The Muni Seva Ashram

WHAT IT SHOWS: The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned into biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70% of the food used is grown on the estate.