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".
By Train Across Sri Lanka 42 Minutes / English / 2015 / Directed by Alexander Schweitzer In the 19th century the British built a railway in what was then their colony of Ceylon. Their idea was to transport goods such as tea from the highlands to the port of Colombo. Today it’s mainly only locals and tourists who use the so-called “Main […]
Pushing Through the Pavement: A Permaculture Action Story 72 Minutes / English / 2015 / Directed by Zachary Fabian Watch the inspiring story about the first Permaculture Action Tour, with music producer The Polish Ambassador, that covered over 9,000 miles though 33 cities and 19 states, from San Francisco to New York City, spreading funky beats and permaculture action.
Chasing Ice 75 Minutes / English / 2012 / Directed by Jeff Orlowski Follow National Geographic photographer James Balog across the Arctic as he deploys time-lapse cameras designed for one purpose: to capture a multi-year record of the world’s changing glaciers.
61 Minutes / English / 2016 / Directed by Rich Humphreys From heritage harvest festivals and open orchards in the deep south to temperate food forests in the north there is a grass-roots food movement that is engaging communities and seeding multi-generational solutions for our food. This documentary tells the story of community in action, creating a Edible Paradise in public […]
The Rise of Sustainability 42 Minutes / English / 2017 / Directed by Complexity Labs The film explores the rise of the concept of sustainability as it has gone from the fringes to the mainstream within just a few short decades, driven by an environmental crisis on a global scale. We explore this new environmental context of the Anthropocene and the […]
Search for the Super Battery 52 Minutes / English / 2017 / Directed by Daniel McCabe Join host David Pogue as he explores the hidden world of energy storage, from the power—and danger—of the lithium-ion batteries we use today, to the bold innovations that could one day charge our world.
Access 360° : Taj Mahal 43 Minutes / English / 2012 / Directed by Aditya Thayi Could the Taj Mahal be in imminent danger? It is one of the grandest works of architecture on the planet.But conservators who work at the site dispute the claims. We follow the controversy as the Taj’s stability is examined. The over 350-year-old monument is under serious […]
The Animal Communicator 52 Minutes / English / 2012 / Directed by Craig Foster Anna Breytenbach has dedicated her life to what she calls inter-species communication. She sends detailed messages to animals through pictures and thoughts. She then receives messages of remarkable clarity back from the animals.This is the first full length documentary film on the art of animal communication.
The Dark Side of Chocolate 46 Minutes / English / 2010 / Directed by Miki Mistrati & U. Roberto Romano . In the cocoa plantations of Ghana and the Ivory Coast, children aged from 7 to 15 years old, with the promise of paid work, they are forced into slave labour. Does the world know about the dark side of chocolate?
Wasteland Warriors 50 Minutes / English / 2009 / Directed by Thomas Rilk. Surrounded by barren cities, sterile concrete or over maintained, uniform patches of green, more and more animals are losing their last places of retreat. The city continues to grow inexorably but, where humans fail to impose their order, nature sprouts and crawls out of the tiny cracks in […]
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 […]
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