Achievements and Current Focus
Accomplishments for Fiscal Year Ending 12/31/2009
- Drafting the next phase of the USA Pavilion, with a focus on sustainable building technologies.
- Participation in the International Zone discussions/planning/process
- AVIUSA has been a channel for support for Sadhana Forest attracting a large number of international youth working to restore the unique local Tropical Dry Evergreen Forest.
- AVIUSA created a Facebook page posting original and international stories about Auroville from the "Ultimate Frisbee Team" in Auroville to the visit of UNESCO's new Director General.
- eVolve is our Newsletter, emailed throughout the year and published in hard copy as Evolve, recapping important projects in Auroville and reflecting on the American experience.
- AVIUSA Board members joined members of Auroville in Chicago for the premier of a new documentary made by a group of Catholic sisters consisting of a number of interviews and reflections on the vision and reality of Auroville. We are anticipating a release of the final version in 2010.
- AVIUSA took a two-day training in January 2010 in Marshall Rosenberg's highly-regarded Nonviolent Communication to better prepare ourselves for active collaboration with the many initiatives and demands coming out of Auroville.
Objectives for Fiscal Year Beginning 01/01/2010
- Continue efforts at fundraising for essential
projects in Auroville
- Further expand and develop cultural and student exchanges
between Auroville and the United States
- Establish greater interchange between visiting Aurovilians
and students and other interested audiences in the United
States
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