Day 3 began with an early morning start preparing for the week ahead. Our first interview took place in the morning and in the afternoon we prepped questions for future interviews. We could not have finished this work without the invaluable help our new friends, Shreya, Avinash, Pratyusha (interns of Lalit) and Saranya (intern of …
Day 2: Presentation Day
Our first full day in Auroville began with a group debrief breakfast and presentation prep in our tree office. At 11:00 am we presented our initial work to the Auroville community. We had a bigger turnout than expected - approximately 40 people attended the presentation and offered us valuable feedback on our work. After the …
Day 1: Orientation with Lalit
On Day 1 (aka Carling's Birthday), the team left the Chennai Airport and arrived in Auroville around 11:00 am. We immediately met with Lalit, our client from the Auroville Integral Sustainability Institute, for the best chai ever at the Visitors Centre. Lalit then took us on a tour of Auroville and parts of its Greenbelt. …
Travelling to Auroville
On November 29th and 30th, the team traveled to Auroville. Nadia left from Montreal, stopping in London and Mumbai before arriving in Chennai. The team is very proud of her for taking her first flight ever, all by herself! Snaps for Nadia!!!!!!! The remaining seven team members traveled from Toronto, stopping in London before arriving …
Preparing for Auroville
The India Project Course team has been busy for the past three months preparing to travel to Auroville. Preparing for the trip has involved undertaking a variety of important activities such as: - Heavily researching tourism impact management tools and plans used worldwide - Building our knowledge about the Indian planning system - Conducting Skype …
AUROVILLE 2018 