Animal Farm - Ekatvam (english version)

Europa Ayurveda Centrum Has novel ideas to give a new direction for

farmers to have a healthy, sustainable, profitable and

affordable livestockfarmto produce enough food for the growing

worldpopulation.

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Reason for starting this project

• Monoculture in agriculture and monobreedingin livestock animals is inviting diseases.

• Animals need each other’s company.

• In nature, animals are living together.

• To restore the balance we need to mimic the nature.


Wellbeing of the animal in the centre


The Project

A holistic approach to modern lifestockfarming.


Physical level

• Fresh water

• Vital food

• Herbal additives to promote growth

• Herbal preparations with antimicrobial properties to enhance immunesystem

• Airfiltersystem with biowashers to purify the air inside the building.

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Mental level

• To avoid stress, tension, fear and nervousness.

• Mantra music throughout the building

• Everybody has to meditate minimum 5 to 10 minutes in the meditation hall before entering the animal house.


Arial view of the project

Crown

Heads

Inner circle

2nd and 3rd circles

Tails


The building project

• In Witharen we made a groundplan for the animalbuilding in the shape of a cosmicsculpture.

• On this groundplan we designed a glassbuilding for a group of domestic animalsto live together.

• Electricity, heating, feeding, watering, waste storing and cleaning the animalbuilding withall modern technical solutions.


Animal House

• Daylighting is one of the major “green” features of the building, whichalso features high-performance glazing, radiant slabs, active chilledbeams, PV panels and other sustainable features.


Animal House


Detail Animal house


Food

• Instead of growth enhancers herbal additivesin animal food to improve growth in a naturalway.

• Instead of preventive antibiotics herbal preparations with antimicrobial properties to enhance the immunesystem of the animals.

• Agriculture of animalfood nearby the animalhouse.


Ayurveda herbal preparations

• We find out that many Indian medicinal plantsare growing in the North East of Holland.

• This resulted in our research on this topic.

• We discovered the reason through a bookrecently translated about Indian medicinalplants, their usage and herbal recipes.

• This herbal formulas are identical from oldAyurveda books from South India (Kerala).


Ayurveda herbal preparations

• For all types of animals we have more than1000 recipes to prevent diseases.

• They enhance the immunesystem and promote resistance.

• They grow in the Netherlands thanks to the history of East India Company who broughtthis plants to this part of the Netherlands.


VOC brought medicinal plants fromIndia to the Netherlands

Newspaperarticle about the discovery of this medicinal book.

Medicinal book with description of plantsfrom India in the Netherlands - 17th Century.


Last member


Last member of the 17th century familywho took the precious medicinalplants through VOC from India to Holland.

Water

• We designed a groundplan for storing and purifying borewell and rain water.

• Purification of excess of iron and contaminants from the water.

• Automatic watersystem to reach each animal24 hours.


The water project


Recycling of waste

• 5 products of the cow makes natural fertilizer.

• Milk, urine, yohurt, butter and dung mixed together, 3 weeks for fermentation makespanchagavyam.

• Panchagavyam is a natural menure and a natural insect repellent spray for herbs.

• Cowdung as biofuel.


Dried Cowdung as biofuel and fertilizer


Ing. Cornelis Peters Dr. Mohana Kumari

Ekatvam

• We selected three hectare land for thisproject.

• This is a cosmic sculpture named Ekatvam

the meaning of ekatvam is ‘unity in diversity.’

• In this groundplan we designed a glassbuilding

• A building for all kind of domestic animalstogether.


Ekatvam

• Crown L – doves

• Head L – broiler chicken

• Inner circle – milkcows

• Second circle – meatpigs

• Third circle – milk/meatgoats, donkey, deers

• Tails - fishes

• Crown R – J. quail, peacock

• Head R – layer chicken

• Inner circle – milkcows

• Second circle – childrenpigs

• Third circle – milk/meatgoats, pony’s, sheeps

• Tails – ducks and goose


Outside the building

• Each section of the building has a separate walking-out place for the animals.

• Each section outside has medicinal plantationnecesary for each animal.

• Beehives are around each section.


Laboratories for different researches

• Research is an ongoing proces to monitor health and wellbeing of the animals.

• Labs are connected with the project.

• Universities sent their doctors to do research.

• Public and schools are invited to visit the place and to learn about the importance of holisticfarming.


Laboratory


Thanks for your attention

Europa Ayurveda CentrumWitharenweg 9

7738 PE Witharen

The Netherlands

www.ayu.nl

www.unitedwisdom.org

[email protected] – 0523-677208


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