Campus Development Committee - An Introduction for Collective Understanding

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Gaurav Gupta

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Jan 26, 2015, 3:58:17 AM1/26/15
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Dear Friends (PALS),


I, (Gaurav) recently joined the Campus Development Committee.



My Introduction


I live in Delhi, Lakhimpur (UP), Rishikesh and a few other places. After College I spend sometime in the field of Adventure Sports, Experiential & Outdoor Education. Recently I experienced a deep inclination towards Sustainable Living as the way forward.


As now you understand why I chose to join the CDC (Campus Development Committee), I would like to take this forward to what CDC is thinking currently ---


In the 1st BILIGHT Event, we chalked down a few Guidelines.


The purpose to create these Guidelines is -- At any given period in time, certain challenges will be faced by the Campus. To keep everyone focused on the core issues, some guidelines could be kept in mind. You may or may not have a guideline at all.


The nature of these Guidelines is – They can be revisited every 6 months for additions, updates or removal.



PRESENT GUDELINES CHALKED DOWN

  • Ø   Any inspiration for developing the campus should be towards honoring humanity and not towards any boundary as mentioned in the core philosophy of the Boundaryless Initiative
  • Ø  Sustainable Development keeping future generation in mind

 

TECHNOLOGIES WE ARE LOOKING AT IN CDC MEETS


1.       Solar – We have identified a few PALS who can throw some light on how to reach self sustainability on energy development through harnessing the sun’s energy. We will trouble you soon. J

2.       Understanding Monkey Behavior – At Sabka Ghar, mainly 2 species of monkeys are found. They are ‘Rhesus Cacaque ‘& ‘Gray Langoor’. Their presence in the area has stopped almost 80% of farming as they destroy all possible crops. Fencing, simple or electric, in many parts of India is only partially successful, & mainly not a permanent solution.
 
3.       Earthships – Popularly known as Architecture that breathes. They are a little higher budgeted if 100% setup is made, but once they come to life they take care of their Heating & Cooling bills, Electricity bills, Water bills, Food bills. They also recycle 70% of their waste. The good news is that there is lot of experimentation going on by using locally made material to bring its cost down. For reference - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jnkv_qj1xUc
 
4.       Permaculture -- "Permanent agriculture" methods inspired by Masanobu Fukuoka's natural farming philosophy.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture
 
5.       Landscaping – Even before any development takes place we need a Macro & Micro Analysis done on the whole area so that effective planning can take place with all brains on the same page, literally. Engineers and interested PALS are invited.

 

We are also working on designs and would love guidance on

 

“A Good Design will save the world”. Some interesting websites to keep oneself inspired --


http://inhabitat.com/

http://www.treehugger.com/

http://freshome.com/

http://www.jetsongreen.com/

 


WHAT WE ARE STARTING SOON


LIFE SKILLS WORKSHOPS


We are talking to everyone under the sun about offering some of their time to the kids living at BAALM Campus. A few hours of sharing any skill that you have can become a joyous experience for many. Music, Dance, Outdoors, Masonry, Craftsmanship, Art etc etc etc. Just tell us and we will arrange whatever you want – Video Conference, Visit & or stay…..

 

NOTE – We at CDC humbly request everyone to introduce yourselves about where you are based, what takes up your work time, and how can you help us move forward if you may choose to. Even your suggestions are highly appreciated.


Also we invite you to our many life skills workshops whenever they happen at Sabka Ghar. We will keep you posted about them.

 

JJJ

Prakash Mohan Dimri

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Jan 26, 2015, 5:54:57 AM1/26/15
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Beautiful. Keep it up Gaurav. Thanks for your regular auspicious visit of Sabak Ghar, Uttarakhand, India.

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Sandeep Rishi

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Jan 26, 2015, 11:08:24 AM1/26/15
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Gaurav,

As today you describe your vision its really inspiring.

Stuti Jain Saini

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Jan 27, 2015, 1:29:03 AM1/27/15
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awesome mail Gaurav. Kudos to Blight and team Pals

stuti
roorkee

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        विकल जो बिखरे हैं निरुपाय!
समन्वय उनका करे समस्त,  
         विजयिनी मानवता हो जाय !! 
                             -Jayshankar Prasad ... in Kamayani

Prakash Mohan Dimri

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Jan 27, 2015, 5:26:06 AM1/27/15
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Gaurav,
             Plan to stay Sabka Ghar for few days. Definitely you will remove/improve many hurdles.
             Video-Bridge is one such core-issue. 
             If possible connect Video-Bridge from Sabka Ghar to Praveen Sharma ( pksh...@gmail.com, residing at Boston ). His daughter Parinita wanst to connect with BAALM children in regular interval i.e. in every Saturday.

Prakash   

Gaurav Gupta

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Jan 27, 2015, 6:16:09 AM1/27/15
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Dear Prakashda, Sandeep ji, Stuti ji & all PALS,

Thank you every one for my acceptance to the group.

A request to everyone who is posting in the introduction thread -----

Please introduce yourselves about where you are living, what takes up your time, knowledge about anything you could throw some light on or connect us to required people. This will go a long way in creating a list of skills we already have so that we save a lot of time in R&D work. The key technologies & challenges we are working on is already mentioned in the first post of this thread.

The introduction email was to bring everyone on one page about what all technologies the CDC is looking at for developing. Please bring out any additions if you think can be added and we will include them as well.

Already spoken to Vishal and we are connecting to what has been done. We need to compile all the info together so we don't repeat what's already been done earlier - research & ground work.

For next 2 days I(Gaurav) will be travelling so will catch up with everyone later.

Presently, one key focus we are trying is to arrange some life skills workshops for the kids. This should start by Feb, 2015.

We are talking to some people for Music, Dance, Clay toys making, Rope work (for building adventure activities, hammocks etc).

Praveen ji, I have added you to this thread as Prakashda mentioned you. Infact, we were thinking of setting up workshops through video conferencing at Sabka Ghar. Parinita could bring a good start to this initiative. 

Thanks for your support everyone. Good things are coming ahead. :) 

Regards,
CDC
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Gaurav Gupta

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Jan 27, 2015, 11:13:49 AM1/27/15
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Prakashda, Munesh Sir,

Can u help in answering this?

Regards,
CDC

On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 9:40 PM, Praveen Sharma <pksh...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Gaurav,
i wanted to know the reliability of internet connection to Sabka Ghar? how we can get a redundant link, what will be the cost for it? can be get a internet link that provides guaranteed up-time on the link? 

thanks
praveen

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Ph: 978 697 0563

Munesh Kumar

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Jan 27, 2015, 11:23:31 AM1/27/15
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Dear Praveen,

a 2 MBPS internet connection is available at Sabka ghar.... which is fairly reliable... any upgradation is possible only through a few kilometers of Fibre Optic line, the cost of which is prohibitive ,,,,

Cheers 

शक्ति के विद्युत्कण विन्यस्त,
        विकल जो बिखरे हैं निरुपाय!
समन्वय उनका करे समस्त, 
         विजयिनी मानवता हो जाय !! 
                             -Jayshankar Prasad ... in Kamayani
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Munesh Kumar, Delhi
9013850420, www.boundaryless.net 
(Committed to the creation of a Boundaryless World)

Gaurav Gupta

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Jan 27, 2015, 11:32:41 AM1/27/15
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Praveen Sir,

Do let us at CDC know what kind of workshop would it be. What props might be needed. 

For any help CDC is ready to help.

Regards,
CDC

Prakash Mohan Dimri

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Jan 27, 2015, 10:41:03 PM1/27/15
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Namastey to All.

On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 1:26 PM, pksharma <pksh...@gmail.com> wrote:
That's good to know. Pari I'd also putting a fund drive together to collect computer for sabka ghar. How does the custom clearance logistics going to be?  

Pari would like to have a 1 hr webex session with the kids on Saturdays. 

Who can she work with?

Praveen


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