Day 1 07 Dec (Thu) 2:00pm - 9:00pm CEPT campus - Orientation & Lecture Presentations on Creative use of Urban Commons; Anal Vaishnav Expert talk and Dinner at Seva Café :a food for thought/ GIFT economy based on collective consciousness (local visit - to be self arranged by students - Dinner cost included in total expenses) Day 2 08 Dec (Fri) 9:00am - 5:00pm Visit to Serenity Library & Botanical Gardens, Gandhinagar; Expert Talk, nature trail into Anal Vaishnav canopied jungle, scrub forest & herbarium, sketching/ birding/ watching related documentaries followed by inquiry/discussions on the subject (local visit & food to be self arranged by students) Day 3 09 Dec (Sat) - Travel to Chennai (by air/ train) & Chennai to Auroville (by bus/ tempo traveller/ shared taxi) - to be self arranged and paid for by students Day 4 10 Dec (Sun) - Travel to Chennai (by air/ train) & Chennai to Auroville (by bus/ tempo traveller/ shared taxi) - to be self arranged and paid for by students Day 5 11 Dec (Mon) 8:00am - 5:00pm Do-it-all-Yourself at Solitude Farms, Auroville; Orientation of the farm, Exploring local food/ bio Anal Vaishnav diversity, harvesting veggies, savouring local food as a means of social and inner change (Rs. 1000/- per day for B.F. Lunch & Education to be paid to Solitude Farms - included in total expenses); Expert Talk on aspects of sustainable living, an Auroville Experiment Day 6 12 Dec (Tue) 8:00am - 6:00pm Do-it-all-Yourself at Solitude Farms, Auroville; Permaculture Garden module, Introduction to Anal Vaishnav naturalist Masanobu Fukuoka methodology, field working - Grow, Harvest and Cook veggies (Rs. 1000/- per day for B.F. Lunch & Education to be paid to Solitude Farms - included in total expenses); Expert Talk on Art of Un-conditioning, Visit to Hermitage, low impact living at Auroville Fertile Community Day 7 13 Dec (Wed) 8:00am - 7:00pm Do-it-all-Yourself at Solitude Farms, Auroville; Learning about soil nutrition, natural Anal Vaishnav composting, creating nursery, field working - Grow, Harvest and Cook veggies (Rs. 1000/- per day for B.F. Lunch & Education to be paid to Solitude Farms - included in total expenses); Expert Talk on native biodiverse forests and Visit to Auroville Botanical Gardens Day 8 14 Dec (Thu) 8:00am - 6:00pm Do-it-all-Yourself at Solitude Farms, Auroville; Paradigm shift in thinking – exploring urban Anal Vaishnav gardening as creative commons, outreach day - Grow, Harvest and Cook veggies (Rs. 1000/- per day for B.F. Lunch & Education to be paid to Solitude Farms - included in total expenses); Expert Talk on Auroville Farm Group's Food Link initiative / Visit to Solar Kitchen – a collective kitchen project harvesting solar energy Day 9 15 Dec (Fri) 8:00am - 10:00pm Do-it-all-Yourself at Solitude Farms, Auroville; Application of learnings by expanding the Anal Vaishnav concept into small doable projects, field working - Grow, Harvest and Cook veggies (Rs. 1000/- per day for B.F. Lunch & Education to be paid to Solitude Farms - included in total expenses); Expert Talk on Resource conservation, low carbon footprint & natural architecture accompanied with Visit to Auroville Sadhana Indigenous Forest Experiment and Eco Film watching with vegan organic Dinner Day 10 16 Dec (Sat) 8:00am - 10:00pm Do-it-all-Yourself at Solitude Farms, Auroville; field working - Grow, Harvest and Cook, sum up Anal Vaishnav by exploring local ecology/music/arts/culture as a means to foster sustainable communities, lively up your earth by co-creating music with Indopop band ‘Emergence’ and Celebration by the Dinner (Rs. 1000/- per day for B.F. Lunch, last day Dinner & Education to be paid to Solitude Farms - included in total expenses) Day 11 17 Dec (Sun) - Visit to Matri Mandir, Auroville (optional - to be self arranged)/ Visit to French Town, Pondicherry (optional - to be self arranged and to be paid for by students); Travel back to Ahmedabad (by air/ train) - to be self arranged and to be paid for by students Day 12 18 Dec (Mon) - Visit to Matri Mandir, Auroville (optional - to be self arranged)/ Visit to French Town, Pondicherry (optional - to be self arranged and to be paid for by students); Travel back to Ahmedabad (by air/ train) - to be self arranged and to be paid for by students Day 13 19 Dec (Tue) 10:00am - 6:00pm CEPT campus - Retrospection/ Discussions/ Preparation of Presentation/ Booklet Anal Vaishnav Day 14 20 Dec (Wed) 10:00am - 6:00pm CEPT campus - Retrospection/ Discussions, Preparation of Presentation/ Booklet and Final Anal Vaishnav Submission