From the beginning of human habitation a natural village has
consisted of buildings wholly constructed of natural and
recycled materials. The villagers tend gardens and run
businesses, with a goal of being over 50% — and as close to 100%
as possible — self-sufficient in food production. The village
also looks to the sun, wind and water to complement its grid-
supplied energy consumption. With care, each village can restore
its local environment back into a healthy condition of food
producing landscape with lovely natural homes nestled in central
clusters, as the tradition has held since our beginnings.
Sharing daily survival goals in such a village (or neighborhood)
— one consisting of adults and children, animals, gardens and
environmentally-friendly technology creates an inherently stable
home life and supportive community atmosphere, which in turn
contributes to meeting people’s basic needs for food, social
life and shelter. Pictured above: near the village of
Rudraprayag, nestled between the Alak Anand and