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Leave behind the Western, competitive and consumerist
lifestyle and learn what it is like to live well, more lightly and more
sustainably at Sadhana Forest. Dedicated to veganism, appropriate
technologies and simple living, the community works to regenerate the
Tropical Dry Evergreen Forest near Auroville, India. Sadhana is an
ideal environment to learn to measure and reduce your Carbon Footprint
and contribute to indigenous seed and tree planting, contour bunding,
organic gardening, natural fence building, and compost and soil
management with Effective Microorganisms (EM).
Come prepared to wake early, work hard, live simply,
learn a lot, and leave inspired. Both theory and practice of ecological
living and habitat regeneration will be emphasized along with community
building and personal development. There are countless opportunities
for mentorship and learning practical strategies for living in a post
Peak-Oil world.
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The mission of Sadhana Forest is the
reforestation of 70 Acres of severely eroded Tropical Dry Evergreen
Forest in Tamil Nadu, India. This forest type is found only in South
India and Sri Lanka (only 0.01% of the original habitat remains) and
provides rare biological richness due to its very high species
abundance. The Sadhana Forest community, founded in 2003 by an Israeli
couple, Aviram and Yorit Rozin, pumps water by hand, prepares vegan
meals, powers itself via solar, and is comprised of simple thatched
huts (built by community members) and a beautiful natural swimming
hole. This is an experience of what Auroville was like 30 years ago
during its pioneering days! Sadhana, a new community of Auroville,
enjoys strong community spirit and excellent and cooperative
relationships with its local Tamil neighbors.
Located on an earlier site chosen by the Mother for Auroville - a 70
acre area of land west of the Pondicherry- Tindivanam road - Sadhana
Forest, although named as such, is not yet a fully-fledged forest,
though it is on the way to becoming one.
Although the land has been Auroville's throughout most of Auroville's
history, it was only when Israeli-born Aurovilians Aviram and his wife
Yorit were given stewardship and settled there with their daughter in
December 2003 that things really started happening, though there had
been a tree planting programme earlier on parts of the land.
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Earn 4 transferable credits through the University of Massachusetts
Amherst
Course: Independent Study: Low Carbon Living at Sadhana Forest (NRC #596)
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