Timbaktu

A fantastic success story of re-greening barren land, and resurrecting lives, in the Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh, India:

Where the earth meets the sky – Timbaktu Collective

http://www.thebetterindia.com/1596/where-the-earth-meets-the-sky-timbaktu-collective/

This is the story of a land that was at one time lying ravaged, drought stricken and forsaken. It was a committed revolution led by a couple, Bablu Ganguly and Mary Vattamattam, which has now transformed this land into an agro forest habitat. The unproductive soil was rejuvenated, rain water was harvested, trees were planted, crops were cultivated and the entire land blossomed...................

Timbaktu? Arcadia!

A couple—armed with ideas, patience and a Fukuoka blueprint—come to a withered Andhra district. Then the earth responded.

http://www.outlookindia.com/printarticle.aspx?278010


Video:  Watch this video where Bablu and Mary take you through the 20 years of Timbaktu.


Visit Timbaktu to know the true spirit of this land. Find information about them on their website www.timbaktu.org.


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