Our Campus
A 15-acre permaculture food forest in the heart of India
Indore, Central India — The cleanest city in India for 8 times in a row
Our Campus in the Food Forest
ALU's upcoming campus in 15 acres of land is our labor of love, a thriving permaculture food forest located in Indore - the heart of India and the cleanest city for 8 times in a row.
We are using ancient natural architectural technique of lime and stone with natural materials for the infrastructure. Main building with residential space, an open air amphitheater, community center, natural pond and camping site is in the making.
The Master Plan
15 acres, designed as one ecosystem
The campus master plan — a permaculture design organised into interlocking zones, from the food forest and orchards to the water-harvesting pond, silvopasture and living quarters.
Indore, Central India · 22°41′01.5″N 75°41′06.8″E
A place for everything
The land is designed as one working ecosystem. Each zone has a job — growing food, holding water, sheltering animals, or housing the people who tend it. This is what is taking shape across the 15 acres.
Permaculture Food Forest
Multi-layered syntropic planting — canopy, fruit trees, shrubs and ground cover growing together the way a forest does, producing food while building soil year on year.
Syntropic Agriculture
Dense, successional beds where crops and support species are planted together, mimicking natural regeneration so the system feeds itself instead of depending on external inputs.
Rotational Silvopasture
Sheep and goats grazed in rotation between windbreak tree lines — animals, trees and pasture managed as one, keeping the land fertile and the herd healthy.
Water-Harvesting Pond & Swales
A contoured pond and bio-filtration swales slow, spread and sink monsoon rain across the land, recharging groundwater and carrying water to every zone by gravity.
Multi-Use Farm Hub & Living Quarters
The existing farm hub and residential rooms — built with lime, stone and natural materials — anchor the campus for students, mentors and the community who live and learn here.
Orchards & Moringa
Established mango groves and moringa stands give shade, nutrition and a standing harvest while the younger food forest matures around them.
Regenerative Systems
Composting station, chicken tractors, beehives, a greywater-irrigated banana circle and rainwater collection tanks close the loops, turning farm waste into fertility and captured rain into a year-round water supply.
Built by Hand, from the Land
Lime, stone and natural materials
Ancient natural architectural technique of lime and stone with natural materials. We are using ancient natural architectural technique of lime and stone with natural materials for the infrastructure. Main building with residential space, an open air amphitheater, community center, natural pond and camping site is in the making.
Come see it for yourself
The campus is taking shape in Indore, Central India. Reach out to visit, volunteer, or join us as the food forest grows.
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