Sustainable Livelihood Institute (SLI)

A life with numbers and beyond

Feature, By Lesley

It’s generally Auroville’s attractive products or tangible outputs that have gained the most attention for the community’s units and services over the years.

The Auroville seed festival

Feature, By Anusha

The Sustainable Livelihood Institute (SLI)

An interview with, By Alan

The Sustainable Livelihood Institute (SLI) is a joint project of the Government of Tamil Nadu and Auroville to promote rural development based on the principles of sustainable development .

Why do millets matter?

Feature, By Bindu

Bindu, who is working on a movie on the topic, shares her understanding of the importance of millets, internationally, nationally and locally.

Seed Festival in Auroville

News in brief

On July 26th, the Sustainable Livelihood Institute, a joint venture of the Tamil Nadu Government and the Auroville Foundation, celebrated the Tamil month of Aadi by a Seed Festival in Auroville.

New Governing Board members

Feature

From left: Dr. Nirima Oza, Prof. Sachindananda Mohanty , Dr. Prema Nandakumar, Chairman Dr. Karan Singh, Dr. Anirban Ganguly and Auroville Foundation Secretary Mr

Glimpses of Auroville History

By Alain Bernard

Francis addressing a meeting at the Matrimandir amphitheatre

Alain Bernard first came to Auroville in 1972. Since then, he has been involved in many key areas, including the economy, education, the Press and, most recently, Village Action and the Sustainable Livelihood Institute.

Tamil Nadu and Auroville: an enlarged cooperation

Opinion, By Alain Bernard

Women self-help group (SHG) members from across Tamil Nadu learning to prepare herbs based primary health care products as part of the SLI programme

Alain Bernard, a trustee of Auroville Village Action, introduces the Sustainable Livelihood Institute (SLI) project, a joint project of Auroville and the Government of Tamil Nadu.

“There are many more Aurovilians in the world”

An interview with Kavitha, By Ing-Marie

Kavitha presenting Auroville at the Global Ecovillage Network Summit in Scotland

Kavitha was one of four Aurovilians who recently attended the Global Eco-village Networks’ (GEN) 20+ Summit, held in Findhorn, Scotland. There she represented Auroville as well as Youth Link.

Communicating for social change

An interview with Gerald Frape, By Alan

Gerald Frape is a social issues communicator who has been working for 35 years with government and non-government organizations on a wide range of social and environmental issues.

Heeding the Call: Sustainability for South India and Beyond

Feature, By Kavitha

Women receiving training at an Auroville hammock making unit in Kottakarai

Tamil Nadu today is ranked among India’s most ‘developed’ states. Increasingly urbanised, it has a growing service sector in the cities, and is a proud leader in healthcare and information technology.