An
abundant
world
begins
with
a
Prototype
ProtoVillage
an initiative of

We
dream
of
an
abundant
world
and
we
are
working
on
its
prototype.
We
call
it
ProtoVillage.
Abundance
is
a
state
in
which
a
community
employs
ecologically
sustainable means
to
ensure
a resilient access
to
resources
that
are
necessary
and
sufficient
to
fulfill
the
basic needs
of
all
its
inhabitants
(including humans).
Being set up in 12.5 acres of land owned by a registered
non-profit,
in
the
2nd
driest
district
in
India
(Anantapur,
Andhra
Pradesh),
ProtoVillage will be an intentional community of seekers
committed to practicing Abundance. It will be a center for
learning, practice, demonstration and dissemination of the
knowledge on how any community in this region can
organize itself for abundance.
ABer
2.5
years
of
traveling
across
India
and
3
years
of
living
and
learning
the
ways
of
rural
life
in
a
remote
drought-­‐prone
village
cluster,
our
thinking
evolved
from
a
raw
ambiGon
of
“wanGng
to
change”
to
an
inspired
pracGce
of
“being
the
change”.

Abundance
Disaster
Management
Food &
Water
Security
Shelter
Connectivity
Clothing
Education
Health
Trade
Energy
There
are
five
essenGal
components
of
Abundance.
The
outer
rim
indicates
a
resilient
capability
to
fulfill
all
basic
needs
in
ecologically
sustainable
ways.
The
ellipses
indicate
the
basic
needs
along
9
dimensions.
The
red
dots
indicate
member
groups
within
a
community.
The
network
of
lines
represents
the
conscious
pracGce
of
interdependence
amongst
individual
members
as
well
as
groups
of
members.
And
at
the
very
core,
is
the
commitment
to
learn
and
pracGce
the
ways
of
mutuality
and
coexistence.

Abundance is when:
1. All the members honor the commitment to learn and practice a way of
life that is synergistic with the ways of the natural ecosystem they
are part of.
2. Members organize themselves into several interdependent groups. Each
group takes responsibility of fulfilling one basic need for the entire
community. Collectively, they will be capable of fulfilling all the basic
needs of every inhabitant within the community. It is only when the
individual members establish and respect the traditions of
interdependence, that the community as a whole can enjoy autonomy.
a. Interdependence leads to a resource (material, energy, time) efficient
system, and therefore gifts each member an abundance of time.
3. The community provides an environment that inspires all members to
invest the abundant time in practicing whatever expresses them best!
Abundance is a decentralized, cooperative, steady state of
resilience that breaks away from the paradigm of limitless
economic growth. It requires that we adopt a lifestyle that
is more respectful of all life around us.
There will be art and there will be poetry
There will be a singing bird atop every tree

Creating an interdependence eco-system
In
each
of
the
9 dimensions,
members
of
ProtoVillage
will
setup
locally
appropriate
micro-enterprises
that
are
ecologically
sustainable
and
economically
viable.
These
micro-­‐enterprises
demonstrate
alternative
livelihoods
to
the
villagers
in
the
region.
Members
of
ProtoVillage
run
them
as
free learning
centers
for
the
village
SelfHelpGroups (SHGs).
Different groups
in
each
village
are
trained
in
enterprises
along
different dimensions.
This
has
three
advantages:
1. Creates
Occupational diversity
that
leads
to
interdependence
within
each
village.
2. A
SHG
enterprise
in
a
given
village
can
expand
only
by
partnering
with
another
SHG
from
a
different
village.
Therefore
there’s
an
incentive for
spreading goodness!
3. Creates
an
array
of
expanding networks of small-scale
but
high
quality
eco-­‐friendly
manufacturing/service
delivery
operations.
ProtoVillage is not just about technologies or solutions across 9
dimensions. That’s the easier part. ProtoVillage is about how
any community can organize itself for abundance!

We invite you to be a ProtoBeliever!
ProtoVillage
aims
to
be
a
dynamic
flux
of
people
with
diverse
skills
and
perspecGves,
bonding,
cross-­‐pollinaGng
and
co-­‐creaGng
abundance
in
an
arid
drought-­‐prone
region.
ProtoBelievers
are
a
group
of
pioneer
believers
who
see
the
barren
lands
and
believe
the
promise
of
abundance...
who
own
up
and
say
“We
will
make
this
happen!”
They
will
be
the
members
of
ProtoVillage
(Some
resident
and
others
non-­‐
resident).
The
ProtoBelievers
are
by
invitaGon
only.
They
become
acGve
collaborators
in
thinking,
planning
and
implementaGon.
We
invite
you
to
be
a
ProtoBeliever.
It
is
in
these
barren
lands
that
we
dream
of
abundance.
Let’s
join
hands
and
co-­‐create
ProtoVillage!
To
learn
more
about
ProtoVillage,
we
encourage
you
to
visit
us
at
www.protovillage.org
and
like
us
@
www.facebook.com/protovillage,
or
reach
us
at:
Kalyan
Akkipeddi
(on-­‐field
volunteer)
+91
9000284794,+91
9741746478,
kalyanakkipeddi@gmail.com
ProtoVillage
is
an
iniGaGve
of
InteGreater
FoundaGon,
a
non-­‐profit
organizaGon
based
in
Andhra
Pradesh,
India.
All
donaGons
to
InteGreater
are
exempt
from
Income
Tax
under
sec
80g.
There
are
640 districts across India.
Imagine
groups
of
co-­‐learners,
each
group
sehng
up
one
such
demonstrative village per district
and
spreading
abundance
within
that
district.
Let’s join hands and make it real!