A BIG THANK YOU...TO YOU

We wish to say thank you to all our supporters and a special thank you to those who have planted trees in the Auroville forest. The thank you comes not from us but from all the forms of life that are going to benefit from the 1434 trees (and growing!) we have planted up till today. If you've found a product you love on Auroville.com kindly take a moment to write a review so other people can enjoy too. If you would like to see a particular product on the site then kindly contact us and we will try our best to bring it online. The beauty of Auroville is its vast diversity of creativity culminating in a multitude of cultures melting into one place to try and find the common ground of all humanity and all life. If you haven't visited yet, take some time to plan your next trip to India around a trip to Auroville. We have lots of new books on the site that can get you ready for your visit.

DISCOVER SHRADHANJALI

"Flowers represent the radiant joy and beauty of Nature, symbolic of its aspiration towards the Light. Since ancient times, flowers have traditionally served to convey feelings, and in India, to offer worship as well. Every flower and plant has a "vibration", and at Shradhanjali we try to capture and preserve the unique quality of each blossom, grass, leaf, seed or seedpod in our intricately worked dried and pressed flowers and natural seeds ranges." We would love to introduce you to the amazing products of Shradanjalil, handmade in the highest spirit of devotion. Click here for more...

AUROVILLE PAPERS

Auroville handmade paper is made only from vegetal fibers. It is free from toxic substances, its manufacture does not require the felling of trees, and no endangered vegetal species are used for its production. Auroville Paper offers a great variety in texture and colour, depending on the fibers or combinations of fibers used. Nature contributes lavishly to the making of their products: entire gardens and forests – flowers, petals, leaves, grass, pods, etc. – combine to adorn and put their living forms and spirit onto the paper, making each item a unique and beautiful creation. Nature herself is the artist. The paper itself provides its own design. Visit Auroville Papers selection on Auroville.com

A SPECIAL FEATURE: SMALL STEPS

Small Steps is an initiative to promote environmental awareness. The project's first step is to promote a responsible alternative to throw-away plastic bags. Upasana has designed a cloth bag, a “small step” to address this problem, it hopes to distribute these bags without cost throughout India, but the main aim is to promote the use of re-usable bags, whether they have been designed by Upasana or not.

It all started with Uma’s family performing a puja (religious occasion) in a Shiva temple at Devgarh, in Bihar (India). Devgargh is a temple town and on the tourist map, being on the tourist map means that tourists leave behind telltale signs of their visit; in this case, heaps of plastic bags. Read more...

MONSOON TIME  

The monsoon time in Auroville is a celebration of the beginning of the cool season. It is a time of much beauty as the entire forest turns towards the heavens in receipt of the waters. Everything becomes emerald green, fertility surges in the forest and most important of all it is the planting time for trees. So we have happily begun planting the trees that have been planted by this project and we will update the site and our newsletter with pictures as they come. According to Ayurveda, the Indian medical science, one should take a little honey in the monsoon time and where better to get your honey than Auroville.

POST CARDS FROM BHARATA

This month we welcome Eye See to our online offerings. These postcards capture various moments of India in a very beautiful way. They are great to use for birthdays and greeting cards and many of them tell a story of their own. Explore more...

BOOK FEATURE - THE EARTH IS OURS

This book of meditations on nature opens our hearts and minds to the immense diversity of this planet we call home. It reminds us of our profound connections to the world.

PLAN YOUR 2010 WITH AN AUROVILLE CALENDAR

It is a wall calendar with stunning images of Auroville life and landscapes taken by Ireno Guerci. This year it is a special 14 months calendar, from December 2009 to January 2011. The calendar includes moon phases and spaces to write notes in each day. Explore more...

OUR AUTUMN COMPETITION

This monsoon we have a very special competition for all our worldwide family. To enter simply send us your best photographs of Auroville. If you have an old dusty camera packed away now is the time to get it out and head for Auroville. Simply send the picture to us at competition@auroville.com and the best three pictures will win gift vouchers from Auroville.com. We will close the competition at the end of the year.

BECOME AN AFFILIATE

We're happy to welcome all those who have signed up as affiliates linking your sites to ours. Not only are all profits going to Auroville works but all orders help plant trees so it is what is called a win-win-win, everyone benefits. Read about our affiliate program.

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DONATE ONLINE AT AUROVILLE.COM

Supporting a project in Auroville has never been easier! You can now at the click of a mouse donate online. All donations are automatically credited to the account of the project of your choice at the official Auroville Unity Fund. Simply enter the name of the project you wish to donate to in the relevant box and within a few days the funds will reach the designated project.