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Issue No: 322, May 2016

Circle Gardens in Auroville and Beyond

Now the Town Hall has a circle garden. It was started by Krishna from Solitude Farm around six months ago. “Despite Auroville being home to many inspiring and different experiments, the community still by and large does not realize that the essence of our existence lies in our relation to food,” he says. “In a world currently dominated by industrialized agriculture, which adversely impacts the environment and where financial profit is the bottom line, circle gardens are based on the principles of permaculture and natural farming.” It all began during the ‘localicious food’ movement a couple of years ago, when many Aurovilians came together to promote local vegetables. This was later the basis for the ‘People-Food-Music’ activities at Solitude, which eventually developed into the circle gardens. As Krishna points out, “Nobody is going to solve our problem of where the food comes from unless it’s you and me at the grassroots working towards it. We make circle gardens to...
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Issue No. 322, May 2016

  • Residents’ Assembly Approves a New Entry Policy and FAMC Mandate
  • Reversing the Gaze
  • Evergreen Horses: The Natural Horsemanship School
  • Barefoot Running in Auroville
  • "Yes we can!"
  • “There is much greater awareness around alcoholism now”
  • Circle Gardens in Auroville and Beyond
  • Auroville’s Ultimate Ladies Join Team India
  • Francoise Arati (Passing)
  • Rauf Ali (Passing)
  • Through a Newcomer's Lens

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