Category Archives: Waste
Shooting Angles- Pondy Art-
Photographer Karthik Subramaniam discusses the politics of photographing politics followed by Arun Vijay Mathavan at an event in Pondicherry's Pondy Art Venue on Rue Suffren. A short question and answer session is also presented.
LFA2017 - 3R
Past Friday LFA2017 has successfully started, and Ribhu and Marc are talking about it.
As Ribhu says "a little campaign" of LFA or Litter Free Auroville 2017 is going on for next almost three weeks with the main purpose to engage the whole community on the topic of our trash. They are trying to center their efforts in the ways how to treat our garbage with the mission to come to the zero waste...
Wastless(educational part), Upcylcing Studio(take care of difficult waste stream) and Eco Service(picking our daily waste) are main players in those efforts, and they are trying to reach integral service, an approach to treat waste.
Marc and Ribhu founded their "heart" in garbage, and are passionately dealing with waste .... on the road of sustainability, which always starts with ourself, on daily basis.
Reduce Reuse Recycle
and sometimes also
Refuse
Eco Service Update with Gillian
Gillian has been involved with Eco service for over 20 years. Here she gives us an update on the changes such as; the success of the educational work initiated by Rajamanikiam, the recent changes made by Alex and the future expanding needs.
Des meubles en Tetra Pack !
Dimanche, Marc a propose un workshop au Youth Center sur la fabrication de tabourets en Tetra Pack. Oui, vous avez bien lu, nous parlons bien des briques de lait et de jus de fruit. Grace a un astucieux assemblage des briques entre elles pour enfermer de l air a l interieur, il est possible de realiser des meubles tres resistants. Les cinq participants ont egalement appris a les recouvrir de posters decores et a fabriquer du papier mache pour une assise plus confortable. Marc nous explique l origine de ce projet de recyclage ecolo et rigolo.
Trashion Show 2017 Backstage
The second Auroville Trashion Show took place the 1st of April but it wasn't an April fool at all...
Andrea jumped on the backstage to get some short interviews with Marc, Pragnya, Arlette, Chandra and Mukhta.
The Auroville Trashion Show 2017 in 41 shots (pics by Piero Cefaloni)
https://www.facebook.com/auroville.radio/posts/1029793613818915
The whole recorded event
http://www.aurovilleradio.org/lfa2017-trashion-show
The Auroville Trashion Show 2010
http://www.aurovilleradio.org/trashion-show
Impressions from The Trashion Show 2010
http://www.aurovilleradio.org/impressions-from-the-trashionshow
Litter Free Auroville Day 1
Litter Free Auroville is an initiative put forward in order to eliminate waste from Auroville by using creative means. The first day we witnessed performances where plastic and other waste products were used as instruments. The exhibitions also opens up an array of creative ways these wastes can be used innovatively. We also spoke to the organizers of the event who gave us further clarity on the aim behind the initiative.
For more details on the event, do check out the link:
http://artservice.auroville.org/programs-litter-free-auroville-2017
The waste management in auroville
In Auroville there are many places but for cleaning around Auroville and to make our peaceful city without any pollution is the Eco Service ,near Naturallement . Their aim is to reduce the pollution because pollution is destroying the environment, the earth and people who lives here. So at Eco Service are trying to stop it and to keep the city clean, and as close to zero waste as much is possible . The ladies who works there separate each of the wastes into 24 categories. Eco Service also wants to set an example surrounding villages.
A talk by Ribhu and Marc
During the Litter Free Auroville 2017 Ribhu (from Wasteless) and Marc (from Upclycling studio) gave a very inspiring talk explaining the current waste management systems in our country and how it is affecting the environment. It started with a movie 'Trash to Treasure, about upcycling and recycling'. Then they talked about how it has become a need to change this system as soon as possible otherwise all of our lands are gonna be converted into a big dumpster. The talk was actively joined by many people.
Interview with Ok on Upcycling
Ok talks about how to make Auroville litter free by accumulating waste and using it innovatively. She talks about her workshop that involved making cushions out of plastic. In this interview Ok further talks about the idea behind Upcycling Studio, challenges faced and her aspirations.
Behavior Study on Waste
On Monday Min and Akshay of "earth & us" presented their findings from a study of how garbage is handled in Auroville. This study was on waste in particular but was conceptualized as an example for behavioral change more generally. Many Aurovilians see the need for more ecological practices being normalized in the day to day life of the community. How do we encourage those practices to take hold? Listen to the first part of the presentation and see the {slideshow} for ideas and findings that make for the beginnings of an answer.