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Issue No: 310, May 2015

My Pumpkin Roof

As part of its efforts to highlight alternative and sustainable solutions for an urban future, Auroville Green Practices has launched the colourful publication My Pumpkin Roof. This highly accessible paperback aims to inspire and guide urban dwellers to start growing their own food, whether they have access to a mere windowsill or to a whole a plot of land. The idea is that food can be grown in different spaces and in different ways: all it takes is creativity and innovation. The book guides people through the basics, such as soils, seeds, water, pesticides and containers. It addresses the issues posed by different spaces – from rooftops and backyards to vertical walls and guerilla gardens – including naysaying neighbours, sunlight and drainage. Interspersed throughout the book are inspiring ‘best practice’ examples of urban agriculture from around the world, as well as interesting tit-bits, such as French architect Le Corbusier including roof gardens as part of his de...
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Issue No. 310, May 2015

  • The Challenges of Farming in Auroville
  • Growing Food, Growing People
  • Farming in Auroville: the tensions of growing and selling
  • Experiments in Hydroponics
  • Growing a Green City
  • "The Flute Must Be Played Through You"
  • What is Really Going on Here
  • My Pumpkin Roof
  • Village Youth Reach High
  • The ADCERRA Dental Team Goes to Gujarat
  • The English of Savitri Volume 1
  • Klaus Groujean (Passing)
  • Johan Defour (Passing)

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