Last week was our final chance to plant Tropical Dry Evergreen Forest trees (TDEF) in Sadhana Forest during this planting season. The forest work continued with a greater sense of urgency as the rainy season came to an end. Led by Reza, our long term volunteer and forest work coordinator, our volunteers worked long and…
Last week, a new cultural exchange began between the Sadhana Forest community and our surrounding villages. Adam Le’ Adam is an Israeli based organization working to help further develop relationships between travelers and the communities they visit. A group of 17 volunteers will stay in Sadhana Forest for two weeks focusing on community outreach. The…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Shout out to Sadhana Forest Worldwide! This morning, led by our Forest Coordinator Reza, Sadhana Forest volunteers and a wonderful group of children from the Aikiyam School planted several trees of the Tropical Dry Evergreen Forest ! A lot of love and care went into giving the young saplings a strong start in our forest…
Hello there Sadhana World!! This week has seen three enjoyable evenings of sunset seed planting sessions, lead by our dedicated garden team, Stephanie, Tom and Tobin. As part of our expansion plans for the community garden, the seed planting has so far included Capsicum, Brinjal/Eggplant, Red Basil, Lettuce (Ice Queen), Coriander, Celery, Okra /Lady Finger…
Happy Diwali Everyone!!! Last night at Sadhana Forest we began the Diwali festival celebrations with a spectacular high energy drumming performance, lead by our local friend Murali and his band from Pondy. Diwali, meaning ‘festival of light’ or Dīpāvali (Sanskrit: a row of lamps) is the most colourful Indian festival and is celebrated on the…
Vanakkam Sadhana Cyber Foresters!! We hope you are all well and happy!!! Today at the Forest we welcomed a group of children from Deepam school, where they were given an introduction to the forest. After giving a brief introduction about themselves and their school, our young guests joined the other volunteers for lunch in the…
