Shunya Farm Educational Experiences
Jeewika has been practicing natural farming since 2018, in a village called Upper Bir in Himachal Pradesh. During this time she joined Shunya Farm and started engaging with people about sustainable farming practices. She held experiential learning spaces for people visiting the farm who were keen on learning about farming, exploring the natural spaces, getting to the local traditional practices, life in mountains, mountain ecology & biodiversity, politics of development, food sovereignty and the importance of taking ownership of one's health and overall wellbeing.
These spaces were conducted with people across age groups and from all walks of life; from learners as young as primary graders to 65-70 year olds, from Ladakh to Tamil Nadu and even foreign nationals, from school goers to businessmen, to entrepreneurs to development sector professionals, educators, corporate professionals, young local villagers, and more. The duration of these interactions ranges from - 1.5 hours - 10 days - 1 month.
Program Elements
This program involves experiential learning in the form of
Farm Tours
Nature Walks
Hands-On Farm Work
Discussions and Q&As
Participants Speak
"As an architect on a sabbatical, my experience on the farm helped me to reconnect with soil. This connection was the natural course for me to understand earth as a natural building material in the future. The in depth indigenous knowledge shared by the team was a great learning that helped me design a permaculture farm later."
- Akancsha Sood,
Architect
Participants Speak
Akancsha Sood,
Architect
As an architect on a sabbatical, my experience on the farm helped me to reconnect with soil. This connection was the natural course for me to understand earth as a natural building material in the future. The in depth indigenous knowledge shared by the team was a great learning that helped me design a permaculture farm later.
Ashita,
Educator
While spending time at farm, I realised the importance of living a natural life. For me, natural life is about working with body and working on body. It is also about living a green life. Healthy habits are something I want to focus on and spending time at the farm showed me the how and why of it.
Arpita,
Educator
Exposure to organic farming helped me concretise many of the theories I'd been exposed to till then. How kids around the farm learnt so much by 'doing' gave me models of how to actively engage kids in the community work. I carried back the simplicity of it all.