A Survival Edge Technology centre has been set up in Pandulatav village where trainings are to be conducted for various aspects of Survival Edge Technology. Survival Edge Technology is the assortment of simple technologies that can be implemented by communities through collective action to mitigate the agriculture, water, energy and climate crises that face humanity. The adverse effects of the above mentioned crises are felt most by women due to the patriarchal nature of society. Therefore, an important aspect of Survival Edge Technology is the agency of women in its planning and implementation as communitarian cooperation alone is not enough. The need for such a terminology has arisen because of the fascination of the dominant development paradigm with centralized high investment cutting edge technology, which is ironically offered as a panacea for the agricultural, energy, water and climate crises that it has created. Thus, this new terminology combines and gives visibility to the various simple technologies being implemented by communities across the world through collective action to conserve the environment in a sustainable and equitable manner. The new term can be defined as follows – “Communitarian work in soil and water conservation, sustainable agriculture, afforestation and renewable energy needs to be done extensively if the human race is to survive the deepening water, food, energy and climate crises. Moreover, since these crises most affect the poor who live on the edge of survival in rural areas, the decentralized communitarian technology required to mitigate these crises can appropriately be called Survival Edge Technology”.
This centre will also function as a facilitator for the traditional culture of the Adivasis. This culture has tremendous value for humanity with its communitarian cooperation and conservation ethic and so it is promoted through this centre
The centre is a mix of the traditional Bhil Adivasi architecture with some modern elements and has been built by local masons and carpenters. The roof tiles have been made by a local potter. These days no one opts for these tiles as they prefer corrugated asbestos or iron sheets or machine made tiles. The potter was also reluctant to make the tiles and had to be paid a premium to make them. The wood craftsman sculpted the pillars out of wood for the interior.