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This Month This month

Green Health Home at VivekanandaPuram functioned for 6 days andtreated 180 patients.

Echoes of Eco - Newsletter, Vivekananda Kendra nardep , October 2011 Vol. 3 No: 8

To love is not to ask anything in return, not even to feel that you are giving something- and it is only such love that can know freedom.- J.Krishnamurthi

CAT programme on Azolla cultivationtraining to Cattle breeders was held atTRC, Kalluvilai. It was sponsored byNABARD, Chennai.It was held on 28 th and 29 th of this month intwo batches. 36 and 29 farmersrespectively attended the workshops.Dr.Kamalasanan Pillai was the resourceperson. Dr.Thaya Sekar, Dept. of AnimalHusbandry, Kanyakumari also interactedwith the participants.

Love as ones own self allExistence

Done with DST coresupport

Apiculture Training Programme wasconducted for farmers at Thethampatti,Dindigul Dist.

This was conducted on 28 th of thismonth. 18 farmers attended it and beehives with colonies were installed forthem after the training. Shri.Kannanof KVIC, Madurai was the resourceperson.

We have to take the wholeuniverse as the expression ofthe one Self. Then only ourlove flows to all beings andcreatures in the world equally.Just as a flower gives out itsfragrance to whomsoeverapproaches or uses it, so lovefrom within us radiatestowards everybody andmanifests as spontaneousservice When we feed,clothe and attend onanybody, we feel like doing allthese things to our own body,

for which we do not expectany return or praise orcommendation, because allbodies are our own: for, weas the all-pervading Atman orSpirit reside in all bodies..

-Swami Ramdas

This Month

This new multi-colored book onAgricultural technologies is a must forevery field-worker and farmer andstudent of sustainable development.This Tamil book can be purchasedfrom VK-nardep. This is a book thatwill make you an organic farmer andtechnologist for sustainabledevelopment. The book is sponsoredby FORD Foundation, New Delhi.


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Both dance and dream are brought into being by the consciousness of a moment. They can never be repeated or successfully imitated. But you can dance and dream again. You must, if life is to

continue.- Lyall Watson

Dr.Ganapathi showing a collection of Visha VaidyaTraditional medicines kept in age old containers.

Shakti-Surabhi Training Programme: Multi-media session in Progress.

Dr.V.Ganapathy gave a talk in the Guest lectureprogramme of South Indian TraditionalVaidyars Federation conducted at St.XaviersCollege, Palayamkottai on 7 th of this month. 150persons attended. The topic was Siddha Varmatreatment for Coleus fracture

Dr.V.Ganapathy gave a lecture in the Guest lectureprogramme of Velumail Siddha Medical College,Sriperumpudhur, Kancheepuram Dist.The venuewas Velumail Siddha Medical College Auditorium on11 th. The audience numbered 300. Dr.V.Ganapathygave a talk on Basic fundamental studies onSiddhars Pulse theory

Dr.V.Ganapathy gave a lecture in the Guest LectureProgramme at the Southen Railway, ChennaiConference Hall, Railway Head quarters, Central,Chennai on 11 th. The audience numbered 200. Thetopic was Siddha Rejuvenative Care for commonproblems

A Workshop on Traditional Siddha Visha Vaidya

Practices was held at TRC Kalluvillai on 18th

ofthis month. It was held under the auspices ofAYUSH, New Delhi. 105 persons participated in theworkshop. Dr.V.Ganapathy and his team acted asthe resource persons.

Happenings: This month

A Slide from Dr.Ganapathis multi-media presentationon Siddha Varma treatment for Coleus fracture. Thepresentation shows how Varma treatment involves notjust harnessing the hidden healing potentials of Varmapoints but also the use of herbal formulation bothinternal and external applications in the healingprocess. Thus he presents the system as a holistichealing system.

64 th Anniversary programme of Gandhigram Trustwas held at Dr.Soundaram Manimandapam,

Gandhigram, Dindigul Dist on 7th

of this month.Shri.G.Vasudeo was the Chief guest. 300 peopleparticipated.

24 Students of Vivekananda College,Agasteeswaram visited our J.C.Bose Nursery andlearned about Vermi compost technology as part ofstudy tour on 13 th of this month.

On 13 th of this month at Noorul Islam Centre forHigher Education, Noorul Islam University,Kumaracoil Sri.G.Vasudeo presented a paper onVulnerability factors in Disaster Management onInternational Day for Disaster Reduction. 200students along with faculty members attended theprogramme.

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Echoes of Eco - Newsletter, Vivekananda Kendra nardep , Octiber 2011 Vol. 3 No: 8

Learning is finding out what you already know. Doing is demonstrating that you know it. Teaching is reminding others that they know just as well as you. You are all learners, doers, and teachers.

Richard Bach

This month Shakthi Surabhi

Workshop on Kitchen Waste (Shakti Surabhi) Biogas Plant was conducted at the TechnologyResource Center of VK-nardep. This was organized under DST, Core Support

It was conducted on 29 th of this month and 26 persons attended it. TV-crew from PuthiyaThalai Murai a popular TV channel came and filmed the Shakthi Surabhi both its technical

and user aspects. This was telecasted this month.


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Echoes of Eco - Newsletter, Vivekananda Kendra nardep , April 2009 Vol. I No: 2

Diversity enriches a culture. We do not want to destroy diversity, but we shall subject our diversity to a central thread of spiritual unity. That was the vision of the ancient sages. That vision has continued to inspire India through the ages, including this modern period.

-Swami Ranganathananda


From OurPublications

Online Catalogue on

our publications

Green AgriculturalTechnologies (Tamil)

This is a book on agriculturaltechnologies that are sustainableand eco-friendly. These are cost-effective do-it-yourself technologiesat the backyard of the farmer. Thebook gives the importance and theneed of these technologies and alsotheir relevance to small and marginalfarmers. The book speaks about theneed for creating a web of relations

inside the farmers homestead.

Starting from the need to preservesoil prosperity through theunderstanding of the nature of soil,the book explains technologies thatwill increase the vitality of the soil.Starting with the well knowntechnologies like Vermi-compost, thebook moves through lesser knownbut effective technologies likevermin-water, compost tea and livingwater.

All these technologies increase theeffective micro-organisms in the soiland have the capacity to reclaim thesoil which has been depleted of itsmicro and macro fauna as well asmicro-nutrients as a result ofexcessive usage of chemical fertilizersand pesticides,

The book prepared by VK-nardepteam headed by Dr. KamalasananPillai, then deals with natural growthpromoters like Pancha Gavya (wellknown) and Fish amino (little known).

The book then moves on to integratedpest management. It shows hownatural enemies of insects can beused against pests in the fields tocreate an ecological balance. Then thebook deals with how to prepare avariety of plant formulations as pestrepellants. The book also deals indetail with backyard Azolla technology

developed by VK-nardep.

Then the book shows how we cancreate a variety of links throughintegrated farming using livestock,poultry and apiculture. The book is inTamil. It is richly illustrated with colourpictures and photos. This is also a do-it-yourself book and a guide. This is amust for all farmers and students ofsustainable development in TamilNadu.

Online catalogue of our publicationswith price list as well as descriptionand cover pictures has beenpublished in our website.

Bio-Gas Slurry basedAgricultural Inputs


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Vivekananda Kendra nardep , Kanyakumari-629702 Phone:91-4652-246296 www.vknardep.org

Eko vashi sarva-bhutantaratma; the one Self in all beings and rupam rupam pratirupo babhuva; assumes separate forms in respect of different shapes. To those who realize this truth belongs eternal peace. One infinite Reality appears in diverse forms. Realize this truth. That is the way to gain life. That is the way to become truly immortal. Jagadish Chandra Bose

When offering this universal,ancient, Sanskrit prayer, it affirmsa testimony to the truth of our lifeon earth. It states:

Asatho ma sat gamaye (Lead usfrom untruth to truth)

Tamaso ma jyotir gamaye (Leadus from nescience to light)

Mrityor ma amritam gamaye (Lead us from death to immortality)

O God, let humanity dwell in truth,in divine light, and in theblessedness of immortality. Allowmankind to ultimately receive thelasting peace and happiness itssoul longs to obtain. I pray that allpeople will live in harmony with allbeings in a world without war andstrife, respecting others' culturesand traditions, and valuing theimportance of preserving andprotecting our earth with its naturalresources and environment. Whata glorious day it will be when divineco-existence will be the idyllic,spiritual way of life throughout theworld.

These wonderful truths, thesespiritual precepts and values takeus onto the path of righteousnessthat leads to the holiness ofeverlasting life in God.

Diversity means many links, manydifferent approaches to the sameproblem. So a diverse community isa resilient community. A diversecommunity is one that can adapt tochanging situations, and thereforediversity is another very importantprinciple of ecology.

Diversity is astrategic advantage for a communityif, and only if, there is a vibrantnetwork of relationships, if there is afree flow of information through allthe links of the network. Thendiversity is a tremendous strategicadvantage. However, if there isfragmentation, if there are subgroups

in the network or individuals who arenot really part of the network, thendiversity can generate prejudice, itcan generate friction, and as weknow well from our inner cities, it cangenerate violence. All the researchabout diverse learning styles anddiverse intelligences will beextremely useful if and only if there isa vibrant community where you haveinterdependence, a vibrant networkof relationships, and cyclical flows ofenergy and information. So these are

some of the basic principles ofecology: interdependence, recycling,partnership, flexibility, diversity, andas a consequence of all these,sustainability.

Conserve Diversity Understand Diversity Venerate Diversity

Alice ColtraneJazz Musician

I think the so-called privilegedWesterners need to rethink the last500 years of history and look atother cultures with fresh eyes.Academic rational knowledge hasfundamentally misjudged indigenouscultures that have other ways ofknowing, and looked down on them,but by opening intercultural spacesfor scientists and shamans to havedialogues, well have better tools forunderstanding the world. Westernscientists are beginning to uncovertwo facts of life that indigenousshamans have known for millennia:All of nature teems with intelligenceand all life is interconnected.

An indigenous culture with sufficientterritory, and bilingual andintercultural education, is in a betterposition to maintain and cultivate itsmythology and shamanism.Conversely, the confiscation of theirlands and imposition of foreigneducation, which turns their youngpeople into amnesiacs, threatensthe survival not only of thesepeople, but of an entire way of

knowing. It is as if one were burningdown the oldest universities in theworld and their libraries, one afteranother thereby sacrificing theknowledge of the world's futuregenerations.

- Fritjof CapraPhysicist

Jeremy NarbyAnthropologist

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