two weeks later
Look at the branch on the right side: this tree looked dead for months and now it’s growing an amazing amount of new leaves, thanks to our compost tea fertilisation plan!!
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Favela Rising
The Eco Film on Friday, March 26th: Favela Rising Winner of 25 International Film Awards Genre: Documentary. Directors: Matt Mochary & Jeff Zimbalist. Brazil, 2006. 82 minutes. This powerful and uplifting documentary shows that grassroots efforts in poverty-stricken neighbourhoods can dramatically reverse social decay, violence, and crime. This is the story of how one young…
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I Remember Me
The Eco Film on Friday, March 19th: I Remeber Me Won 2 awards and 1 film festival nomination Genre: Documentary. Director: Kim Snyder. USA, 2000. 74 minutes. In 1984-85, people at Lake Tahoe fell ill with flu symptoms, but they didn’t get better. The same had happened in 1934 at LA county hospital, in 1948-49 in Iceland, in 1956 in Punta…
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Hot Spots: Part 1
The Eco Film on Friday, March 12th: Hot Spots: Part 1 Genre: Documentary. Director and Writer: Michael Tobias. USA, 2008. 57 minutes. Following the work of Dr. Russell Mittermeier, President of Conservation International, and shot over 3 years; Hotspots is an uplifting, emotional experience. The term “hotspots” refer to areas of the planet which are populated…
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Sadhana Forest at its biggest best
More than 160 people lived in Sadhana Forest the last weeks.
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We all smile when Buddha smiles
By Niki Last weekend Buddha Smiles, a dear friend of Sadhana Forest, invited us to celebrate their annual school event with them. Buddha smiles is a community that works with children and involves them in all of their community projects, including environmental education, permaculture, and social outreach. Around 25 of us, including 3 families from…
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The Chances of the World Changing
The Eco Film on Friday, March 5th: The Chances of the World Changing Winner of the Conservation Award and Jury Prize at the Bend Film Festival Genre: Documentary. Director: Eric Daniel Metzger. USA, 2006. 99 minutes. An inspiring story about Richard Ogust, who while eating dinner at a Chinese restaurant in Manhattan, NY witnessed a live diamondback terrapin turtle being prepared…
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The Real Dirt on Farmer John
The Eco Film on Friday, February 26th: The Real Dirt on Farmer John Won 4 Best Documentary awards in international film festivals Genre: Documentary. Director: Taggart Siegel. USA, 2006. 82 minutes. An award-winning true story of a third-generation American farmer John Peterson’s heroic journey of success, failure and rebirth, through his childhood in the ‘50s,…
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About veganism
Last week a group of Sadhana Forest’s (long term) volunteers participated in a workshop on cooking and veganism, as a follow-up on the famous Peas vs Pills workshop that Dr. Nandita Shah regularly gives in Auroville. During five days we cooked one or two meals a day and discussed the meanings of the vegan choices. This…
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The Cove
The Eco Film on Friday, February 19th: The Cove Genre: Documentary. Director: Louie Psihoyos. Australia, 2009. 92 minutes. In a sleepy lagoon off the coast of Japan lies a shocking secret that a few desperate men will stop at nothing to keep hidden from the world. In Taiji, Japan, former dolphin trainer Ric O’Barry has…