ACRES FOR AUROVILLE FLIER – 24 November 2019

Since its start, over 1000 babies have been born in Auroville. Today, there are the children of the children of the first pioneers – a third generation carrying on the beautiful torch of Auroville! These children have the privilege of imbibing the atmosphere of the great vision and ideals of Auroville. Obviously, Auroville is here to stay!

  Lands for Auroville Unified     Auroville Centre for Urban Research, Administrative Area, Auroville – 605 101, Tamil Nadu, India LFAU Letter – 24 November 2019.pdf   A YOUTH THAT NEVER AGES The delight of the Spirit is ever new, the forms of beauty it takes innumerable, its godhead ever young and the taste […]

Auroville-born babies are the City of Dawn's newcomers in every sense! In a 2-part article, we honor the midwives who help bring these babies into the world. This Part 1 of our report is by Hilde. Auroville’s longstanding and beloved midwife, with her 42 years of delivering 2 generations and hundreds of AV babies to their grateful & joyous parents.

Jaya first came to Auroville’s early barren landscape from Sweden in 1971 as a young girl of 19. Her experiences and contributions over the decades are a beautiful narrative of Auroville’s growth in the service of human unity. Now a grandmother, her family continues its decades-long commitment to living in and building the City of Dawn.

Food sustainability is a basic need for Auroville. In 2017, your donations funded new acres expanding Siddhartha Farm - one of Auroville’s oldest food providers, located on the fertile plain near Irumbai Lake. Here’s a report from Herbert on what has been done with on the new land purchased thanks to your donations!

This compilation of inspiring quotes from The Mother shares her wisdom on how to stay young and the essential role of the aspiration for progress and perfection.

Auroville is a living example of the unity of East and West, and the Acres for Auroville campaign is one example. On 15th August 2014, we launched A4A as a collaboration of Auroville International, based in the West, and Lands for Auroville Unified, based in Auroville, in the East. Thanks to the solidarity of friends like you, we have achieved significant results for the emergence of a harmonious, green, and inspiring universal township. So, with gratitude for the past and optimism for the future, we step into A4A's 6th year! Here’s a round-up of results of our work, reports from [...]

For 51 years, the City of Dawn has flowered step by step, serving and showcasing the oneness of the Human Family in its rich diversity. For Sri Aurobindo, the unification of mankind was “a necessity in the course of Nature, an inevitable movement”. Auroville was created by The Mother to create a place for the “international spirit and outlook” that Sri Aurobindo said must grow up, in line with his great teaching that “all the nations are essentially one..." and that “Truth lies in union rather than in division”.