aurovilian Lucas, the founder ...

While society tells us that all microbes should be exterminated for proper sanitation, a number of microbes are beneficial and can even help to make surfaces cleaner by consuming harmful bacteria EM i...

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 DEWATS (decentralized waste water treatment system) can be seen in use in several places around Auroville. The vortex system is useful in more compact areas that do not have sufficient space for a...

The vortex is a water treatment system in development at the Auroville Centre for Scientific Research (CSR) that was created by Lars Kostedde. Kostedde’s vortex system is based on the ideas of Vikto...

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...

An eco-city in the making has to look at and integrate a number of key aspects of a sustainable development. Such key aspects are: environmental restoration, organic agriculture, solar passive archite...