2nd April 2010 By Liz This was an exciting week for the Green Kindergarten project, as the children are beginning to recognize us and feel more comfortable playing and interacting with us. Also, as the project is growing the team is expanding and on Monday we brought the volunteers from Children’s Land along with us!…
26th March 2010 by Becky This week the Kindergarten project has pushed on with preparing the fence for the children’s garden. We loaded up a tractor trailer with solid granite posts, tools, 8 fence panels, 10 volunteers and headed off to the Kindergarten! Progress was fast, and after using a crow-bar and scooping out the…
19th March 2010, By Helen An exciting new development for Sadhana Forest in the past few weeks has been the Green Kindergarten Project. Always keen to develop and improve relations with local villages we have begun to work with a local kindergarten in Trichitambalam, Koot Road. A group of Israeli volunteers called Adam LeAdam noticed…
On a beautiful Wednesday Sadhana Forest welcomed for the second time a very special children’s performance. I actually want to tell you about the first time this happened, about a week and a half earlier. It was a surprise, at least for me. On Saturday night, our weekly open podium night had so far only…
The Eco Film on Friday, April 2nd: Bad Seed – The Truth about our Food Genre: Documentary. Director: Timo Nadudvari USA, 2006. 58 minutes. Life has evolved on our planet for billions of years. Humans now have the technology to destroy all that nature’s wisdom has provided. Genetic Engineering (GE) poses a serious threat to the…
By Stephanie Garvin I had the pleasure of undertaking a permaculture design course as part of the three year training programme in November 2009. In true Sadhana Forest style we were encouraged to share this knowledge as far as possible. Permaculture is a unique approach to the practice of sustainable farming, gardening and living, by…
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!!
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…
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…
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…
