When Bhavana arrived at Auroville in 1971 it was a barren wasteland and “it was not anything like a city”. She describes how they all worked together, along with the local villagers to help, to bu...

Is farming in Auroville viable? Viability has three distinct aspects to be taken into consideration namely: economic, environmental and social viability.  Without taking into consideration all three ...

Farming in Auroville (AV) began in 1969, at the very beginning of the community itself.  Some debate has arisen about whether farming was intended, or needs be, an integral part of the Auroville visi...

Auroville as a physical being, is only about 5 kilometers in diameter. It is located in an environment of land and water and people and history. When it was started in l968, it was hardly a welcoming ...