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Issue Nº340

Nov 2017 (96 months ago)
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A new Town Development Council

Feature, By Carel

From left (top) Anita, Sindhuja, Anu,Aurovici, Tejaswini, Divya, Inge and Pino

On October 23rd, at the end of a three-day selection process, the community selected a new eight-member team for the Town Development Council (TDC) Interface Team.

The Galaxy Re-visited

An interview with Anu Majumdar, Christian, Tejaswini, David Nightingale, Ganesh Bala, Helmut and Anupama Kundoo, By Alan

An unusual view of the Galaxy

Sunship

An interview with Louis Cohen and Ananda, By Alan

The architect’s design of Sunship

Sunship is a new housing complex of thirty nine apartments, and was conceived as the next step after the Citadines experiment in pioneering a different kind of collective housing in Auroville.

Humanscapes

An interview with Suhasini and Sonja, By Alan

Buildings of the Humanscapes project

The Humanscapes project is designed to accommodate Aurovilians and interns between the ages of 20 - 40 years. The first phase, which is approaching completion, will provide 36 beds in apartments varying from studio size to shared groupings and larger family apartments.

Humanscapes Terms of Reference (extract)

Feature

La visage de la paix – The face of peace

Reflection, By Tency

Tency with the mosaics

Traveling during the early seventies through the Indian subcontinent brought me to Agra. One afternoon, I found myself sitting on the borders of the Yamuna River while watching a sand barge being loaded right behind the Taj Mahal.

Matrimandir Calendar 2018

Book review

Matrimandir Calender 2018

The theme of this year’s Matrimandir desk calendar is “Beauty mirrors God’s Delight”. The photos inside show the Matrimandir from the perspective of the Garden of Conscious-ness.

Matrimandir greeting cards

Book review

Matrimandir Greeting Card 2018

A set of Art Greeting Cards, featuring beautiful photos with the Matrimandir, is now available. The cards come with a short quote of The Mother or Sri Aurobindo on the upper second page.

Auroville Planner 2018

Book review

Auroville Planner 2018

The Auroville Planner 2018 has as cover photo a wall painting at the Auroville Youth Center: ‘Le Petit Prince’ or ‘The Little Prince’, the well-known tale by Antoine de Saint Exupéry.

UNESCO draft resolution The Government of India has submitted a draft resolution for the upcoming General Conference of UNESCO. Appreciating that the Government of India passed, in 1988, the Auroville Foundation Act for the purpose of protecting and encouraging the development of Auroville; that Auroville International Centres have been established in many countries of the world; recognizing that Auroville has developed into a centre of expertise in a wide range of fields, benefiting India and noting its success in sharing its experience and helping the development of its neighboring rural population; acknowledging that Auroville is inviting all nations of the world to participate in its development, especially of its International Zone, which is designated as an educational campus hosting cultural pavilions of all nations or groups of nations, expressing the genius of each culture; noting that 28 February 2018 will mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of Auroville; and recognizing that Auroville is a successful and unique model project, proving the capacity of an international community, after almost 50 years of existence, to continue to live up to its initial founding ideas of peace and international harmony and which are also UNESCO’s own values and principles, as well as some of its major priorities, the resolution invites the Director-General of UNESCO to reinforce the association of UNESCO with Auroville and organize commemorative activities for its 50th anniversary and to re-invite the Member States on the special occasion of Auroville’s 50th anniversary, to participate in Auroville’s further development.

Road improvements The Town Development Council has informed that in view of the visit of the Prime Minister in February 2018 new roadworks will be on the way soon.

Women’s Solidarity Festival Auroville Village Action celebrated the 21st edition of the Annual Women’s Solidarity Festival. The event was attended by over 5000 women from the bioregion, over 500 children, guests from Auroville and volunteers from the Paalam youth group in the bioregion and other village youths.

Garbology Integrated The Education Secretary for Tamil Nadu has agreed to integrate a Garbology chapter into the Social Studies textbooks for two grades and the Garbology information boxes for grades 1-10.

Auroville Library of Things (ALoT) The Auroville Library of Things (ALoT), which has been operating for six months, is gradually developing into a useful community service. Located in a container near the Solar Kitchen, the ALoT intends to collect and lend out items that are unused by its owner.

Evolution Fast-Forward The three Evolution Fast-Forward videos are now all freely available for streaming in their entirety online. You find them on www.sopanam.org, along with some other treasures.

Correction Walk of Hope The list of 50th anniversary projects mentioned in our previous issue contains a mistake. The Walk of Hope through Auroville and the surrounding villages will take place in Auroville and the bioregion on January 28, 2018.