Today, 2nd of September you can see a French movie or sing at Verite Hall ethnic chants, and the Auroville Council reminding all to come to the general meeting tomorrow. The Auroville Green Practise launched their portal on 28th of August which is a web-based knowledge resource containing articles, audio and video clips as well as a directory of experts and units - all related to work being done at Auroville in areas of eco-restoration, water management, waste management, farming, architecture, renewable energy and environmental outreach activities. Auroville Green Practices Portal was developed with support from Stichting de Zaaier and now maintained by Auroville Consulting.Www.green.aurovilleportal.org

A Dana, Basile (alias Tutsy Navarathna) et Claudine nous ouvrent les portes de leur studio, où ils distillent avec précision des documentaires et des courts métrages sur Auroville. Installés ici depuis dix ans, ils nous livrent leurs impressions sur les évolutions culturelles et artistiques dont ils ont été témoins. Entre Second Life, le Bhagavad-Gitâ et Rimbaud, nous découvrons avec enthousiasme le travail de recherche et d'expérimentation de ces professionels. Ils posent ainsi les premières pierres d'une scène culturelle de haut niveau à Auroville. Read more

Today the three day seminar Auroville Green Practice is starting, and is meant for external participants to hear Auroville speakers on many different areas from forestry, water management, environmental issues, renewable energy...Our team is making all the best to publish as soon would be possible the major peaks of the seminar. Beside that we can see a movie in the evening in Cinema paradiso at Town Hall or at sunset we can listen to “Savitri” at Amphitheater at Matrimandir or we can join the ethnic chanting at Verite at 7pm with Ana, Tiago and friends

Tuesday, 24th of August and in the area still feels like monsoon time is here. This morning meeting of L'Avenir d'Auroville with new ideas and designs, which developed in a lively discussion will be publish on net in next days. Tonight you can see an Italian movie Due Partitie, and tomorrow afternoon in the Town Hall is meeting for all who would like to do something useful for the community and for the safety of us all, and are healthy and physically fit, are patient and always cool, responsible and reliable, can respond adequately in a crisis situation, and would like to join the team of volunteers to address the security issues in the area.

Peaceful Thursday with a possibility to either see a movie Le Concert or join ethinc chanting at Verite Hall. The same way approaching weekend before full moon on Tuesday offers mostly entertainment in movies, from excellent Indian movie at Bharat Nivas – Do Bigha Zamin (Two Acres of Land) by Bimal Roy to award winning documentary at Eco Film Club At Sadhana Forest by Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno and Kury Engfehr - The Yes Men fix the World... In this news we also feature a short interview with Glen (Forest Group) about meeting at Youth Center between forest groups and planners of the town, which was recorded trough the phone.

On a beautiful day in New Creation, Srini shares with us the work and projects of the “journey” that has been for him Yatra Multimedia. Through education, pedagogy and a great deal of hard work, Yatra offers to Auroville and to the surrounding villages awareness movies for children. Srini's life-long passion for visual arts is livened up by his great sense of humor, characteristic of his movies which have won awards at the 2009 Auroville Film Festival. The Auroville visual arts scene is flourishing according to Srini, and he stresses the importance of youth to reach greater cultural achievements. Read more

Tuesday, 17th of August, and in Auroville is partly cloudy but still very pleasant, and with many things to do. The same we way we can hear the constant hammering of the workers of nearby project of Inspiration, road...L'Avenir of Auroville and Forest Group had a meeting this morning. What are the opening hours of Matrimandir, and which movie we can see tonight? AT 4.30 pm at Visitor Center at bookshop of Auroville Papers there will be a release of coloring book Bauhinia, A Tree who Wanted to be an Orchid, with the drawings and text by Marie and the graphic design by Leonard, and printed paper specially made by Auroville Papers.

Steffi, a volunteer from Germany who joined our team for good ten months just left. In the interview with Andrea we found out how she sees Auroville, its idea, life... As she said, she hasn't evolved so much on the professional level of radio speaker and journalist because that was the line of work she was already doing in Germany, but Auroville brought more clarity in her life. Trough yoga and some other activities she participated in she's not only more clear about her life, and life goals, but she's also more happy, contented with herself, but, as she said, she hasn't explore all of it yet. Here she met many talented and creative people, and was amazed over the quality of cultural life and events. Auroville she sees as a project in process, and positive for its continuation.

Yes, Auroville Today is back after few months gap, and it's even richer than before, covering many interesting topics and interviews. Today we can see talk with slide show by Michel Danino about his latest work “The Lost River” which has provided an unexpected bridge between the Vedic world and the Indus-Sarasvati civilization in Cinema Paradiso in Town Hall. At the same place you can see an Italian comedy made in 2008 by Giulio Manfredonia. At Bharat Nivas they start with seven sessions of Well Being(Pranayama) workshop from Wednesday 11th of August.

Nel giardino zen del Tai Chi Hall, siamo andati ad incontrare Marco, che, da più di vent'anni, invita giovani (e meno giovani) a sognare e riflettere al “Cinema Paradiso”. Tra i western e l'Auroville Film Festival, tra il cinema iraniano e il Matrimandir, tra Wong Kar-Wai e l'unità umana, Marco ha condiviso il suo rapporto particolare con il cinema ed il ruolo importante di quest'arte nell'esperienza di Auroville. Accompagnato dalla melodia melancolica e sensuale di “In the mood for love”, Marco ci offre le ultime novità sull'Auroville Film Festival del 2011. Nel silenzio meditativo di una sala di proiezione, gli essere umani sembrano più vicini.

Sometimes it may seems from outside that nothing much going on in the city, but closer look reveal rich diversity in many ways of actions. Today we can see the Celebration of the Divinity, in which Ana and Andy will perform Odissi temple dance, while Tiago, Chloe, Caroline and Mariana will sing ethnic chants from around the world. At Bharat Nivas prof Charlie Manokaran will deliver lecture on his spiritual experiences, and also interact with audience about theater and media communication. The weekend ahead also seems very promising with different events and workshops.

Today's news offers some informaion about CSA, the community supported agriculture basket offered by the Auroville farms. You canr egister now and the delivery starts from the 1st of September. Also in the news an announcement from Avitra, the Auroville international translators, who are looking for a Raussion native speaker. And what to do in Auroville: oriental dance classes in the afternnoon or a movie in the evening: the German comedy “Soul Kitchen” by Fatih Akin will be shown at the MMC.

Today's news informas you about the two movies, which will be shown tonight. Sadhana Foests screens “Sharkwater”, a documentary that won 14 international awards and Bharat Nivas shows “Je crois que je l'aime (Could this be love), a love comedy. Also in the news an invitation for a buffet vegan Mexican Dinner on Saturday, information about the increasing prizes at the Auroville Bakery and an invitation for singing one of Mother's Mantras on Sunday evening at the Amphitheatre.

In Auroville is more cloudy than not, and it seems that even activities follow that, but still the range of what it is possible to do around here this afternoon, beside work of course, is quite wide. At AVAG headquarters in Irumbai you can listen to the presentation of village sector work with Integral Sustainability Platform. At Cinema Paradiso you can see a Spanish movie Olga, Victoria Olga or participate in Practice Group for Compassionate Communication at Centre College Guest House at Centre Field. Or, Or...you can join our team! In short interview with Andrea we can see that we are really looking for people with variety of different skills. The fresh daily news which we are producing now for almost three weeks we want to make efficient and useful for all of us, and for that we need YOU!

Do you know what is Auroville OutreachMedia? In today's News we explain you what are they work and we also will listen to the testimonial of two journalist from TF1, France, that were in Auroville to prepare a reportage to their news. CSA project brings us a very tasteful activity: tomorrow, Thursday, the 19th at 10 am, Bhuvana is going to teach how to prepare 3 delicious dishes with Ash Gourd, a local and very taste vegetable. And today, Wednesday, at Savitri Bhavan at 5h30 pm we have the reading of Sri Aurobindo's book The Life Divine, led by Shraddhavan. All are welcome!! To finish, The Mother's word on the importance of Sri Aurobindo's work.

Today's news includes several announcements. There will be a fusion concert tonight at 7.45 p.m. at the Sri Aurobindo Auditorium combining Jazz and Funk with traditional Indian music styles. And the Multimedia Center starts showing German movies again. Tonight: My name is Bach, a biography-drama about Johann Sebastian Bach. The Freeland Bookshop offers new books and a preview for tomorrow morning for an introduction about the Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. Read more

Today's news inform about an evening about “The Birth of Indian Cinema” on Friday, the 9th of July at the Sri Aurobindo Auditorium. The first Indian feature film “Raja Harishchandra”(1913) will be shown, followed by the movie “Harishchandra's Factory”(2008), a fiction about the history of the first Indian movie. Also on the news, an announcement for a Lego Party on Saturday and a preview for the release of the book “Passage” about Free Progress Education on Monday.

Conocéis a la historia del camello y de Dios? Hoy os cuento una muy interesante fabula que nos hace reflejar acerca de nuestro papel en la creación de las cosas. En el mismo tono tenemos la entrevista de Javier Angulo, Director del Festival Internacional de Valladolid, uno de los mayores de Europa, que estuvo en Auroville con el Festival de Cine y que también estuvo en Delhi para dar una charla acerca de los Nuevos aires del Cine Español. Javier nos habla de Cine,Utopia, Realidad y claro. Auroville.

Today's news features information about the documentary City of Dawn. The documentary won the Planet Prize at the European Spiritual Film Festival in Paris. Also in the news an announcement for the final presentation of the Integral Sustainablity Platform on Friday, the 28th of May at the Multimedia Center. The final strategies from 18 sectors and recommendations for the future will be shown. Sadhana Forest shows the movie Into the arms of strangers, which was the winner of the Best Documentary Oscar in 2001.

Desde un caluroso y calmo verano, las ultimas noticias de mayo traen recuerdos de un muy intenso abril. Siguiendo la sesión de entrevista que hemos echo con participantes del Festival de Cine Español que estuvieron en Auroville, os traigo hoy a Eulalia Ramón, famosa actriz española, que nos habla de su percepción de Auroville, su visión del mundo y la conexión de todo eso con su trabajo. Esta fue su primer visita a India, pero por lo que parece en su entrevista, seguramente no va a ser la ultima.

Matrimandir, Banyan Tree and all the different communities with their various focus – these things are not only popular for tourists but also interesting for journalists. More and more of them came in the recent years to report certain topics. But how can they be controlled, so that Aurovilians don't feel like guineapigs in a zoo? Steffi talked to Outreach Media, a group that takes care of journalists coming to Auroville and she asked a filmmaker about his work and his experiences with the Outreach Media Team.

De la historia personal de alguien y de los eventos de esta semana, uno puede sacar la esencia de que Todo es posible. Jose Coronado, famoso actor espanol que estuvo en Auroville para el Festival de Cine pasado marzo, nos cuenta su camino en el arte dramatico y su descubierta de Auroville. En las actividades de esta semana, aunque el verano llegue trayendo mas calma y tranquilidad, tendremos dos charlas muy interesantes acerca de la ciudad: Espacios Compartidos y Mobilidad.

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Esta semana hacemos un experimento: el programa ha sido grabado como si fuera en directo. Nuestra querida amiga Anandi estuvo con nosotros y nos contó un poco de su proyecto en Auroville y también del evento de América Latina que esta ocurriendo este momento, en el Visitor Center además de la conexión con la zona internacional. Seguimos con la noticia del domingo y su explosión de hispanidad. Para finalizar, Anandi nos regala una linda lectura de sus preciosos poemas.

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Podríamos decidir que esta es una semana de los astros en Auroville. Empezando por el festival Internacional de películas españolas que ocurrirá este domingo, Uma nos cuenta quienes son los invitados y cuales son las actividades programadas para tan especial evento. Seguimos con la exhibición “ La evolución de la Galaxia y el trabajo de Roger”, que ademas de muy lindos paneles, nos traerá también un seminario que hablará acerca de la construcción y el planeamiento de Auroville, y el desarrollo en las ciudades. Para finalizar, el Visitor Center será el escenario para una agradable noche de artes y para una semana toda dedicada a Latino América.

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Du Cinéma cette semaine à Auroville avec un panorama du cinéma contemporain indien les 5, 6 et 7 mars à l’Auditorium Sri Aurobindo, organisé par Aurofilm et en collaboration avec le Directorat des Festivals de Film de l’Inde (DFFI, Delhi). Une interview de Gérard l'un des organisateurs qui nous présente la sélection des films qu'il a été dénicher lors du dernier Festival International du Cinéma de Goa. Pour plus de détails sur la programmation du festival cliquez sur Read More. Aussi dans ces nouvelles en français un petit message de la part du Pavillon de France. Pour télécharger les nouvelles en français cliquez ici. Read more

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Hear comments, thoughts and interviews from the public of Auroville as well as guests about their views of the Auroville film festival 2009. One thing the interviewers are constantly bringing out is: that the AVFF is great and creative endeavor. That the films give a better glimpse into Auroville and the bioregion. That this process reflects many goals of Auroville. Auroville is suppose to be a place of unending education (developing one's skills in video would definitely fit the bill), a place of human unity, many of the films were done by village kids, plus the atmosphere of cooperation and collaboration (not competition) in making the films was really great. The creative spirit is alive and well in AV thanks to the AV Film Festival! Watch the video here.

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The first Auroville Film Festival opened in the presence of all whose contribution made it happen. Present were two of the judges: actor-director Revathy Menon and reporter/documentary filmmaker Gerard Perrier. Aurovilian Marco of Cinema Paradiso, initiator of the festival, presented an overview and warm thanks to all the participants. A few comments from organizers, filmmakers and spectators present in the crowd expressed their enthusiasm and delight, to see months of preparation bear fruit.Click here to view the inauguration at Town Hall, on AurovilleTV.

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The first Film Festival of Auroville! Almost here! Temperature and curiosity rose yesterday during a 24-hour display of huge neon bulbs strung across the road between Solar kitchen and Certitude. The idea was to film the entire construction of the neon bulb construction from its start to its dismantling. Passers-by were more or less intrigued but the highlight appeared after sunset, when all bulbs were in place, and shining forth in the night, visible to all “Auroville Film Festival 09.” Flashy, a bit glamorous, befitting a film premiere. Coming next week. For more infos click here.

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Only a month set us apart from the first film festival in Auroville... Tension and expectations are rising, how it's going to be, what we will see... however it will be the first! In the conversation with Krishna and Marco, who are two most dedicated persons standing behind all that, we found out that over 100 entires arrived to them on time. All are divided in three categories – films made by Aurovilians or filmed in Auroville by guests; films about Auroville and films made by students, and most entires came as experimental type, which mean that we can expect some nice surprises and different approaches. Who's the best will be decided by external jury, consisted from film directors and actors of film industry in Chennai, and public vote by audience.

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