Issue Nº3 – News in brief

Tency and Gilles of CSR Biogas have recently attended the Third International Symposium on Ferrocement, held from 8 to 10 December in Delhi. Previously they had been invited at the University of Roorkee to give a talk during the 2nd Asia Pacific Training Course on Latest Developments in Ferrocement Technology. There they presented the research and development work done in Auroville in the field of Ferrocement Biogas Plants. At the Symposium in Delhi, they presented a paper, which was published in the Proceedings of the Symposium. Many interesting possibilities and contacts resulted from the 3-day conference, such as the possibility of a Ferrocement Training Course to be held in Auroville, and the manufacturing of ferrocement doors on a larger scale.

The 2nd training course in Ecological Agriculture for Developing Countries will be held in Auroville between 15th January and 11th February. There will be participants from India, Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Nepal. A fuller report on the programme will appear in a later issue of Auroville Today.