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Permaculture at CEL, Kundapur

Permaculture at CEL, Kundapur

Permaculture is a fundamental part of “Sustainable Agriculture” and it is what we have adopted at the “Centre for Experiential Living” (CEL), Kundapur. It is a whole system for providing human needs, using natural resources by maintaining its state of resilience, avoiding the use of limited resources. During December 2019, we reset the organic garden of the Centre using an organic “Synergic” method, based on the respect of the natural cycle, re-use of the resources already existing around the site,…

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I realised the problem is small, but the effect is huge, thanks to FSL India’s 100th Monkey programme – Rajeshwari, 9th Std, Siddivinayaka School, Karki

I realised the problem is small, but the effect is huge, thanks to FSL India’s 100th Monkey programme – Rajeshwari, 9th Std, Siddivinayaka School, Karki

Until the 10th session, I have been having fun in FSL India’s 100th monkey sessions. As I am staying at a residential school, I have all the facilities here. I had to challenge myself, if there is a problem I have to check it once again. For the 12th session, thanks to the facilitator, I became a Group leader, so it was a little complicated for me to lead the group with problem solving. So I realised that near our…

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LTV Orientation – December 2019

LTV Orientation – December 2019

In the month of December 2019, FSL India, Kundapura hosted 3 Long Term Volunteers from Italy, France and Denmark at our CEL (Centre for Experiential Living), at Kundapur. Our volunteers underwent different practical, theoretical and outdoor sessions for their successful journey in India and actively took part in each session. FSL India’s facilitators have taken extra care in organising this Orientation, in which some sessions included conflict management, roles and responsibilities, culture and Indian lifestyle, safety guidelines information, project introduction…

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Christmas Eve Celebrations 2019 at CEL, Kundapur

Christmas Eve Celebrations 2019 at CEL, Kundapur

Christmas at 30° C: HBP Volunteers celebrate Christmas far away from home. For most volunteers, Christmas is a family holiday, so this year will, for sure, be different. Sharing stories about our different Christmas celebrations, it is apparent that the traditions vary much, not only from nation to nation but also from family to family. What will Christmas be like in our part of India and in the new context of the “CEL Family”? (CEL is short for Centre of…

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Creating Art for Awareness

Creating Art for Awareness

How can we reach out to people, to make them reflect upon their behaviours and gain knowledge about how those behaviours effect the environment? At FSL India, we approach people in many different ways, in school sessions, writing these blog posts, creating activities to involve locals, and also using the media to reach even more people, to name some examples. Displaying messages about a sustainable future on public wall paintings is an artsy way to gain much attention. This week,…

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LTV Cultural Event at Kollur on 19th December 2019 – Kollur Mookambika Goddess blesses FSL India’s volunteers

LTV Cultural Event at Kollur on 19th December 2019 – Kollur Mookambika Goddess blesses FSL India’s volunteers

“There’s the 9 o’clock bus”, Dinesh my coordinator says. We are still waiting for Miri, another volunteer and we realise we will have to take the next bus. The 3 of us are going to Kollur for a cultural visit today. “There’s Miri!” I exclaim as Miri descends from the 9 o’clock bus and walks towards us. We burst into laughter. She is right on time, and didn’t know what bus Dinesh had planned for us to take. Oh, well,…

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Climate Justice Campaign

Climate Justice Campaign

On 13th December 2019, on the occasion of ‘Kodi Habba’, The Clean Kundapura Project and FSL India jointly organised an awareness campaign about Anti-Plastic and Sea Turtle Conservation along with the FSL India volunteer’s staff and Clean Kundapura Project volunteers during the Koteshwara festival. The team members of Clean Kundapura Project and FSL India volunteers spread awareness among the festival visitors through distributing flyers and interacting with them. Since many shop keepers used plastics for packing items, we visited shops…

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LTV Cultural Event, Pondicherry – December 2019

LTV Cultural Event, Pondicherry – December 2019

On 16th December 2019, FSL-India, Pondicherry’s coordinator organised a Cultural Event (CE) for our regular LTV volunteers. Every month, we organise a cultural event for our regular volunteers and we take them to any cultural and historical places which are located in and around Pondicherry. This month, the Cultural Event was focused on Religion, the Nataraja temple and Thillai Kaali, at Chidambaram. The Nataraja Temple, also referred to as the Chidambaram Nataraja temple or Thillai Nataraja temple, is a Hindu…

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Street cleaning in Kandlur

Street cleaning in Kandlur

Today’s dirt and ignorance will have to be cleaned up and paid for by tomorrow’s generations. FSL India’s HBP volunteers, staff and school teachers participating in street cleaning with schoolchildren in Kandlur on 13th of December, was an obvious example of that. Seeing schoolchildren climbing down into the trenches alongside of the road, collecting bottles, plastic wrappers, old paper etc. For these particular children, the street cleaning session was faced with enthusiasm. The children were divided into groups, each responsible…

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LTV Cultural Event, Mysore– December 2019

LTV Cultural Event, Mysore– December 2019

On 9th December 2019, FSL India, Mysore’s coordinator organised a Cultural Event (CE) for our regular LTV volunteers. Every month, we organise a cultural event for our regular volunteers and we take them to any cultural and historical places which are located in and around Mysore. This month, the Cultural Event was focused on Nature – KRS Dam, Mandya. The Brindavan Gardens is a garden located in the Mandya district of the state of Karnataka, India. It lies adjoining the…

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