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AVI USA BLOG

AVI USA News

AVI USA News brings you updates from Auroville, our Auroville partners and projects, and new developments from AVI USA. Check back in frequently for new articles.

Sustaining Inspiration and Aspiration

Bringing your project’s mission to life day to day is hard work. Service work requires consistency, discipline, and perseverance. And fundraising easily becomes another thing to add to an already

President’s Letter

Coming back from India to the United States is always a big shift. In India, reverence is part of the atmosphere, and devotion flows freely. God is everywhere: in little

Chennai Rotary Club Visits Auroville

At AVI USA, we cultivate institutional partnerships to support our project partners. Sometimes these partnerships involve sharing information and making connections, while other times they create opportunities for funding. One

Next Steps: Guiding Youth, One Step At A Time

Next Steps began in end of October as an official activity. Before that, the work had already started, as I was already meeting and advising Auroville high school students about their

Vegan Forest Festival at Sadhana Forest

The Vegan Forest Festival, organized by Sadhana Forest, began in 2023, It was inspired by other vegan events around the world that were bringing the community together. Luke suggested it

Inspired to Build the Future: Andreas at AIAT

During the AVI USA Auroville site visits in February and March 2025, our group had the opportunity to connect with Andreas, a recent volunteer at the Auroville Institute for Applied

Aurodeva Guerci

We are reprinting portions of an adapted article featured in Auroville Today’s February Issue. To Read the Full Article Please visit

Auroville Today . The article below contains excerpts. Aurodeva is

AVI USA New Partners in 2024

The AVI USA Project Partner collective is growing, giving us stronger connection to Auroville and the multiple facets of Integral Yoga.
In 2024 AVI USA welcomed 25 new Auroville Projects

Bhumilucis – A Collaborative work by Aurodeva

Bhumilucis is a collective work that premiered at Centre d’Art in Auroville on Friday, January 17th. We contacted Nicole and Aurodeva to find out more about the project.

Personal Facebook Fundraiser for Auroville & AVI USA

We have put together a step by step guide of how to successfully create a Facebook Fundraiser for AVI USA or an AVI USA Partner .

The David Nagel Scholarship

AVI USA has teamed up with the  Auroville Botanical Gardens , to create a scholarship fund in David Nagel’s memory. ...

Suryamayi: Prefiguring Utopia

Suryamayi Clarence-Smith is launching her book, Prefiguring Utopia, with a series of talks this fall. Her first presentation at the...

Tholkaappia Poonga

A welcome oasis of green, far removed from the metropolis' daily hustle, in the happy company of pelicans and mangroves:...

India’s Watercolors

India, who did the water color paintings, is just 19 and is living here, in Auroville, with her Italian parents,...

Auroville Youth Choir

The Auroville Youth choir has been under the leadership of conductor Nuria Casanova since 1995. The choir had a remarkable...

Boston Garden Party

Join AVI USA for afternoon tea in the garden, in Boston, MA, September 3 at 4PM, at Maya and Terry...

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...

Auroville Dog Shelter!

Auroville Dog Shelter is holding a fundraising campaign for new housing for the beloved dogs. Find out more here 🧡...

Sri Aurobindo Film

Saturday August 19, we will screen Olivier Barot's first documentary, Sri Aurobindo & The Earth's Future, with an introduction by...