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K Madhavan kickstarted his first project in Perinthalmanna, Malappuram district (Kerala). He made use of the unwanted laterite soil from the owner's neighbourhood and turned it into compressed, stabilized interlocking blocks.
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“Using an imported block-making machine, we made about 7,000 bricks, enough to meet the requirements of Jose’s 700-sq-ft first floor. Instead of reinforced cement concrete, we used coconut timber for truss work & bamboo ply for the false ceiling.
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But the challenge had only begun. I was not an experienced builder with neither manpower nor infrastructure.
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1/ Rajesh & Vallari Shah’s home in #Bengaluru is powered by the sun, covers 9 months of water requirements through rainwater harvesting, grows 90% of its food organically and is also car-free!

Here are a few steps the couple follow: 👇
2/ Installing an 18-solar panel system with the capacity of 3KW. Apart from the microwave and the water pump; the lights, fans, fridge, computers, washing machine run on solar.

For most of the year, barring rainy days, the family lives off the electric grid.
3/ Vallari not only nurtures a terrace garden but has also converted an open-space in front of their home into a community organic backyard.

“The space in front of our house was lying vacant. Rather than having garbage thrown there, I thought why not convert it into a garden?"
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