Lands for Auroville Unified (LFAU)

In 2014, Mandakini Lucien-Brun of Auroville International France teamed up with longtime land fundraiser Aryadeep and secretary Jothi Raj of Land For Auroville United (LFAU) to create the Acres for Auroville fundraising campaign.

The A4A team reports on the results of supporters’ solidarity.

The Land For Auroville United team has launched a crowdfunding campaign to acquire the lands for Auroville. An estimated 200 million dollars will be needed to purchase all the land in Auroville’s Master Plan area – but right now, it says, “we could do a lot to safeguard Auroville with 20 million dollars!”

“The procurement of land for Auroville is the most urgent priority in order to ensure the future of the project in its original spirit,” says Sauro Mezzetti, member of the Working Committee and former overall coordinator of L’Avenir d’Auroville.

Barefoot running has been gaining popularity slowly but surely in Auroville. In the early days, almost every runner was a barefoot runner because sports shoes were simply not available.

On February 7th, the ‘Landing Auroville Celebration’ held at the Unity Pavillion was an encouraging success. Organised by the joint land fundraising teams of Acres for Auroville, GreenAcres and LFAU, the event’s central message was the sacredness of the land, and the need for an intense collective effort to acquire land in Auroville’s Master Plan area now.

The Acres for Auroville Phase Two and GreenAcres campaigns were launched on August 15th.

The goal of Acres for Auroville is to secure, consolidate, and protect the land in the Matrimandir and International Zone areas. The campaign is a joint effort of Auroville International France with Lands for Auroville Unified (LFAU) in coordination with the LCC (Land Coordination Committee).