Month: September 2009

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    A Stroll through Pebble Garden

    Over the last week we organized three group visits to Pebble Garden, home to our dedicated Aurovilian neigbors Deepika and Bernard. Their seven acres of  reforested land and organic farming methods are of high interest to Sadhana Forest, as they have been  planting, growing, and experimenting on the same severely eroded land for almost 15…

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    A Visit from Friends

    Greetings Sadhana World !!! Over the past few days, Sadhana Forest was honored to welcome to our home two passionate farmers from the state of Uttar Pradesh, Dr. Ransindh Arya and Abhishek Dwivedi ! Dr. Arya is a co-founder of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU). The BKU is the largest farmer’s union in India and…

  • Dark Days

    The Eco Film on Friday, October 2nd: Dark Days Won Best Documentary awards in 4 film festivals Genre: Documentary. Director: Marc Singer. UK, 2001. 78 Minutes. For two years Marc Singer lived with the people who make their home in the tunnels beneath Penn Station in New York, creating an unflinching portrait of a part…

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    Sadhana Foresters Learn Tamil!

    Hello Sadhana Forest World!!!! Today, the participants in the three year Environmental Leadership course began lessons in Tamil! A wonderful Tamilian woman by the name of Meena gave us a basic introduction to the fascinating Tamil language and will continue to generously provide us with weekly lessons until we become well-versed. The members of the…

  • Alone in the Wilderness

    The Eco Film on Friday, September 25th:: Alone in the Wilderness Genre: Documentary. Director: Bob Swerer. USA, 2004. 57 Minutes. “Alone in the Wilderness” is the true story of Dick Proenneke living in the Alaska wilderness. Dick filmed his adventures so he could show his relatives in the lower 48 states what life was like…

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    The Age of Stupid

    We just received the announcement for the upcoming global premiere of The Age of Stupid. Here’s the trailer via visionOntv: We will try to get a copy as soon as possible to screen within our Eco Film Club. ‘Bad Futures’ features 31 languages that will feature on the retail DVD of The Age of Stupid…