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.