Stewardship for New Emergence

Exploring the freedom to learn

By Lesley

Jagadeshwari hails from Annai Nagar, a small village on the northern side of Auroville, where she works as an administrator and facilitator in Thamarai after-school (an Auroville outreach project).

From inside-out: Monica Sharma on new models of change, leadership and stewardship

A profile of Dr Monica Sharma, By Alan

Monica Sharma trained as a physician and epidemiologist, then worked for the United Nations for 22 years. She was the Director of several global programmes, including the UNDP programme on HIV/AIDS, as well as being Director of Leadership and Capacity Development at the U.N.

Evaluating the Selection Process

Editorial, By Bindu and Carel

The new members of the Funds and Assets Management Committee. From left: Yuval, Chandresh, Lyle, Stephanie, Bindu, Chali, UIIi, Amy and Prabhu

On three days in October, replacement members for the Working Committee (2) and Auroville Council (4) were selected, as well as a complete new Funds and Assets Management Committee (FAMC) of 9 people.

“Yes we can!”

Event review, By Alan

Nammal mudiyam - the “we can” project - is a project of the youth of Edayanchavady. As a step in transforming their village, they organized an alcohol-awareness programme on 28th February in the temple square.

Building bridges: the Paalam Project

Event review, By Kavitha

Youth from the neighbourhood attending a presentation in the Unity Pavilion

The Bioregion Action Group and YouthLink are both outcomes of the Auroville Retreat. Together with Auroville Village Action they are in the process of implementing a project called ‘Paalam’, meaning ‘Bridge’ in Tamil.

Fostering leadership

Event review, By Bindu

Bindu shares what she learnt from the ongoing Stewardship Workshops being offered in Auroville by Monica Sharma, through the support of SAIIER.