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Issue No: 369-370, April-May 2020

Restoring the Earth

Alan beside a banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis) in Fertile forest.Alan Watson Featherstone is a long-term member of the Findhorn community as well as a former Trustee of that community. He is also the Founder of Trees for Life, which has restored 10,000 acres of the Caledonian Forest in the Highlands of Scotland. He visited Auroville in March and gave two well attended presentations on ‘Forests of the World’ and ‘Restoring the Caledonian Forest’, as well as a talk to the students on the ecological horticulture course at the Auroville Botanical Gardens. Auroville Today: Tell us how you came to the Findhorn community. Alan Watson Featherstone: I moved to Findhorn in 1978 drawn by their work of co-creation with nature, and the spirit, intelligence, consciousness and purpose in nature. It resonated in my heart. One of the things that Findhorn and Auroville have in common is that they conceive of us as spiritual beings in physical form. Our mission here on earth is to make higher spir...
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Issue No. 369-370, April-May 2020

  • Auroville locked down
  • Deep adaptation and Auroville
  • The energy challenge
  • Planning for a different future
  • The food and farming challenge
  • Out of necessity?
  • Deep adaptation: the Findhorn experience
  • Is the Auroville economy ready for a post-fossil fuel, post-climate crisis era?
  • Corona is here, but where is the Karuna?
  • Restoring the Earth
  • Housing development lacks momentum
  • Home is where the heart is
  • The Annapurna community farm
  • African Pavilion: Bringing the African identity to Auroville
  • India’s traditional crafts revitalised in students’ hands
  • The Auroville Effect
  • Passing: Jayaraman Ramalingam
  • Passing: Roger Harris
  • Letter
  • News in brief

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