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Priya Vincent Priya founded the Buddha Garden in Auroville in 2000. Starting with a degraded one-acre plot, she passionately developed it into a thriving 12 acre organic farm that supplies vegetables and fruit to Auroville kitchens and hosts courses in organic farming for volunteers. She was led to the field of organic farming by a search for methods of sustainable living with a closer connection to the earth after working for fifteen years in market research companies. She completed a doctorate in sociology from the University of Surrey, UK and authored two books on pregnancy and birthing and a third called How My Garden Grew (Auroville Press, 2002).
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ÂÂ Robert Trunz Roby is from Switzerland and has been living in Auroville since 1977. He founded Aureka, a metal workshop facility in 1988. Since then the business unit has grown and now manufactures wind pumps, track racks for solar panels, compressed earth block press and precision components for wind turbine generators. With over 20 years of experience, he was the principal investigator for several research projects investigating alternative energy solutions funded by various agencies. He studied mechanical engineering in Zurich. Satprem Maini Satprem founded the Auroville Earth Institute in 1989 and has been developing, consulting, teaching and promoting earthenbuilding technologies and earthen architecture in several countries besides India. An internationally acknowledged expert, hehas been the representative for Asia of the UNESCO Chair “Earthen Architecture, Constructive Cultures and SustainableDevelopment” since 2000, He is also a consultant for several United Nations programs and a member of the International Centreof Earth Construction and Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (ISET). He studied at School of Architecture of Lyon (France)and holds a masters degree in Earthen Architecture from the School of Architecture, Grenoble (France).
Sindhuja Jagadeesh Born in India in 1985, she started architecture school at the age of 17 in Chennai, India, and graduated in 2008. She first came to Auroville in 2006 as an intern to work under the guidance of Andre Hababou. In 2008, while preparing her thesis on “Sustainable Co-housing communities”, she worked and lived in Auroville. Upon graduating, she joined a Chennai firm as Junior Architect, specialized in the design of Information Technology centers. In that position, she furthered her skills as the Site Architect, and designed numerous interiors. She came to live permanently in Auroville, in 2010 and is now a partner of Auromodele Atelier Architects. Her main professional interest revolves around research for a more conscious architecture.Suhasini Ayer-Guigan
Suhasini has over 20 years of experience in sustainable design, green building practices and planning. She is the founder and principal architect of the Auroville Design Consultants since 1988. She is co-recipient of the Hassan Fathy Award for 'Architecturefor the Poor' in 1992 and recipient of the Design Share Award for educational buildings in 2003 and 2005. She holds a bachelor's degree in Architecture from the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. Tency Baetens Tency came from Belgium and has been living in Auroville since mid-70s. He was involved in the aforestation and renewable energy projects in the early years and later co-founded the Auroville Centre for Scientific Research in 1984 and the Auroville Building Centre in 1989. He is involved in several projects related to appropriate building technologies, renewable energy and sanitation. He also conducts workshops and training courses to professionals and voluntary organizations to promote integral choices for sustainable future.
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GreenAcres campaign
Fundraising for expanding the Auroville Greenbelt.
Our eco-zone is under threat of rapid urbanization, this is an urgent move to reverse the trend and extend activities.