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!!
More than 160 people lived in Sadhana Forest the last weeks.
By Niki Last weekend Buddha Smiles, a dear friend of Sadhana Forest, invited us to celebrate their annual school event with them. Buddha smiles is a community that works with children and involves them in all of their community projects, including environmental education, permaculture, and social outreach. Around 25 of us, including 3 families from…
Last week a group of Sadhana Forest’s (long term) volunteers participated in a workshop on cooking and veganism, as a follow-up on the famous Peas vs Pills workshop that Dr. Nandita Shah regularly gives in Auroville. During five days we cooked one or two meals a day and discussed the meanings of the vegan choices. This…
by Myrtille Last Friday was Brazil night at the Eco Film Club, to start February the festive month of carnival. Our day began early, 6:15 AM like every day of the week. Together in a big circle singing a Brazilian song that woke us up in alegria, joy. Today you’re in Brazil, you have to…
Our forest work during this time of year is focused on water conservation. Many of our volunteers have been spending their mornings making bunds to help the forest. Bunds are small water conservation earth mounds that help save water during the rainy season. A lot of the bunding work has been focused around challenge hill…
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…
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…
