Issue No. 369-370, April-May 2020

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Deep Adaptation

The energy challenge

We need to recognise that widespread climatic, economic and social disruption due to climate change, global economic instability, etc. cannot be dealt with in isolation. These are issues that affect everyone and must be dealt with at, to start with, Read more >>

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Deep Adaptation

The food and farming challenge

Taking out paddy seedlings at AnnapurnaThe future is very unpredictable and will unfold in many unexpected ways and we ...

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Deep Adaptation

Deep adaptation: the Findhorn experience

The Findhorn community, an intentional community in the north of Scotland, came to deep adaptation a little later than Au ...

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Reflection

Corona is here, but where is the Karuna?

The grave crisis that has developed worldwide due to the spread of a tiny invisible virus reminds us of the well-known st ...

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Housing

Housing development lacks momentum

Lack of available housing threatens the growth of Auroville. The reasons for this are lack of planning, bureaucratisati ...

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International Zone

African Pavilion: Bringing the African identity to Auroville

The African Pavilion domeA new team – Axum, Elene, and Malcolm – has recently stepped forward to manage the African Pav ...

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Reflection

The Auroville Effect

NatashaAt my father’s funeral, my mother disclosed to me that I was their love child. What this means is that there was ...

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Passings

Passing: Jayaraman Ramalingam

Jayaraman RamalingamJayram of Arka he left his body on March 17 due to heart attack. He was 38 years old. On investigat ...

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Deep Adaptation

Planning for a different future

The late Roger Anger (left) examining a modelHuman activity, especially over the last 300 years, has caused a measurabl ...

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Deep Adaptation

Out of necessity?

Water recycling plant in Invocation communityAuroville’s history is very much interwoven with the story of water access ...

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Deep Adaptation

Is the Auroville economy ready for a post-fossil fuel, post-climate crisis era?

The short answer I believe is, ‘no’. The long answer will take 500 words more. To start with, we need to define “economy” ...

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Profile

Restoring the Earth

Alan beside a banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis) in Fertile forest.Alan Watson Featherstone is a long-term member of the ...

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Housing

Home is where the heart is

Home. House. Home. On my mind, in my heart, and on my lips. Lately, it is all I think about. It is what I long for and if ...

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Crafts Mela

India’s traditional crafts revitalised in students’ hands

Therukootu actors entertain the childrenAuroville’s second Endangered Craft Mela took place in February, and it was a l ...

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Letters

Letter

Dear Aurovilians, I was particularly happy to read the cover article by Guy Ryckaert in the February edition of Aurovi ...

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Passings

Passing: Roger Harris

Roger HarrisOn 30th March, Roger Harris left his body after a struggle with lung cancer. He was 64. Roger was one of th ...

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