The TIEEDI Experiential Tour is set on a 1.5-acre restored forest garden once degraded by decades of plastic dumping. Through this living space, we showcase participatory models of waste management, regenerative tourism, natural building, permaculture, and community-led transformation. This ongoing project invites visitors to witness and co-create change through immersive, hands-on storytelling woven into the land itself.

Challenge

Waste is the most visible symptom of our broken systems—yet it's often treated as if it doesn’t exist. Our project challenges the systemic neglect of waste in the Himalayan region by transforming a former dumpsite into a regenerative learning space using community-driven art and action.

PASI in Action

Digital Multimedia Storytelling, Interactive Installations, Regenerative Landscape as Art, Guided Immersive Tours, Upcycled waste, Storytelling through Soil, Forest, and Human Connection

Our tours are designed as walking narratives through restored ecosystems, composting systems, zero-waste models, and naturally-built homes. Each visitor becomes a participant — guided not by a script, but by community members who live the story. Through hands-on involvement, shared meals, and story exchanges, we blur the line between observer and co-creator of regenerative change.

Partners Involved

1. CSR Partners: DCB Bank & Tetra Pak Pvt Ltd.

2. Community members: The Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti, Local Youth as Climate Action Leaders

3. Others: Natural builders and artists, Travellers and volunteers from around the world

4. Tieedi forest garden

5. Tieedi Permaculture Foundation core team

Impact

The tour has redefined waste as a cultural issue and reconnected over 5,000 visitors to community-led climate solutions. It has created employment for rural youth, revived two polluted streams, and turned a former dumpsite into a model for participatory ecological restoration.

Check out their website: www.tieedi.in

Check out the National Geographic Documentary on TIEEDI

Conclusion

Using participatory art and storytelling rooted in the TIEEDI tour, they transformed waste from an environmental burden into a catalyst for collective healing. By inviting visitors to become co-creators in a living narrative, the project reframes restoration as a shared cultural act- tangible, immersive and deeply human-centric.