The Eco Film on Friday, November 13th: Elsewhere (Parts 1 – 3) Won awards at the Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival and the Diagonale, Austria Genre: Documentary. Director: Nikolaus Geyrhalter. Austria, 2002. 60 minutes This mesmerizing documentary is founded on an intriguing concept, consisting of 12 20-minute fragments where we witness life in twelve very…
The Eco Film on Friday, November 6th: 1 Giant Leap Genre: Documentary. Directors: Duncan Bridgeman and Jamie Catto. UK, 2002. 85 minutes. This film was created by the same filmmakers that made ‘What About Me.’ In ‘1 Giant Leap’ they travel the world meeting and recording their musical and philosophical heroes from Kurt Vonnegut to…
The Eco Film(s) on Friday, October 30th: Multiple Short Films about the Differently-Abled The Award Winners at the “We Care Filmfest”: Celebrating Diversity 2009 / Genre: Documentary. 50 minutes. 1. Abilities Unlimited – a group of young adults sitting in a restaurant plays beautiful music. Nobody knows that they are disabled , when they finishes…
To the Inner Child Foresters in All of Us: Yesterday, a group of 15 children from Nandanam School came to visit Sadhana Forest. The students who are between the ages of 4 to 6 years old joined our second work circle and spent the rest of the morning learning and enjoying our community. Our long-term…
Shout out to Sadhana Forest Worldwide! This morning, led by our Forest Coordinator Reza, Sadhana Forest volunteers and a wonderful group of children from the Aikiyam School planted several trees of the Tropical Dry Evergreen Forest ! A lot of love and care went into giving the young saplings a strong start in our forest…
Hello there Sadhana World!! This week has seen three enjoyable evenings of sunset seed planting sessions, lead by our dedicated garden team, Stephanie, Tom and Tobin. As part of our expansion plans for the community garden, the seed planting has so far included Capsicum, Brinjal/Eggplant, Red Basil, Lettuce (Ice Queen), Coriander, Celery, Okra /Lady Finger…
The Eco Film on Friday, October 23rd: Life and Debt The full movie is available on blip.tv: Won the Audience Award in the Prague One World Film Festival 2002 Genre: Documentary. Writer: Jamaica Kincaid. Director: Stephanie Black. USA, 2001. 80 minutes. Based on the fascinating novel “A Small Place” by Jamaica Kincaid, and backed by…
Happy Diwali Everyone!!! Last night at Sadhana Forest we began the Diwali festival celebrations with a spectacular high energy drumming performance, lead by our local friend Murali and his band from Pondy. Diwali, meaning ‘festival of light’ or Dīpāvali (Sanskrit: a row of lamps) is the most colourful Indian festival and is celebrated on the…
Vanakkam Sadhana Cyber Foresters!! We hope you are all well and happy!!! Today at the Forest we welcomed a group of children from Deepam school, where they were given an introduction to the forest. After giving a brief introduction about themselves and their school, our young guests joined the other volunteers for lunch in the…
Happy Monday to all you Forest Fairies!!!! We hope you had a great weekend wherever you are in the world!! This weekend Sadhana Forest welcomed another team of Aurovilian school children to the forest, where they were introduced to tree planting and water conservation by our lovely Forest Coordinator, Reza!!! In all, 10 children travelled…
