THE AVI USA BLOG
The AVI USA Blog brings you updates from Auroville, our partners and projects, and our own AVI USA developments. Check back in frequently for new articles.
Auroville Today’s New Website & Free Article
Auroville Today Headline Article, April 2023
UTSAV -A Mixed Use Experimental Building Complex | Interview with Mona, lead architect.
President’s Letter
Every day I’m working on practical matters elated to AVI USA’s mission. I work on financial reports and bookkeeping, on revisions to the website, and on reviewing applications and reports
Haridas Choudhuri and Integral Yoga
With Debashish Banerjee. A course at the California Institute for Integral Studies
AVI USA’s Volunteer Recruitment and Retention Training
The Volunteer Retention and Recruitment Workshop opened the discussion about developing an initiative by attracting enthusiastic, and potentially longterm volunteers. Finding and keeping volunteers within a growing project brings new
AVI USA and IDRF
Several months ago, AVI USA Director of Development, Binah Thillairajah, reached out to a sister nonprofit, IDRF, the India Development and Relief Fund, to jumpstart an AVI USA- IDRF collaboration
ATB at Madhuban Ashram
This March, Amir, a certified Awareness Through the Body trainer, led workshops at the Delhi and Madhuban Sri Aurobindo Ashrams. AVI USA board member Julian Lines was there to bring
Doug Grimes
Around a year ago Doug Grimes called me to discuss creating a bequest to support AVI USA’s work. He had been studying and teaching yoga since the 1970s. He had
AVI USA Donor Development Training
On Monday, February 10th, AVI USA held a Donor Development Training in Auroville. The training was designed for AVI USA’s partners & projects leaders in Auroville, to discuss, create and collaborate
A welcome oasis of green, far removed from the metropolis' daily hustle, in the happy company of pelicans and mangroves:
India, who did the water color paintings, is just 19 and is living here, in Auroville, with her Italian parents, brothers and sisters.It is Emmanuele (the cartoonist) who intr...
The Auroville Youth choir has been under the leadership of conductor Nuria Casanova since 1995. The choir had a remarkable performace recently so we reached out to Nuria to fi...
Join AVI USA for afternoon tea in the garden, in Boston, MA, September 3 at 4PM, at Maya and Terry Balle's residence. We will meet and talk to Sriman Kota, the founder of t...
Honoring Sri Aurobindo – The Visionary Who Inspired Auroville
Auroville is a crystallization of Sri Aurobindo’s vision, and it has been offered space to grow on the soil of India. <...
Auroville Dog Shelter is holding a fundraising campaign for new housing for the beloved dogs. Find out more here 🧡
Saturday August 19, we will screen Olivier Barot's first documentary, Sri Aurobindo & The Earth's Future, with an introduction by the director. Join us on Zoom to learn ab...
Summer in Auroville, Agni Nakshatra, the Hot Season, was an invitation to slow down our days, pursue quieter activities, and find a spot to contemplate and rest. Nature...
3x Grammy winner Ricky Kej generously offered the original material of the title track of his Award-Winning Album ‘Wonders of Life’ that he co-produced with the legendary ...