To help our Sunday Community Meetings run with a little more fun and joviality, it was decided we would introduce a new twist. Although we embrace the forest and community work here at Sadhana Forest, the sharing of this out at the meetings wasn’t the most exciting process, so we thought a bit of FANCY…
The recent arrival of the 1,000 new Tropical Dry Evergreen Forest tree seedlings at Sadhana Forest was a cause for great excitement! This year we have decided to plant fewer seedlings, (we planted over 2,000 last year) and the seedlings are 2 years old, a year older than the seedlings we planted last year….
As the work on the land at Omkareshwar, Madhya Pradesh, takes pace, the children from the ashram school (that faces the ‘soon-to-be-forest’ ) have started showing more and more interest in the tree planting. Every evening, after school big groups of children gather on the land with tools, compost and saplings, all set to make…
After the plotting and marking of the land it was time for the first tree to be planted.The first tree that was chosen to be planted on the land was the peepal tree. In Traditional Indian culture the Peepal tree is considered an assembly point for people to come together. The tree also has a…
So, the planning phase is underway here at Omkareshwar. Looking at this 10-acre site we decided to begin the forestation work in a corner of the land just east of the school. This way we will be able to assess the speed and scale of the work, before undertaking the whole area for tree planting….
Volunteers from Sadhana Forest are in Madhya Pradesh this week, in Central India, about to begin a new forestation project. Tom, Becky and Niki have travelled up with Aviram and the Rozin family to take a look at the 10-acre piece of land belonging to the Mata Anandamayi Peeth ashram at Omkareshwar. Following a presentation by Aviram in…
After the school holidays, Children`s Land is full power again. Every week we receive visits from Apres School (Wednesdays) and New Creation School (Fridays). Both groups are motivated to do things in the soil. “Kaigani Totem”!!! In Tamil language this means Children’s Garden and now it is time to plant. But this time with a new…
The new single and double-person accommodation is nearing completion on the new land acquired this year by Sadhana Forest. Each Tamil-style hut has been built solely from natural materials, for example timber, palm leaves and coconut rope. Not a single nail was used! The huts have two levels, with the top level reached by a…
Last Sunday, 12 children representing 4 diferent places, Moratandi, Trichitambaram, Kullapalayam and Pondicherry came to Sadhana Forest to plan the new building that will be their shelter in Children’s Land. We had the presence of Manu, an Architect from Auroville, to help them to develop their ideas. Actually, they agreed to call this place “The…
At the start of the Tamil school holidays, we organised a very interesting workshop. Rachel, a volunteer from France, a girl very expressive and friendly, offered a stunning morning to all the children, told stories about the nature, about animals, taught how to make flowers, playing the saxophone, the guitar and much more!! And guess…
