| by Alma
| | Sunday, 12 February 2012 |  At the end of the Auroville International Meeting 2012 we heard what AVI Centres actually do, how many active members they have, what is their focus and their aspirations. AVI Germany, USA, UK.... are one of the largest ones, with several activities and also considerable donation to Auroville for different purposes and projects. Today the number of AVI Centres is growing, adding to the family of centres supporting Aurovillie ideals and work all over the world. Soon we will have liaison of Turkey, Haiti, Hungary, Ethiopia.... joining us.
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| by Ana
| | Sunday, 12 February 2012 |  Auroville International meeting 2012 in Auroville concluded by general assembly in which they summarized all the presentations they've heard over the intensive three days. In those days numerous working groups, work units, different projects, presentations and films were offered to them to look up, and maybe help on different ways, from moral support to financial donation. Some of the interactions were merely updates from the previous years, what might changed, what still need to be done.
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| by Ana
| | Thursday, 09 February 2012 |  Amongst many presentations on the agenda of Auroville International Meeting in Auroville 2012 was also International Zone. Core of coordinating group of International Zone are B, Linda Grace, Jyoti, Rakhal and Vani. Pavilion groups shortly presented activities and the course of action they're taking. With the inauguration of Multipurpose Hall at Unity Pavilion on 29th of February some new liasons of AVI will be created but most of the groups are still in the area of cultural and educational exchanges, events, performances...
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| by Andrea
| | Wednesday, 18 January 2012 |  To visiting Engineer Without Border Toine shortly explained what Auroville is, how it was originated and what it stands for, and drawing comparison said, that Auroville could be described also as a township without borders because of the connections and openness to the world. To Auroville are mostly drawn people with strong inner need for a change, dissatisfied with the world as it is today. Sri Aurobindo's idea of human as transitional being, in search for inner being , and the Mothers Charter are base of what experiment of Auroville might be
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| by Miriam
| | Wednesday, 04 January 2012 |  Although already without power (was a Thursday night just before cyclone Thane), Korean artist and many of those who were delighted to experience some literary art from Korean and Indian artist came to the Pavilion of Tibetan Culture. Aster Patel opened with Sri Aurobindo's Cosmic Consciousness, after the greetings from Choi ChangGeun and Sarasija. And that poetry doesn't know the boundaries was clear after listening melodic poems in Korean language without really cacthing the meaning but understanding the beauty of written word.
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| by Miriam
| | Monday, 28 November 2011 |  Although connections with Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building, Construction and City development(EiABC) were established years before the Auroville International meeting in Addis Ababa this October, the interest from the side of the students was no lesser - opposite, they've followed carefully all the presentations ( in this recording we can hear Margarita , Joss and Shivaya ones) and actively participated in interactions afterward. Both - Melake Selam and Brook Teklehaimanot, who were in Auroville already, shared their knowledge
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| by Miriam
| | Friday, 25 November 2011 |  On one of the lasts talks Jaya, Shivaya, Deepti, Julian Lines, Brook Teklehaimanot talked on projects for and within the international Zone. Jaya and Deepti started with general overview , and touched CIRHU (Center for International Research in Human Unity) which should be a hub and concentration spot for people to learn and grow through experiences, it should be center for all human unity... Shivaya and Julian talked about the Peace Table, made by George Nakashima. Shivaya continued with Unity Pavilion, Brook talked about Africa House.
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| by Miriam
| | Thursday, 24 November 2011 |  No doubt that talk on Lucy - mother of us all at the National Museum of Ethiopia , and the interaction on "Human Unity in Evolution" deeply impressed all the participants. Dr. Berhane Asfaw, leading Ethiopian Paleontologist presented Ethiopian archeological finds related to the evolution of the hominid to man, and after seeing Lucy in the next door we were following with huge respect and anticipation. Deepti followed by presentation of the view of Evolutions as seen by Sri Aurobindo, and both talks and interaction were presented by Haimanot.
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