How does one change deeply entrenched
attitudes which are causing harm to the environment and to the most
vulnerable sectors of society? This month we identify some of these
attitudes in both Auroville and in Indian society as they relate to
waste disposal, sanitary pads and to the purchase of drinking water
in plastic bottles, and we show how Aurovilians are finding new ways
of promoting behavioural change.
One of the key elements here is
learning to think beyond the limits of Auroville, to be willing to
interact with the larger India in the pursuit of solutions. The
recent decision, which we report on here, of the Town Development
Council to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with a local village to
promote co-development is another sign that Auroville is increasingly
taking on its larger responsibilities to its bioregion and to India
as a whole.
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