Last Friday, as part of our Eco-Film club, we were happy to host Korean Heritage night. Photo by Jeremy Over 400 volunteers, guests, and friends joined us for the evening. Sadhana Forest was decorated with traditional Korean lights in the main hut and along our main path. The evening’s program included an environmental film about…
Written by Tobin – AKA Bobin Laundry – often overlooked as a part of life in the west – but we wear clothes and they get dirty and we’d like to wear them again…so we clean them. Sadhana had a small table for volunteers to wash the forest debris from their garments but when we…
The Eco Film Garbage Warrior shown on Friday, January 29th is part of the Litter Free Auroville‘s massive cleanup on the same day! Won the Most Popular Film at the Vancouver International Film Festival Genre: Documentary. Director: Oliver Hodge. UK, 2008. 86 minutes. Garbage Warrior is a feature-length documentary film telling the epic story of…
This year in Sadhana Forest we are happy to welcome more families to our community. We have 5 families living with us, including 11 children. It is wonderful to have so many families as part of the community. The energy of the children is an integral part of our community life. The growth of Children’s…
The Korean Pavilion Group and Sadhana Forest would like to invite you to a fun-filled night of cultural exchange on Friday, January 22nd !!! As part of this night we show the Eco Film Warzone Gone Wild. The following Trailer is the only video material we could find on the net, please ignore the timings at…
Recently, a group of students from the Living Routes study abroad program joined the Sadhana Forest community. This group will be staying with us for the 3 week duration of their J-Term semester. We are very excited that they have joined our project!! The focus of the group is to learn more about sustainable living…
The Eco Film on Friday, January 15th: FLOW: For the Love of Water Festival Award Winner at the Vail Film Festival and Grand Jury Prize Nominee at the Sundance Film Festival Genre: Documentary. Director: Irena Salina. USA, 2008. 93 minutes. Irena Salina’s award-winning documentary investigates what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of…
Last Thursday night, we celebrated the change from 2009 to 2010 Sadhana Forest style! Our long term volunteer Maja, organized a forest theater that celebrated the creative energy of our community. Within the forest theater many different actors created a welcoming environment that was themed towards cleansing and renewal. Following the evening forest walk, there…
Children’s Land Last Sunday, December 27, we inaugurated Sadhana Forest Children’s Land! This new project is led by Ana and Tiago with the help of Maja, Reza, Niki, David, Aviram and Yorit. The day’s program was packed with a permaculture course for children, a deep ecology session, joyful non-competitive games, music and singing, a special…
Written by Mike Roy Dirt and bunds, acacias and bananas, humanure piles and compost pits. Solar panels and 4.7 acres of thatch huts. Not a single ham, Santa, or snowflake in sight. Not exactly the Christmas landscape that many Sadhana volunteers are used to. Nonetheless, with “a little bit of sense, little of discipline” (as Hugo sings in what has…
