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Issue No: 299-300, June-July 2014

Creating a protected water and nature reserve

On the east side of Auroville, on the other side of National Highway 66, far behind Promesse community and Morattandy village, one finds Hermitage, the last wilderness of Auroville which stretches over 120 acres. The land is hard, sun-baked, covered with pebbles, scarred by erosion, pockmarked. But the stark landscape with its wide horizons is of an indescribable beauty. In the midst of this infertile desert some trees grow: the greyish green-silver leaves of the acacia that The Mother called ‘work tree’ wave softly in the winds, showing that, even in this unhospitable environment, something can flourish. Ever since the land was bought for Auroville in the 1960s, a handful of people – hermits, artists and young pioneers – took up the challenge of living here, far away and isolated from Auroville’s main body. Most failed the test, but even now a few continue to make this place their home. They work on the land, making terraces and creating bunds to avoid...
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Issue No. 299-300, June-July 2014

  • Editorial
  • Auroville Today goes digital
  • A New Way to Select the Working Committee and Council
  • The General Meeting of May 28th
  • Photography has to do with compassion
  • Tackling the drought 
  • Creating a protected water and nature reserve
  • The 'eat local food' movement
  • The Indian Coffee House Restored
  • Conducting for harmony
  • Auroville Organization in decline
  • Acres for Auroville - a fundraising campaign

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