A small experiment in sustainable living
Kaaya Learning Centre is a mud-built campus in the village of Tilwari where urban and rural communities meet, learn from each other, and find that the exchange is worth making. Kaaya exists to see if it is possible that rural landscapes can become places of learning, living and innovation—not by replacing tradition, but by building upon it.
What Kaaya is
Place
Looking at how we can belong to a place; Where we are, and what the place is still asking
Explore →Learn
Re-imagining how knowledge is acquired; designing programs for those who want to learn alongside
Explore →Incubate
Re-imagining how ideas grow; recognizing that they also need space to take root & a place to evolve
Explore →Exchange
Re-imagining how value circulates; how we sustain ourselves and empower the neighbourhood
Explore →Visit
Re-imagining what it means to host; accommodate; and how to connect with us
Explore →Latest from Kaaya
If Everyone Is a Social Enterprise, What Does the Term Actually Mean?
A conversation with Santosh Passi about social entrepreneurship, the Kaaya value exchange model, and sustaining impact.
Making of Kaaya
The beginnings to embrace nature — how Kaaya evolved from a small experiment in 2011 to a living learning centre.
Re-imagining the Kaccha Ghar
Mud houses, colonial history, and what it means to build sustainably in the Himalayan foothills.