Vedic Eco Village Community Development
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Help build the prototype Vedic Eco Village for Canada and create a spiritual atmosphere by focusing on the practices of cow protection, brahminical culture and self-realization.
A wildfire recently touched our community we are asking your help to manifest our development plans in harmony with nature, accepting and preparing for future fires and other weather extremes. You can help by volunteering, fulfilling our wish list or investing in our development plan.
Our key projects this year focus on facilities and fenced grazing land for a new goshala.
Caring for cows, farming, stewarding the forest, milling lumber, building infrastructure and forest-based activities are our priorities.
We are laying the foundation for bringing about a gradual global social transformation through training education based on the ancient scientific principles and concepts of Sanatana Dharma.
Post Fire Priorities
- Rebuild fire-proof library in it's intended colony location
- Collect Vedic Books
- Print evacuation plan and maps with survival guide
- Trailer full of supplies and food that can be pulled by ox
- Fire safe structures and nourish forest with water lenses
Future Self Regulating Shelters and Cow Goshala
- Earth insulated, passive solar, energy efficient shelters
- underground + earth roof = Fire proof !!!
- solar and hydro powered
- walls coated with plaster and dung
- hemp straw and clay walls/insulation
- sparkless chulha replacing wood stoves and propane cooking
Campground for Volunteers
- management and security office
- common kitchen
- common solar shower
- tents available
- animal enclosures and special care for lost cows
Future Steps
- Start daily training camp for vedic living off grid
- Replace plastic greenhouse with walipini
- Replace mill with people/ox powered engine
- Print evacuation plan and maps with survival guide
- move seed bank underground
- build learning center: facility for workshops, classes, seminars
Wish List:
Village Infrastructure:
- quality tents for new volunteers
- solar panels, heat exchanger, thermoelectric generators and microhydro turbines
- salt water or sand battery or equivalent sustainable and clean power storage
- excavator to dig holes, build roads, remove stumps/trees and clean-up fire damage
- campground office and facilities
Building Materials:
- windows and doors
- battery operated or hand tools and saws
- canvas cloth (natural materials, no plastic)
- screws, nails, rope, fasteners and strong ties
- hydrated lime plaster
PROJECT UPDATES:
Underground Greenhouse
Hole dug by excavator. South wall of glass and north wall of logs/cob next. Reciprocal roof
colony fences (aka X-fences) have started - built from thinned trees in nearby over-grown forests.
Orchard Expansion
orchard has berries, apple, pear, plum and apricot trees and berries, plus hazelnut and walnut trees.
Preparing to dig NE facing dug-out cave for cowshed, wood stove, worker house, storage shed, warm water
Volunteer Kitchen
Prasadam for the volunteers, interns and residents is required. A chulha is being built at Maharaj's cabin
Nature Cure Clinic
Health center and apothecary will be located in the colony near the goshala. Currently creating a mobile apothecary for the Thursday Trade Faire
Wood Mill
Bandsaw mill cuts 2 feet wide trees, up to 10 feet
Good for making 4by4 pillars, beams and boards.
Dharma Discovery
Nature building, cobbing and cooking harvested foods. Chulha stoves are fueled by cow dung & wood chopped by kids.
Development Timeline
2017 Project begins, land acquired, waterlines built
2022 Expansion of garden + mass heater for worker facilities
2023 Ox shelter in garden + expansion of gardens + outreach center
2024 Grazing land fences + Goshala foundation begins + Campground
2025 Goshala hosts cows + construction on remaining projects
Project Finance
We are seeking $78,200 to:
- engage, employ and empower workforce
- expansion of gardens & orchards
- project start-up materials & costs
- investment in vedic technologies
More project details in our Development Plan
Our mission is to manifest the vision of Varnasrama villages, as proposed by Srila Prabhupada and our Acharyas. Varnasrama provides self sufficiency and fulfills the material and spiritual needs of our community and the next generations.
In modern society, we fight with nature. We are guilty of being part of the wrong kind of civilization. Here, instead of the insidious stream of new technologies, we are satisfied with traditional methods of living.
Thanks for your support!
ॐ श्रीसुराभ्यै नमः OM Surabhyai Namah!
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Vedic Eco Village
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Windermere, BC