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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 .

Agni Nakshatra

Summer in Auroville, Agni Nakshatra, the Hot Season, was an invitation to slow down our days, pursue quieter activities, and...

Ricky Kej & Svaram

3x Grammy winner Ricky Kej generously offered the original material of the title track of his Award-Winning Album ‘Wonders of...

The Youth Integration Project

A new Auroville Youth Integration Program has been developed by the YouthLink team for 'Children of Aurovilians' between the ages...

Supporting Auroville

Auroville is meant to be a laboratory for human evolutionary change on all levels of human existence, physical, vital, emotional,...

R.Meenakshi, a Tamil Poet of Auroville

"I was a born poet! Before I could read or write I used to make up poems and recite and...

Auroville Dog Shelter

The  Auroville Dog Shelter  is the new iteration of Auroville’s central dog care service. It is taking over duties from...

Sunny’s Bras for Girls Project

It was with this certainty that I woke in early November, 2022 with the idea of collecting bras to take...

Matrimandir and I Premiere

Join us Saturday, April 8, 11:00am New York, 20:30pm Auroville, to watch three episodes of the Matrimandir and I series....

Auroville’s Anniversary

Aurovilians and guests gather in the Amphitheater before dawn on February 28 every year. The Bonfire is lit and recordings...