Projects

Project Summary

Build a safe and accessible 7500 feet metal fence around the farming/grazing area of Lot 384.

Fence details

Fence built with metal posts and page wire (aka galvanized netting).  6 gates allow residents and cowherders to access grazing land and move cows.  New fence does not cross any roads!

Opportunity

Cows will benefit from more grazing areas and this will regenerate the land.   SVHI residents can farm on fenced-off farmland after cows have grazed.

We host volunteers at the Vedic Eco Village year round. We provide basic facility for bathing and cooking with a outdoor kitchen area.

Campground for Volunteers

• campground office trailer
• common kitchen/chulha mass heater. 
• common solar shower/outhouse
• tents available

Fires and Cooking

Our traditional vedic mud-stoves (chulha) are used for cooking and heating. We have successfully implemented multiple sparkless chulha stoves, combining rocket mass heater technology and traditional Vedic cooking methods.  

Our Training Camp offers in-field seminars on Vedic principles and technologies

• Hands-on, hands-in education 
• Trainees stay at Vedic Eco Village campground

A day in the life at Vedic Eco Village:

Start your day in a serene environment which supports self-regulation and deeper sadhana. 

Hands-on learning about cooking with fire forestry, gardening, natural building, cob, arts, crafts & markets. 

On-going Experiences

Our Apple, Pear, Cherry, Apricot, Hazelnut and Walnut trees trees are 10 years old.  Raspberries, strawberries, currants, gooseberries, honeyberries (hascaps) and saskatoon berries are growing. Millet, buckwheat, grains and pulse seeds are being saved for future plantings. 

The southern fruit orchard has 4 trees planted and installed drip lines.   We have built a temporary fence but will need a permanent one when there are bigger trees giving fruit.

The co-op orchard in the north of eco village has apple, pear, plum and apricot trees, as well as berries. 

A small "Nature Cure" clinic for Eco Village residents and guests.  We grow and create our own medicines.

• Natural, locally grown and harvested medicines
• Cow medicines
• Holistic health care
• Patients stay in small cabins during summer time.
• Yoga Therapy

Vaidhyashala

Indian traditional medical science through Ayurveda. Ayurveda draws from the ancient knowledge of holistic healing and believes in restoring the harmony of the body.  Vaidhyashala educate and train the upcoming generation of healers.

The Learning Center (patha shalla) will host a Vaishnava College and provide brahmana and ksatriya training as well as accommodating other teachings.  

Vedic teachings point to universal basic concepts and principles that can help lead individuals and society to a peaceful, healthy and productive life. Those principles are based on an agrarian lifestyle promoting sustainability, self-sufficiency, localized living and respect and protection of all living entities, especially the cows, all centered on a strong character formation upholding moral, ethical and spiritual values.

A rocket mass heater consists of an insulated combustion chamber where fuel is burned with high efficiency at high temperature, and a large thermal mass in contact with the exhaust gases which absorbs most of the generated heat before the gases are released to the atmosphere.

We have built rocket mass heater to heat water and provide a warm area to bath.  We are working with various recipes for plaster, for example:

We acquired a canadian made wood mill with a saw blade that can cut logs up to 2 feet wide.  Most of the trees we are milling are only one foot wide because large trees cannot grow in a dense forest due to competition for sunlight, water and soil.

We inherited an over grown forest, thick with small trees fighting each other for survival.  The forest floor was full of debris from fallen trees and branches.  This pile up of forest debris is a great fire risk

First we cleared the debris and sorted it into piles for garden mulch, wind blocking piles and burnable wood. Thin trees were thinned and used fire wood and fence materials.  Larger trees can be made into building material.

Waterline covers 3500 feet and seven hydrants.  The pipeline, hydrant and various brass fittings for the connections costs over $ 10,000.   The work involved digging up a six feet deep canal.  The first 1500 feet is a two-inch pipe to the entrance of the Eco Village and the balance of 2000 feet is one-inch pipe.

Work was started and completed in May of 2017.