Sunday 13 March 2011

Floating down the Bay of Bengal - Tamil Nadu, India

Auroville is a mystical wonderland. A township, a commune...paradise.


UPASANA
A design firm gone social.

Tsunamika - After the 2004 Tsunami wiped out villages along the coast of Pondicherry, Upasana decided to engage local fisher women in doll making. Tsunamika dolls are not sold - anyone can pick some up and donate whatever they like. All dolls are made from scrap materials.


While at Upasana, we met an intern who is collaborating with the company to design fashionable cloth sanitary napkins!


THE EARTH INSTITUTE
Earthen Architecture company. Focused on 'e-blocks' - compressed earthen 'bricks' for sustainable architecture.
GULF OF MANNAR - directly across from Sri Lanka. Georgeous, blue sea, lined with fishing villages.


PEOPLE'S ACTION FOR DEVELOPMENT (PAD)
Dedicated to improving the lives of communities along the Gulf of Mannar - fisher folk and palm tappers - through participatory strategies.


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