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	<title>Filipino & Filipina community ::  karthik6129 :: Blogs</title> 
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		<title><![CDATA[“Ruburban” choice]]></title>
		<link>http://www.katropa.com/blog/view/id_607</link>
		<description><![CDATA[While nothing so mundane as a suburb will do for these charmed citizens of corporate Bangalore, a ``ruburban'' choice has been the eco-sensitive 47-acre spread about 15 km away from the city, that is ]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 03:48:37 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BCIL’s central principles]]></title>
		<link>http://www.katropa.com/blog/view/id_606</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Central to the idea of every community at BCIL, we create are the following: * We do not import power. We offer localized power generation solutions, and these solutions are based on renewable sources]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 03:48:14 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Natural Swimming Pools]]></title>
		<link>http://www.katropa.com/blog/view/id_605</link>
		<description><![CDATA[What is natural about the Swimming Pools that BCIL builds?  We use no ceramic tiles. Instead we go for options such as a hard-sand, simulated ceramic-coated granular surface which lasts long and is ea]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 03:47:50 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Self-reliant homes]]></title>
		<link>http://www.katropa.com/blog/view/id_604</link>
		<description><![CDATA[T-ZED homes are designed to provide an enduring facility with conservation as the core value. The housing complex is equipped to handle its water needs without depending on the city water supply netwo]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 03:47:26 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Eco-friendly houses at T Zed]]></title>
		<link>http://www.katropa.com/blog/view/id_603</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Every aspect of T-ZED has been designed to conserve natural resources and make minimal impact on the environment. T-ZED has used natural, recycled or reclaimed material, wherever possible. Building ma]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 03:46:52 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BCIL and the concept of closeness to nature]]></title>
		<link>http://www.katropa.com/blog/view/id_602</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The main concept is that of keeping your body, mind and soul close to nature and use of materials like wood, bamboo, brick, RCC and glass. BCIL has completed three projects. BCIL Trans Indus on Kanaka]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 03:46:26 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Eco-homes]]></title>
		<link>http://www.katropa.com/blog/view/id_601</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Ecological homes reuse and recycle most waste and used materials that are available very close to the site/area. It encourages local handicraft or art and harvests rain water and reuses most water tha]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 03:45:55 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Green homes not necessarily costly]]></title>
		<link>http://www.katropa.com/blog/view/id_600</link>
		<description><![CDATA["You have to go about seeking efficiency in a way that projects are marked not merely by good natural resource management, but also by innovation in either product process, or in the way that you offe]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 03:45:34 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Trans Indus community]]></title>
		<link>http://www.katropa.com/blog/view/id_599</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Community: Trans Indus, built by BCIL has a library, games room, community center, gallery and restaurant. At the time of my visit, the community center was full of residents doing oil painting. There]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 03:45:03 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Waste management at Trans Indus]]></title>
		<link>http://www.katropa.com/blog/view/id_598</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Waste management at Trans Indus, one of the housing complexes built by BCIL: Each house composts its kitchen waste by vermicomposting. A container with worms and compost is kept behind the house near ]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 03:44:36 -0500</pubDate>
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