Auroville's monthly news magazine since 1988

Buddha Garden farm

Ground clearing

Both before and since the Supreme Court stayed the NGT verdict, land clearance, including tree-cutting and transplantation, has taken place across Auroville.

VIP Road: removal of farms

In an open letter to the Farm Service, the FO FAMC and the Secretary of the Auroville Foundation, Auroville farmers raised their concern as to the announcement that three farm areas (Buddha Garden, Siddhartha and Shambala) are to be removed to make place for a road, parking lots and convenience facilities for a planned VIP road, a road which is not mentioned in the gazetted Master Plan.

The tangled web of cashew growing and pesticide spraying

The cashew fruit and nut

It’s that time of year again. Aurovilian eyes are burning, heads are aching, throats and noses are sore, and so many of us feel exhausted and nauseous.

Auroville Consulting

Installing solar panels on the roof of the Pavilion of Tibetan Culture, Auroville

Auroville Consulting is acquiring a considerable reputation in India for its work with State, Central government and international agencies, as well as academic institutions but it is also contributing its expertise to Auroville.

Connecting with our food

Udavi students proudly display the harvest

Just as much it fills my heart with joy to see a sapling poke its head out of the ground and slowly grow and unfurl its leaves to the light, so also it gives me immense joy to see a new educational initiative take root and steadily grow each year.

Farms under stress

Dried-out pond at Annapurna Farm

Even though Auroville farms largely use sprinklers and drip irrigation to reduce wastage of water, it goes without saying that our agricultural sector consumes the maximum amount of water.

Experiments in Alternative Eduction: The Learning Community (TLC)

Comparative tasting of yogurt for Annapurna farm

Manas discovers in Auroville the educational experiment he dreamed of years ago.

Climate change, climate justice, and the need for resilience

Growing food, growing children

Students at Buddha Garden

The deeper vision behind Food Link, an activity of the Auroville Farm Group is to create community by linking the residents of Auroville to the farmers through educational initiatives.

Community reflections on the volunteer experience

The volunteer’s experience

Volunteering at Nandanam school

My experience of Auroville started in August 2013, as an intern at the Auroville Earth Institute. For six months, I had the chance to lead a research project on a promising new technology for construction, Poured Earth Concrete.