April 24th marks the Mother’s final arrival in India in 1920 to join Sri Aurobindo in Puducherry and “the united two began a greater age”.
Auroville, envisioned as The City of Dawn, is one outcome of that collaboration – and a vehicle to manifest “a greater age”.
Thanks to your donations to the ‘Acres for Auroville’ campaign, another new strategic plot in the Greenbelt was just purchased in March!
Since January alone, A4A donations have financed four new plots of vital Master Plan land, making 8 plots total so far – all thanks to your solidarity!
From the early years til now, planting trees and forests in Auroville have been a pre-occupation -occupation for many ‘greenbelters’: plant tree saplings in the hot desert sun, green the land, create bunds to ward off rain water being washed down into the sea; engage in water and soil conservation. The result so far has been rewarding: the forest cover grew in Auroville, allowing indigenous trees species to return and with it, birds and all kinds of wild animals found their homes in the newly created green heavens.
When people cultivate with a deep connection to the land, there is a different feel to it.
In southern India, Pongal is a harvest festival celebrated to usher in the New Year and to express gratitude to everything that makes our life. Perhaps, for as long as there was land and tilling, there has been some form of harvest festival.
A new addition to our land outreach actions – small cards for spreading the message. These new cards have been placed in friendly Auroville “hotspots” and have already had a great success! Share them with friends to help fill in the land puzzle’s missing parts!
Thank to donor solidarity, Auroville’s Land Board was able to enlarge the City of Dawn’s land base by 7.62 acres – with 6 new additions in the past 4 months alone! Your donations bring needed resources for manifesting the City of Dawn!
21 Visitors Centre units and Marathon Market participants contributed proceeds from their sales on Marathon weekend to benefit Auroville’s land. The VC restaurants and eateries maintained their solidarity action for the entire month with inspiring cards encouraging land donations on the eatery tables
Auroville’s second annual Art for Land auction took place on Febuary 25th after a month-long exhibition of creativity, beauty, fundraising events, & generosity. The action was capped by a joyous closing ceremony on the 28th: “Coming Together for Auroville’s Land!”
The “Auroville Lands Information Kiosk” set up at the Visitors Centre for Marathon Weekend was a great success! Now a permanent VC feature, it shows the film “Landing Auroville” every 7 minutes.
Anchored in Matter, Auroville is non-separable from its land. Today, securing Auroville’s still-missing land is the urgent need. Since we can all see this need around us, we must all unite and act! As Sri Aurobindo wrote: “If you merely wait for things to happen, there is no reason why they should happen at all”
A4A – NOVEMBER 24, 2024 NEWSLETTER
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