100 acres Ecoversity development

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The experience

We are developing an Open University across 100 acres in West Bengal to revive the forgotten legacy of the Indian education system. Here, there is no fixed syllabus—existence itself is the syllabus. It is a space for self-realization, experiential learning, and harmony with nature. Everyone—learners, thinkers, farmers, artists, and seekers—is welcome to join this journey of conscious and sustainable living.

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What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Animal Care: Help look after and take care of animals.

Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

Social Work: Help with volunteer work in local projects and communities.

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What you get

2 days off per week

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.

Team Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other people.

Tent: You will sleep in a tent at a camping site.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Discounts on Tours: Get discounts for tours and excursions around town.

Discounts on Accommodation: Get discounts for your stay in other hostels.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Free Tours: We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!

Free Hiking Tours: We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!

Free Parties: Get free entrance for the best parties in town.

Free Events: Get free entrance for the best events in town.

Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.

Yoga classes: Take free yoga classes at our place.

Language lessons: Take free language classes at our place.

Holistic Therapies: You can take part in any of our therapeutic activities for free.

Permaculture Course: Take part in our Permaculture course for free.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Certificate: Get a certificate of completion after you finish your experience.

Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely

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Requirements

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

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What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

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Program Details

About us : “Avatamsaka Vihara or Engaged Ecoversity

Avatamsaka Sutra is Mahayana text that depicts interdependence and interpenetration of all dharmas (here dharma means “phenomenon”, both in the sense of them being both temporal and spatial, and material and nonmaterial)― for example, the phenomenon that we linguistically identify as “I” interpenetrates all other phenomena that we linguistically identify as the world or the universe― they arise together and are dependent on one another following the Mahayana idea of pratityasamutpada or dependent co-origination― and where neither of them are fixed or static, and neither being the cause, nor the effort (because, cause and effect are but mental constructions according to the Madhyamakas). About the Open University Project

We are developing an Open University Project across 100 acres of land in West Bengal, envisioned as a living space for learning, reflection, and rediscovery of the forgotten legacy of the Indian education system.

This initiative moves beyond conventional structures — there is no fixed syllabus, because the entire existence itself becomes the syllabus. It is a journey of self-realization, experiential learning, and harmony with the existential reality.

Our aim is to create a space where individuals from all walks of life can explore knowledge in its purest form — through nature, community, creativity, and consciousness. The Open University welcomes learners, researchers, farmers, artists, scientists, seekers, and innovators, anyone who wishes to participate in the collective evolution of understanding and sustainable living.

At its core, this project celebrates learning as a lifelong process, unbounded by age, discipline, or institutional constraint. Everyone is welcome to be part of this journey