Every Friday we get together to watch a film with themes that relate to Sadhana Forest. These can be films about environment, natural history, social issues, etc.
We open this evening to guests and welcome anyone that would like to share this evening with us. Reservations are not required. We provide a free shuttle bus from the center of Auroville to Sadhana Forest and back. Before the featured film we have a tour of the project, explaining the project’s mission, achievements, challenges, and future aspirations.
After the film we provide a vegan, organic dinner free of charge. This evening is given as a gift. To read more about why we don't charge for activities such as these go to: "Gift Economy".
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth’s oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south and is bounded by the continents of Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east. In this […]
The Land of Ahimsa brings you on journey to understanding the origins of Ahimsa. Through knowledge from experts on environment, nutrition, spirituality and advocacy they illustrate the importance of “Ahimsa” in action. While focused in India, the intention is that this will resonate across the globe. Dolly Vyas Ahuja is the grand daughter of freedom […]
In this episode of “Wonders of Life”, Brian Cox visits South East Asia’s ‘Ring of Fire’. In the world’s most volcanic region he explores the thin line that separates the living from the dead. Here he poses that most enduring of questions: what is life? The traditional answer is one that invokes the supernatural, as […]
What can animals’ emotions tell us about ourselves? This documentary takes us on a fascinating journey into the lives of the great apes. Did you know that chimpanzees wage war? Not only that, but they also show compassion, engage in cooperative behavior, and value fairness and reciprocity. Chimpanzees reconcile after fights, and comfort each other. […]
Experience our planet’s natural beauty and examine how climate change impacts all living creatures. Learn more about our wonderful planet in this ambitious documentary of spectacular scope. In this episode, cameras follow desert elephants seeking sustenance. Also featured are bison roaming North American grasslands and caterpillars living the good life underground. Our planet’s grasslands are […]
We all want to be healthy. We all want to protect the planet and we all want to be kind. Yet today we are facing a health crisis, an environmental crisis and an ethical crisis affecting people and the economy. How much difference can one person make? Let us be Heroes explores the impact of […]
Termites cannot tolerate sunlight; some of them are even blind. However they are one of the world’s most ingenious builders: Termites. They build high-risers without any technical devices that are, compared to the Empire State Building in New York, 25 times higher. They are the only animals that have managed to build an air-conditioning system […]
For more than 15 years, cameraman and ecologist John D. Liu has been working on his worldwide mission. This mission has been in regreening deserts and to restore biodiversity. It all started in 1995 when Liu filmed the Loess-plateau in China. He witnessed a local population who turned an area of almost the same size […]
The Earthing Movie is a documentary that reveals the scientific phenomenon of how we can heal our bodies by doing the simplest thing that a person can do – standing barefoot on the earth. The Earthing Movement is one of reconnecting people to our wonderful planet. 2019 / 75 minutes / Rebecca and Joshua Tickell […]
Experience our planet’s natural beauty and examine how climate change impacts all living creatures in this ambitious documentary of spectacular scope. Jungles and rainforests are home to an incredible variety of species like preening birds, intelligent orangutans and remarkably ambitious ants. These hotspots of biodiversity are under tremendous threat at this time. Our way of […]
Sadhana Forest has started a Mobile Reforestation project in Virudhunagar District, southern Tamil Nadu (India). This region, south of the city of Madurai, has been heavily deforested and is strongly suffering because of climate change. Rainfed agriculture is becoming increasingly difficult. This is forcing many local people to leave their ancestral villages behind and look […]
CONTINUE READING →Growing Sadhana Forests in India and abroad On December 19th, 2013 Sadhana Forest will turn 10 years old. Auroville Today spoke with founder Aviram about the project’s activities and progress. Sadhana Forest started after Aviram, together with his wife Yorit and their daughter Osher, came to Auroville in 2002. They went to the Forest Group […]
CONTINUE READING →“From my little hut in the forest”
We invite you to explore the intimate stories of the family behind the scene of Sadhana Forest, an international reforestation project. In this audio odyssey you will sail back in time with the Rozin family to those authentic moments during the first 12 years of Sadhana Forest.
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