The cyclone season is upon us! Up first (and hopefully last) was Cyclone Jal. On Sunday, November 7th we woke to dark skies and slow rain. Within hours the whole storm would be upon us so this meant it was time to get ready! Volunteers who had heard our request for help the night before,…
Happy Diwali Everyone, On the 5th of November Sadhana Forest was all light and beauty with lamps lined all along the path and beautiful deepam(oil lamp) mandalas made to mark the celebration of Diwali, the festival of light. Diwali, which is one of the most important festivals in India is celebrated on the kartika amavasya…
Wow! What a great week at the kindergarten in Thiruchitrambaram this week. The children are becoming more accustomed to our presence and we can visibly see them relax more and recognise us on each visit. On Monday we arrived with lots and lots of organic material and tools to build the raised garden beds….
Six months ago Sadhana Forest donated 15 highly efficient rocket stoves to local families who have a baby under 6 months old. The stoves use 90% less wood fuel than an open fire, and produce almost no smoke. This means that they are more economical, less polluting and better for the health. We were delighted…
This week was an exiting week at Thiruchitrambaram Kindergarten as we have started building the organic garden! This year Sadhana Forest has helped to carry out extensive remedial works at the kindergarten, including improving the masonry, fixing the plumbing and toilet, installing a water tank and painting the building in bright colors inside and out. …
The monsoon season is nearly fully upon us here at Sadhana Forest and as the rains build up, the time has come for tree planting this year! Vibrations of excitement have been rippling through the community in the past few weeks. We only plant during the monsoon season to ensure that the seedlings will receive…
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…
