Bangalore
If i tell the truth, we can’t really comment on Bangalore very accurately. It was incredibly congested and polluted when we arrived and it took us 3 hours to travel 30kms. We were appalled, and i felt terrible for Jo, who was retching with the pollution.
Luckily we had a lovely Eco place to go to that was run by a family who had all given up really good jobs for a better quality of life, and it showed. They were really chilled and seemed happy with their choice, even if their friends and some family were horrified.
The place was a haven of tranquility and had its own vegetable gardens, which were tended by Ambika. She had given up a career as a teacher, and was the sort of person that exudes calm. It was amazing what she had acheived in six months, and with no previous knowledge.
They also had a green pool, which basically was a living ecosystem that cleaned itself, with no chemicals, and only basic filtration. It was great swimming with frogs croaking all around and dragonflys dipping in for insect prey.
We also got to milk a cow, which was pretty cool.
Later we met a really interesting chap, who was an architect of sustainable eco houses and a water warrior. Campaigning continuosly for better rain water harvesting and more efficient water use. He did however have miles of red tape to get thru to bring about any change in his state, let alone the rest of India. Good luck to him, he talked a lot of sense.
