Our next Eco Film on Friday, July 13th, will be Powaqqatsi – Life in Transformation. Genre: Documentary, Godfrey Reggio, 1988, 100 Minutes, English A spectacular, breathtaking five-part dreamscape about the nature of civilization and its ever-important impact on the environment, with music by Philip Glass. Produced by Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas. Directed by…
The entire course was invited to a beautiful and inspiring farm, the home of Ananda and his family located in Thiruvannammalai, a local city about 110kms away. Spending 4 days there the course excitingly built a composting toilet, created a raised bed area for future vegetable garden and also took on a few maintenance progress…
Our next Eco Film screening on Friday July 6th at 7 p.m. will be The Queen of Trees. Genre: Documentary, PBS Nature, 2005, 52 Minutes, English Watch the trailer here and the full movie further down: NATURE reveals the importance of an unlikely partnership between a regal tree and a tiny wasp in The Queen…
Our next Eco Film on Friday, June 29th will be part 3 & 4 of the Global Gardener Series. Genre: Documentary, Director: Bill benenson & Gene Rosow, 2009, 60 Minutes, English Watch both parts here: BILL MOLLISON is a practical visionary. For three decades he has traveled the globe spreading the word about permaculture, the…
Next Friday, June 22nd, the Eco Film will be Freedom Ahead, a brandnew documentary also featuring Aviram and other Aurovilians. Genre: Documentary. English. Filmmakers: Greetje Mulder and Rogier van der Voort, 76 minutes. 2011 Featuring Aviram Rozin, Krishna McKenzie, Vandana Shiva, Jon Jandai, Christian Shearer, Ramu Manivannan and others Watch the official trailer here and a…
Our next Eco Film on Friday, June 15th will be part 1 & 2 of the Global Gardener Series. Genre: Documentary, Director: Bill Mollison & Gene Rosow, 2009, 60 Minutes, English Watch both parts here: BILL MOLLISON is a practical visionary. For three decades he has traveled the globe spreading the word about permaculture, the…
Our next Eco Film on Friday June 1st will be Dirt. Genre: Documentary, Director: Bill benenson & Gene Rosow, 2009, 86 Minutes, English 4 billion years ago life started on Earth. Where: in the dirt. We were born from it but tend to overlook it. Dirt: The Movie explores our relationship with our most undervalued…
Our next Eco Film on Friday, May 25th will be part 2 of the BBC series How Earth Made Us – Water. BBC. Documentary. Episode 2 of 5. English. 59 minutes. Watch the full episode here: Professor Iain Stewart continues his epic exploration of how the planet has shaped human history. This time he explores…
Our bext Eco Film on Friday, May 18th will be Life after People. History Channel. Documentary. 2008. English. 88 minutes. If humans were suddenly to disappear, what would happen to our planet – the structures we’ve built, the everyday items we take for granted, domesticated and wild animals, plants, trees? What would become of the things…
A large group of children and their teachers came all the way from Chennai this Friday to visit Sadhana Forest! They were extremely enthusiastic and hard working and loved being a part of the scene here. Some children joined moving piles of branches, still left from the cyclone! Others joined in the kitchen and the…
