Greetings friends, On Sunday we were happy to celebrate Osher Rozin’s 9th Birthday with a wonderful group of friends. The extended Sadhana Family all joined together for a special afternoon filled with non-competitive games, gifts, vegan cakes, and a wonderful lunch prepared by Nadav. Many children joined the party on Sunday and enjoyed spirited music…
The Eco Film on Friday, December 4th: Rang-e Khoda (The Color Of Paradise) Won 10 awards in 7 international film festivals Genre: Drama. Director: Majid Majidi. Iran, 1999. 90 minutes Majid Majidi, director and writer of the much-acclaimed “The Children of Heaven” has again proven to the world that he is able to demonstrate weighty ideas…
We have great news from Sadhana Forest! An intensive permaculture design course (PDC) for our long term volunteers started two weeks ago. The course participants are learning the principles of permaculture to help design new developments in the Sadhana community. John Button, a native of Australia, who has been teaching Permaculture since 1985 has joined…
The Eco Film on Friday, November 27th: Elsewhere (Parts 7 – 9) 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…
Dear Sadhana World: Last Saturday, our long term volunteer Reza, led the Saturday morning Chanting and Planting workshop. Chanting and Planting is a wonderful workshop where local children are invited to come and plant trees with our volunteers. This week, our good friend Rajan, came with a group of 11 children from Aikiyam School to…
The Eco Film on Friday, November 20th: Elsewhere (Parts 4 – 6) 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 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…
