This on-going project for the Panchabhuta Conservation Foundation involves field research to identify and document the financial, livelihood, ecological and architectural practices of residents of Kumta town and neighboring Kagala village in coastal Karnataka. The ethnographic research led to the writing and design two publications as part of a series that Panchabuta is developing for its Hut-to-Hut program in the Western Ghats, which involves experimental bio-climatic architecture and farm-to-eat permaculture. Jackfruit also assisted in the conception and documentation of the construction of the prototype hut.
