plan 660Greenery - Agro-forestation, RWH, Water Reuse
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Implementation Dates:
Sep 2020 to
Oct 2020
Focus: Reforestation
and Rainwater Harvesting
Planned Impact: 3,000 people
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Status: Plan accepted
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Plan Amount:
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500,000
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Community Contribution:
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367,112
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Peer Review
Plan Not Peer Reviewed
Map of Plan & Projects
Summary
Dhamma Paphulla, Agro-forestery: Create forest and veggie garden, install RWH, and use kitchen/laundry water for irrigation. To support click here.
Background
A group of vipassana meditators undertook a greenery project of 13,000sqft in NW corner of Dhamma Paphulla. The expected outcomes are:
- A deeper silence (reduction of noise coming from outside)
- Cleaner air
- Reduced dependence on deep groundwater
- Enriched soil
- Catalysis of visible and invisible bioprocesses across the campus
- More birds, butterflies and proliferation of the beauties of nature
- Reduction in the cost of maintaining the kitchen
- Better health of meditators from the consumption of naturally grown safe food.
Enough meditators have volunteered, but we still need financial support. Click to get info on how to support.
Location
Alur,
Karnataka,
India
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Focus
Primary Focus: Reforestation
Secondary Focus: Rainwater Harvesting
People Getting Safe Drinking Water:
0
School Children Getting Water:
0
People Getting Sanitation:
0
People Getting Other Benefits:
3,000
Currently the centre caters to the 10-day courses as well as to many shorter courses. Thousands of meditators have already benefitted from this facility.
About 3000 meditators come to this centre each year. They will benefit from greener campus and a more secure and safer water source and locally grown food.
The outcomes include
- Implementing the principles of water: Conserve, Reuse, Harvest.
- Used water from the kitchen, dining and laundry areas will be channelled to support the planting activity.
- Over 15,000 litres of rainwater will be harvested from office area rooftops.
- A variety of vegetables grown organically to support the kitchen during courses
The benefits to all the meditators will include
- A deeper silence
- Cleaner air
- Raised water table
- Enriched soil
- Catalysis of visible and invisible bioprocesses across the campus
- More birds, butterflies and proliferation of the beauties of nature
- Reduction in the cost of maintaining the kitchen
- Better health of Sadhaks from the consumption of organically grown safe food
Start Date: 2020-09-14
Completion Date: 2020-10-31
Technology Used:
1. Foresting with native trees, fruiti trees and multi-canopy layer of trees and plants. Creation of a vegetable patch which will be be watered by drip from kitchen and laundry water. All detergents will be eco-friendly, using bio-enzymes.
2 Two underground sumps and associated plumbing - bigger one for RWH, smaller one for grey water.
Phases:
Community Organization:
Led by vipassana meditators and supported by the dhamma community for 100% funding.
Already more that 40 plus volunteers have signed up to contribute in various ways- with thoughts and ideas, with effort, with material and financially
Government Interaction:
Ancillary activities:
Other Issues:
Maintenance Revenue:
The center will regularly maintain the sumps and piping. They will seasonally clean the roofs.
Maintenance for forest garden area will require almost daily attention for 3 years.
Maintenance Cost: $1,500
Metrics:
Water level in the tanks, smell and if necessary rainfall.
Height/growth of trees.
Kg of vegetables consumed.
Number of lemons.
Cost: $500,000
Greenery Project cost estimated at Rs.5,00,000/= (ignore $ sign) including the 1st year of maintenance. Centre will upkeep the same thereafter.
Co Funding Amount:
Community Contribution Amount: $367,112
Vipassana Meditators have already contributed above amount, and are participating in its implementation.
There is a gap and we request Dhamma Community to contribute by Dana.
Fund Requested: $163,388
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