Eco Sustainable Village
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Eco Sustainable Village Motivational Module outline:
First 30 days Next 30 days After 60 days The success of any project heavily depends upon its motivation. It is the hardest part but also a must. It is just like the preparation of an anticipated harvest, one has to plow the soil, adjust its moisture content, periodically check its Ph balance, add fertilizer to maintain its fertility and arrange a defensive mechanism against floods, wind storms, drought and harmful insects. Likewise in order to achieve a measured result of a worldwide magnitude to save human sustainability, a much more powerful motivation is required. This motivation must be based upon incentives and fear like incentives of immediate benefits and fear of not having benefits, should they miss the opportunity. The motivational module answers only one question as to why we want to build eco sustainable villages. What, when, where and how to start the very first move varies from culture to culture and will be a pure judgment call, however a general step by step approach is given to initiate the process in a rural setting of any third world country. Establish a leadership role: POWERFUL HINTS Establishing a leadership role in any village one has to win the hearts and mind of their residents. The villages of third world countries the majority of resident’s poverty levels are less than a dollar per day and bringing food for their children is the only first priority. Start by hiring an eye glass polisher to provide a service to the residents with free polishing of eye glasses and some free eye glasses to those who cannot see due to impaired vision because of their seniority. Use ready made cheep or used glasses for distribution. This free help will be the first introduction or handshake. This service in a one time introduction and once the ball starts rolling; the residents will be able to take care of themselves. Offer an introductory free service of dentures and partial repair. Many poor people cannot afford to have partials and they cannot eat. Small money well spent will bring many friends almost immediately. Introduce one dish party to shard food with all in any given day once a week. This will bring the community out of their shell and communication will bring them more close to one another. Any other appropriate social work will help in establishing the leadership position. The nature of social work can be determined by the facts on the ground. Propaganda about the leader’s wealth plays a pivotal role to bringing an army of followers, however this myth must not be misused nor there any indication by words, actions, gestures or body language from the leader that might led them to expect any monetary gain. Contacts with the individuals in position is the another key factor that establishes the leadership role. MAJOR PITFALLS: Villages in third world countries are extremely divided by religious factors, customs, family history, cost and creed system and mostly a Pandora box. The leader must maintain his/her impartial position and must not be seen with any single party for a longer period of time alone otherwise he or she will be seen as the opposite party.
Mind Setting Stage:
To set the right tone for mindset the project must be water tested. Questions must be invited and discussed thoroughly. Three groups will emerge, believers, non believers and watchers. All must be welcomed to thrash each question to its bare bones for the ultimate satisfaction.
How the village can earn extra cash can be demonstrated on site by starting any of the low cost projects from "Cash cow projects". The argument that the proceeds from this micro industry could be reserved exclusively for the leader’s own gain but since this income is given to the village common pool against its operational costs to run and derive income from this source makes perfect sense that similar projects will work in the same way for its residents.
Invite guest speakers from leaders, Schools, colleges, Ngo’s, state legislature and prominent celebrities for moral support and fundraising events to build future eco human settlements. Display boards with pictures and comments are to be maintained for boosting the excitement and keeping it up for the success of this great cause. Eco Sister Village Concept Inviting other eco village representatives from other countries to bring in their literature, achievements in print media and presentations sharing their experience can be a double booster in moral and will reinforce the foundational concept of eco living. Village representatives exchange program can make a real difference to see the tangle results achieved by those who have put their heart and mind to make these things into a reality.
Organizational setup stage: This will be a right time to start organizational setup. See the village charter for guidance.
After initial success the survival and continuation of any project depends upon its flexibility and room for improvement based on the ground realities. One cannot sleep over success for a long time and since this is a continuous endeavor, its continuity depends upon the unbiased feed back, verification of its authenticity, and quick response to fix the problems by appropriate modifications within the general framework of eco sustainable living protocol. A monitoring setup should be in place from the residents to gauge the progress and optimize the system to its full potential. The monitoring individual positions may be revolving by election or by first come basis for elimination of discrimination.
For global impacts we need global outreach and that only be accomplished by effective networking and become a part of global network eco sustainable villages around the world. We can hold seminars, invite guests and world bodies to share information and also learn from their experiences.
1. Basic Motivational Module a. (Phase One) (Establishing leadership role, Social Role, The Big Picture, Money, Current Resources, Contacts, Excitement and Tempo buildup techniques). click here for details b. Ideal Eco village architecture (Best possible eco village with current technological assets in ideal conditions scenario is pictured that can be tailored to meet any geographical challenge. (click the map) c. Living protocol (Eco village community will follow their own rules of protocol to keep order in the community to attract businesses and Eco Tourism, The Village will create a social and ecological management plan to be called the Village Charter. It will have of two parts: An Agreement on the conduct of Meetings and Consensus Decision Making and the Labor Points Scheme. The Charter will detail the evolving objectives of the residents of the Village and the systems available to provide for the efficient functioning of the project. click here for details d. Village Food Bank, (Food preservation, Food Processing, Food Drying, Food Vacuum packaging, Animal food additive, Earthworm farm food, Use in compost making, Food distribution priorities and Food marketing) click here for details
2. New Jobs & services Module, (Creating new jobs and introduction of services to save labor hours, its productive use and introduction of labor hour point system) click here for details
3. Marketing module
4. Disaster response Module (Planning, preparedness and collaboration) click here for details
5. Housing/Shelter Module
6. Eco Agriculture Technology Module,
7. Village Water resources Technology Module,
8. Eco Energy production Module
9. Micro Industry Module ( Cash cow projects)
10. Eco Tourism Module
Each of the above titled 10 modules are further customized based on their geographical conditions;
Since the requirements vary by geographical areas therefore most appropriate technologies and strategic planning will be applied in those modules that are:
11. Eco Village information Center: Will provide information, data gathering source & authenticity rating in the following categories:
12. Eco village as an Out Reach Post: All government and local announcements, new job offerings, new loan offers and upcoming events will be communicated to the residents in the village. A public display board will be maintained for service providers & businesses to post their advertisement for a fee payable to the village common fund. A village signature book will be maintained for distinguished visiting guests. Regular schedules of service organizations, government personals and their visiting announcements could be tracked for their performance. A village wish list will be maintained to meet their goals and will be provided to the NGO's and local bodies who would like to help.
13. Eco village donation distribution center:Eco village will setup accounts with options to donors for every conceivable charitable cause sorted by category and sub categories. Donors will have options to add in their own preferences based on their charitable goals. a) Any proposal from the government, local or non profit organization requiring matching money for any development project will be communicated to the residents the same day to raise funds if the project is deemed essential by the village council and eco friendly. b) A ready list of top priority tasks, like eye glasses for those with impaired vision, surgery needs, dentures or collective needs like having more water fountains or economic help for schools, health care centers, may be made available to the donors and local bodies to inform them about the needs of the village to let them set their priority goals. c) A specific percentage of charity will be allocated for educational projects for children to learn new skills in technology and survival skills in particular against all odds in emergency situations. All other areas of need will be explored to keep a balance to cover all aspects of life.
14. Eco Village Emergency Response Team:In case of any disaster, village will have standby volunteers at any given time to respond quickly to any kind of emergency. This response team could be dispatched at moments notice to the affected area for immediate help. These first responders will activate their contacts with the Red crass and other Ngo’s alarming concerned departments like nearest police post, fire brigade, media and follow the instruction sheets for each contact key person in their rosters. Detailed planning of this module is available.
15. Eco Village Community Center:Village community center will be used as a marriage hall, birthday parties or social club for deeper social interaction within the village community, Advance reservation for social events and regular calendar of events will be displayed and this will be a free service to the residents. Any outsider may reserve the hall subject to availability and for a fee payable to the community center. The community center may have a small shop/ restaurant for refreshments for those who attend the congregation. The money collected by the sale of refreshments or food will be used for the community center development.
16. Eco Village Bi-Weekly News Bulletin will feature:
17. Eco Village Food Bank:Surplus food will be pooled and distributed amongst the needy in the community. All perishable food will be preserved by solar powered refrigeration or solar powered dryer’s and packed for sale or later use in the food bank storage facility. Any left over or waste food will be processed for bird food or for pet food industry. The remaining waste will be utilized in recycling it for organic compost making by earth worm farms to transfer the bad salty soil into mineral rich ph balanced topsoil. SEE LOW COST TECHNOLOGIES ILLUSTRATION
18. Eco Village Health Care Center:Village health care center have a storage room for surplus, but not out dated medicines, that are partially used and now are extra to be provided free for those who need them.
19. Eco Village as Part of Global Network:Eco village will maintain a comprehensive network with the global eco villages around the world and the databases of other eco villages, their projects and experiences to share that knowledge with local eco village and to build cross cultural bridges amongst other civilizations for a deeper connectivity and understanding of common global issues. Eco village will keep and maintain its own website on the internet to connect with the rest of the world and get help, support and take part in global trade and world forums.
20. Each house in eco village will have the following features:
21. Incentive driven project or a franchiseThe best strategy is to give different options to the people to choose from different modules they think will be best suited to their own environment or can best be tailored to their specific needs. Creating choices makes people more responsible rather than leaving no option and driving them by command. In the first scenario they are the caption of their own ship and in the second scenario we put someone else in the driving seat. Empowering people is the road for future progress in the 21st century. Eco village project must be incentive driven in order to be successful. Any other attempt to regulate it by any regulatory body will upset the whole system because the regulatory bodies have directly no vested interest in the project itself, however a franchise idea will work because a franchise would have its own vested interest in the success of their project and will maintain a consistency throughout the whole franchise system to ensure its success of their franchisees.
22. People’s imagination put to workThe success of the West is that they have created tools and a support structure on how to use these tools and they have let the people’s imagination be put to work for their own specific needs. Similarly, it is important that we adopt all successful experiments that ensure our success. Giving the choices to pick the right module and tailor it according to their needs, creates creative thinking and encourages pure innovation. When different groups use the same module for their own applications, they open new doors for jobs by creating multiple crossovers for their needs and can market their successful ideas to the rest of the world.
23. Connecting with global Issues.No one will ever listen to the intellectual stuff like green house effect, global worming, ozone depletion, deforestation, earthquakes, floods, world hunger, disease or any other issue unless these issues are connected to the most current threat facing to the local community. What, When, Where, Why and How are the questions that must be answered to demonstrated the physical impacts of global issue to their community.
24. Tourist attraction as trade:Tourism is a great source of economy for many countries. Can we attract tourists to our respective communities? The answer lies in the fact, “what do we have to offer that will attractive tourists”. If we see the world tourist hot spots, we will notice that people have a deep fascination to buy stories of historical, mythical, and cultural value or otherwise that may give them a sense of recognition or being very special. Some villages base their very existence on selling stories of flying saucers, some sell crop circles, some on Holy sites and some on historic appreciation. Any change that may affect to the community, it may be presented as a tourist hot spot. Eco villages can attractive great rush from all around the world if properly marketed and if locals are educated on tourist interactive protocol and how to cash in this prospective traffic.
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