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Universe-city of Human Unity
Voting Summary (Elevator Pitch):
Universe-city of Human Unity facilitates new ways to learn, explore and understand knowledge towards greater realization and awareness of the evolutionary change of consciousness that is reversing our age-old perspective of humanity.
Supporting organization:
Auroville International Township
URL:
www.auroville.org
City:
Auroville
State/Region:
Tamil Nadu
Country:
India
Project Vision Statement & Potential Social Impact:
The online Universe-city of Human Unity will explore new approaches to knowledge and new ways of being, self-educational methods and learning modalities which may lead us to a new perception and expression, a deeper understanding and a truer force of consciousness that is manifesting in the world.
Mankind is currently confronted with the effects of an evolutionary crisis which forces us to realize that behind this apparent chaos works a dynamic process of a universal force which propels us irreversibly towards a change of consciousness.
This thrust demands from us a change of behaviour outside of all traditions, of all dogma and of all forms of sectarianism whether of religion or of politics. A feeling of urgency emerges throughout the world which aspires towards this radical reversal. The Universe-city of Human Unity aims at this “Great Sense” that reorients the compass and sets the course towards a new horizon.
Auroville, a universal city located in Tamil Nadu, India has been developing for 39 years supported by UNESCO, a foundation recognized by the Indian Parliament and private donors around the world. Close to 2000 residents live in Auroville and thousands of guests and friends visit this “experiment in human unity” every year to take part in this human laboratory which offers a collective experience with the aim of research toward means to accelerate the process of human unity and a higher level of consciousness.
Auroville is the place where this new way of life is being worked out, it is a center of accelerated evolution where the Universe-city of Human Unity lives. The aim of this project is to make the Universe-city more widely available through the latest web-based social tools available for internet-based inter-actions.
Sustainability (financial) model:
Auroville itself is already sustainable through government grants, foundation donations, private contributions as well as income from a myriad of cottage industries developed and operated within the universal city.
The Universe-city of Human Unity will sustain itself with contributions from students as well as donations and income generated through affiliations with allied educational institutions.
Potential obstacles:
Potential obstacles may include the recruitment of additional technical support and start-up costs.
Resource Needs:
Drupal/Civicrm consulting help
Two Desktop Computers
One Laptop
One printer
Office furniture
One modem
One wireless router
Key Milestones:
Month One:
Recruit additional technical support to continue development of the online content management system (cms)
Recruit one graphic artist to create logo and website design.
Recruit administrative help to enter data into the system
Continue collaborations with all interested educators, project and program directors to coordinate online and “in-house” program offerings
Month Two:
Continue development of the content management system (cms)
Continue website design
Continue data entry
Continue collaboration on program development
Begin to invite “outside” allied institutions into the online cms to set up collaborative groups, program schedules and other related data
Month Three:
Begin campaign to invite “students” and other interested participants into the cyber University of Human Unity for collaboration, exploration, research and sharing as well as for recruitment of interested students for programs of study within Auroville.
Introduction of focused research topics for collaborative exploration.
Project Summary:
The concept of unity is definitely not new to humanity and in the complexity of our present world, in this extraordinary cultural, social, economic diversity, man has been moving toward a discovery of new values and a transfer of life to a new foundation, “urgently demanded by an underlying spirit and sense of need in the race.”
In response to humanity’s instinctive search toward the rediscovery of mankind’s inherent constitution of unity, the ground was prepared 39 years ago for a universal township in South India, known as “Auroville”. Today Auroville is a living experiment of 2000 diverse people from over 30 countries of the world, all dedicated to the realization of a united humanity. Auroville’s wide range of development programs designed toward the advancement of humanity span the areas of: arts & culture, educational research, environmental regeneration, handicrafts & small scale industries, health & healing, innovative building technologies, integrated urban planning, organic farming, renewable energy, rural development and more. (www.auroville.org)
Auroville has become widely recognised as a place of learning that “seeks to ensure international understanding, peace innovative education, a learning society and an all round material and spiritual development of harmonious individual and collective growth.
The Universe-city of Human Unity is being conceived of as an innovative alternative genre of university, expressive of the exploration of a new consciousness in the emerging universe-city that is Auroville, free from many of the conventional restraints that characterize higher educational institutions in the world today. At present there are a number of centres in Auroville which are looking for a wider cooperation among themselves and the world, in the field of research and integral studies.
The Universe-city of Human Unity will be a platform for exploration and discovery in all areas of human knowledge and activity where students themselves may conceive and pursue programs of study in a supportive and contemplative atmosphere with the participation and cooperation of other students and facilitators in their respective fields of interest. Through this University, we will explore new approaches to knowledge and new ways of being, self-educational methods and learning modalities which may lead us to a new perspective and expression, a deeper understanding and a truer force of consciousness that is manifesting in Auroville and the world.
The focus of this project will be to offer this dynamic, innovative universe-city to the world through the development of a comprehensive cyber-platform. This online universe-city will offer personal portals, group collaboration centres for study and research, an interactive speaker/mentor bureau, a comprehensive library of data that includes text, images, audio, video and self-study tutorials. In addition, the site will include international program and event calendars, topic specific forums, bulletin boards, blogs and live webcasts.
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