Here is a sad update!

Now, the threat to the Auroville forests is coming from within Auroville itself!

Just recently, the Auroville Foundation advised the laying of infrastructure through Auroville, along a route that will cut wide lanes (7m-30m) through many of their forests, destroying, in my lay estimation, between 200 to 500 acres out of the 1200 acres of carefully planted forest land and impacting the remaining forests with the noise and pollution of heavy vehicle traffic.

Please do take a moment out of your busy day to email the Auroville Foundation to remind them that:

- Auroville belongs to humanity as a whole and the decisions they make impacts all of us

- That Auroville was created to work towards human unity and the Auroville forests are a shining example of how humans can heal the earth's wounds

- That the Auroville forests now are the only holder of the diverse evergreen species and that if these are destroyed, there is a significant loss for the nation and the world

- That 50 years of conservation, research and dedicated care have gone into making the Auroville forests a byword around the world as an example of how humans can, in fact, work towards reverting climate change

- That cutting through forests to lay roads and other infrastructure are commonly considered a great crime amongst all conscientious human beings around the world and that we all look to Auroville to hold the example of how we can consciously evolve 

- Living peacefully with nature and protecting nature and habitat for all living beings is a sign of evolution towards a higher humanity

Please do email avfoundation@auroville.org.in with a CC to workingcom@auroville.org.in  Let them know we care and that what they decide impacts all of us.

Please do share this update on your social media and ask your friend to send emails as well to show they care.

As a special treat for all of you forest lovers, I share that the film on the story of Auroville's forests, EVER SLOW GREEN, can now be seen free of charge on 3 online film festivals:

Science Film Festival 2020 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeYPq2XiWEScz_lh3uDv0bGmBdzKC9dyN3BbUWwEcWZ5A6bWA/viewform

Gottlieb Native Garden Green Earth Film Festival http://thegottliebnativegarden.com/projects-partners/gottlieb-native-garden-green-earth-film-festival/Register here: https://thegottliebnativegarden.us17.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=78cdbf8a548e9c8e25275dd8c&id=2c21049d0e

tve Global Sustainability Film Awards gsfa.tve.org

Please do watch the film and share your support of the Auroville forests with the Auroville Foundation.

Let's tell Auroville now how much their forests matter to us!