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by Andrea
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Monday, 30 August 2010 |
 Auroville's three day workshop 'Green Practices' ended on the 28th of August. During this intensive experience 30 speakers from Auroville and almost 50 participants explored the meaning of Green Practice here in the City of Dawn. On the final day after the final session, Alan of Auroville Today moderated a 45 minute interaction between the participants and a panel, composed of Latha of l'Avenir d'Auroville, Durganand Balsavar, architect and urban planner from Chennai, Sumant Kachru of JHM Hotels from Surat and Dave Wallack, IFMR in Chennai. Here's the recording of that session. The full Green Practice workshop recording will be published in the next few days on both www.auroco.org and AurovilleRadio websites.
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by Miriam
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Monday, 28 June 2010 |
 “I send the energy of love and gratitude to the water and all the living creatures in the Gulf of Mexico and its surroundings. To the whales, dolphins, pelicans, fish, shellfish, plankton, coral, algae... I am sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you. I love you.” Dr. Masaru Emoto's prayer was recited on Friday at noon on Repos beach by few at the occasion of the event Hands Across the Sand. The oil spill on 20th of April in the gulf of Mexico which was resulted from the explosion and sinking of and oil rig caused immediate damages, and because the leaking is still not stopped we are facing the ecological disaster beyond our comprehension.
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by Sam
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Monday, 24 May 2010 |
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 On Friday, the 26th of February Marti held a presentation about the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference at the MMC Auditorium in the Town Hall. She is a United Nations ECOSOC representative to Geneva. She joined a lot of closed sessions in Copenhagen, including presentations by leading world climatologists. The presentation was about the conference itself – how it was organized, the successes and failures, what they didn’t tell us, Plan B and the importance of spiritual transformation in our present context.
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by Elaine
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Wednesday, 19 May 2010 |
 Gilles G, one of the founders of Solar Kitchen, talks about using the sun to produce steam to power a canteen to cater for up to 1,000 people. The system is still a hybrid, with diesel used to supplement sunshine, but previous diesel consumption has been cut by more than 30 percent.
Robi from Aureka also talks about the production of wind pumps and their use in the green belt where the ban on electricity and diesel forces people to go for alternatives.
And Gillian, coordinator of the waste collection service Ecoservice, speaks of attempts to avoid landfill, and to establish recycling – getting inspired help from local people who, for example, pointed out that things such as toothbrushes can be recycled.
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by Steffi
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Tuesday, 04 May 2010 |
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 Collecting all the knowledge and expertise in Auroville around the topic of sustainablility and environment, that was the idea for the Green Portal, a new website, which just started. It lists experts and projects and it contains articles and multimedia.On Friday, the 30th of April it was presented to the public and Steffi interviewed Raghu, Martin and Vimal, three of the team members, who created this portal. Read more
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by Eliane
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Tuesday, 20 April 2010 |
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 Adhi, born in Edayanchavadi, works in the Botanical Garden, which aims to educate people about local plants and how they remain green even in the dry conditions. He has introduced the use of native species in Auroville rather than exotic plants which need lots of water and maintenance. Local children from 150 government schools in the region come to the botanical garden and are taught about the nursery and alternative energy, plant trees and are encouraged to take plants home to create gardens. There are also attempts to produce and conserve seeds of native Indian vegetables – original heritage seed independent of commercial genetically-modified seed.
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by Miriam
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Monday, 19 April 2010 |
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 Sunny Saturday afternoon, and Upasana decorated with balloons, beautiful kolams on the floor and children laughter all around. Small Steps were launched three years ago deliberately on Earth Day, and in Auroville is one part of Small Steps campaign, which is stretched all over. Small Steps is focusing on the attitude that we all have take small steps and do something for the planet, for its greener future. Small Steps were launched as invocation to express gratitude for the Mother Earth. Read more
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by Chloe
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Friday, 16 April 2010 |
 A postcard campaign is being launched for Earth Day to seek the help of the Indian President to stop the burning of solid waste and establish proper separation in the Pondi Dump site. Postage paid postcards, for your personal message, are available on the Earth Day table outside solar Kitchen on Friday 16th and Saturday 17th, these will be posted together with those from Auroville schools and villagers and schools in Edayanchavadi and Mooratandi villages, all planned to arrive on the President’s doorstep on Earth day, April 22nd.
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