Building Forest Garden, Mud Houses, and Zero Waste Village with Utsow Pradhan
10/13/23 • 38 min
🌿 Meet Utsow Pradhan, founder of TIEEDI, an ecological forest training center, nestled in Darjeeling that focuses on 🌳 permaculture, regenerative tourism, natural farming, and sustainable land and building design consultation. They also work on experiential environmental education 🌏 and holistic waste management projects in the hills.🌱
What You'll Learn:
🌱 How you can build a permaculture forest garden.
🌱 How you can create decentralized zero waste management systems
🌱 Making a private or NGO environment organization
🌱 What is the idea of Gross National Abundance
Time Stamps
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:22 - What happens at TIEEDI?
00:03:15 - The philosophy behind TIEEDI?
00:06:00 - Vision behind TIEEDI and Building Mud Houses
00:10:45 - Solving Waste Management Crises
00:12:38 - Creating a zero-waste village and Decentralized waste management
00:16:04 - Go Private or become an NGO? 00:22:46 - Changing people’s psychology
00:24:59 - Gross National Abundance vs Gross Domestic Product
00:32:00 - Relationship with money
00:34:43 - Advice for people beginning their journey
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🌿 Meet Utsow Pradhan, founder of TIEEDI, an ecological forest training center, nestled in Darjeeling that focuses on 🌳 permaculture, regenerative tourism, natural farming, and sustainable land and building design consultation. They also work on experiential environmental education 🌏 and holistic waste management projects in the hills.🌱
What You'll Learn:
🌱 How you can build a permaculture forest garden.
🌱 How you can create decentralized zero waste management systems
🌱 Making a private or NGO environment organization
🌱 What is the idea of Gross National Abundance
Time Stamps
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:22 - What happens at TIEEDI?
00:03:15 - The philosophy behind TIEEDI?
00:06:00 - Vision behind TIEEDI and Building Mud Houses
00:10:45 - Solving Waste Management Crises
00:12:38 - Creating a zero-waste village and Decentralized waste management
00:16:04 - Go Private or become an NGO? 00:22:46 - Changing people’s psychology
00:24:59 - Gross National Abundance vs Gross Domestic Product
00:32:00 - Relationship with money
00:34:43 - Advice for people beginning their journey
For show notes click here
Watch it on Youtube
⛰️ Connect with Utsow on Instagram
📰 Subscribe to our free weekly Tiny Farm Friends Newsletter:
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Karan Patel 🌱 is the visionary founder of Aanushrav, an awe-inspiring farm nestled in Anand, where he is reviving ancient lifestyle by practicing sustainable 🌾 agriculture, traditional 🏗️ construction, natural 🧵 textile dyeing, artisanal 🍞 sourdough bread baking, crafting 🍓 natural jams, extracting colors from 🌼 flowers, and even adding personal touches like 🧶 embroidering and creating your hair care essentials, all while respecting the 🌍 Earth. 💚🏡
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🌱 Why sustainability is a journey and not a destination
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Earth to Shelter A Masterclass on the Science of Mud Buildings with Yask Kulshreshtha
🌱 Meet Yask Kulshreshtha: Founder of Muddled Studio 🏡🔬 A scientific researcher in sustainable construction materials, Yask's PhD thesis "Building affordable, durable, and desirable earthen houses" at TU Delft, Netherlands, tackles rural Indian housing challenges: affordability, durability, and desirability. 🇳🇱🌍 Join us as we bust mud-building myths and dive into the science behind it. 🏡🧐
What You'll Learn:
🌱 Science behind mud buildings
🌱 Why mud buildings are better for your health
🌱 Innovative Solutions to develop affordable, water-resistant earthen building materials.
🌱 Explore the choice between cement and lime in sustainable construction materials and the role of stabilizers.
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:40 - Background
00:04:47 - Backpacking trip through Rural India and perception of mud houses
00:07:12 - Biggest misconceptions around the Earth building
00:13:34 - Breathability of mud buildings
00:16:20 - Why choose to research mud? What is your thesis about?
00:19:14 - Cement vs Lime and Stabilizers for CSEB (Compressed Stabilised Earth Blocks)
00:24:43 - Cow dung as a stabilizer and its water resistance
00:31:12 - Should you do a master's or Ph.D. in the Netherlands? What brings you back to India? 00:38:48 - Vision for the future?
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