visit to water bank

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Visit to Water Bank ,

Ankoli


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Background

What are our basic needs?

And how are they fulfilled?


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Clothing

Shelter Food

Where does theenergy requiredfor fulfilling thesecome from?


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For e.g.. RiceRice grain is planted and grows

into a plant

Nutrients in the soil areconverted to biomass

Energy of the sun, Carbon

carrying out photosynthesis

Solar energy stored in therice in the form ofcarbohydrates

And then


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For e.g.. RiceOnce the grains are formed,

they are removed and grainsare separated and manyprocesses done

Human, animal, electric(either coal or hydro)

Transport of rice to theconsumer

Petrol, Diesel

Cooking of rice

LPG, wood, keroseneetc.


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So what?Fossil Fuels are not asustainable energy source

A sustainable process is aprocess which can becarried out indefinitelywithout harming theenv ronmen n any way

Fossil fuels are carbonemitters and contributorsto global warming

Efforts need to be put atwar front to reduce thedamages caused due toglobal warming


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Why visit Ankoli?

As we have seen the way we live today is unsustainableSo then what should we do to make our lifestyle sustainable?This is exactly what Arun and Sumangal Deshpande areexperimenting with in Ankoli, Solapur

What we are going to see is radically differentIt might just make our heads spinHowever what we are going to experience is scientific factsLet us at least start thinking about these things

The eyes do not see what the mind does not know


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What is the Ankoli Project?

Current city lifestyle is unsustainableRural life has its own shortcomingsCan we combine the good elements of both these lifestyles?Arun Deshpande has thought of Rurban Lifestyle Rural+UrbanRurban Lifestyle

Rural componentProduce as much as one can consume

Prosumer (Producer + Consumer)Minimize the necessity of transport

Satisfy all needs locally (Panchakroshi)Urban Component

Latest technological advances in communication/informationrevolutionAccess to global knowledge


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Water Bank Project

For any self sustaining lifestyle water is a mustSo the development of a water bank (i.e. a bank of water)Climatic conditions of Ankoli

Total Average Annual Precipitation Rainfall and Dew 500 mmTypical Rain-shadow Area

Total rain hours 5050% rainfall in 5 hoursHeavy showers of short duration during returning monsoonLimited success to usual water conservation methods


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Glimpses of Ankoli

Front gate Arun Deshpande


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Glimpses of Ankoli

Nirmaanites take lunch withMr. Arun Deshpande

Dome where Deshpandes live


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Glimpses of Ankoli

Dome structures Water Bank


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Boards at Ankoli

There are many interesting boards at Ankoli which present shockingfacts and ask simple but profound questions and leave us scratchingour head

Have a look at what follows


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Food for Thought

Get an estimate for how much energy you will be

consuming for the Ankoli Visit!!

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