... was set up in 1968 in southern India. Auroville's mission is “to be a universal town ... all politics and all nationalities. The purpose of Auroville is to realise human unity”. The ‘Matrimandir’ at ... out, the social and economic organisation of the Auroville community, its governance and its interaction with the ... principles are discussed. Finally, the reasons that make Auroville a radically transformative and futuristic initiative are discussed.
Tópico(s): Religion, Ecology, and Ethics
2006 - Elsevier BV | Futures
Abhishek Koduvayur Venkitaraman, Neelakshi Joshi,
... oriented systems. This paper presents the case of Auroville, an early attempt to establish an ecovillage in ... living and working experience of the authors in Auroville as well as published academic literature and newspaper articles. We find that Auroville has proven to be a successful laboratory for ...
Tópico(s): Urban Transport and Accessibility
2022 - Springer Science+Business Media | Climate Action
The utopian community of Auroville (‘City of Dawn’) is nestled along the Coromandel Coast of India approximately five miles north of Pondicherry. Though conceived as ... philosophy of the twentieth-century philosopher-mystic, Aurobindo, Auroville has been from its inception a collection of ... vision’ which the founder and the charter of Auroville expounded is related to the social and physical disorder that has characterized Auroville from its beginning. Put differently, if it is ... images which have produced the current situation in Auroville? In answering such a question, much can be ...
Tópico(s): Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies
1984 - Cambridge University Press | Religious Studies
... an era of fraternity, peace, prosperity and harmony. Auroville is the world's first and only internationally endorsed experiment in human unity. Auroville, a place of ‘unending education’, has been engaged ... to use ICT for the social transformation of Auroville and the bioregion into a sustainable, prosperous knowledge ...
Tópico(s): ICT in Developing Communities
2011 - | Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Advanced Network
The city of Auroville was founded in 1968 on the Coromandel Coast of South India. It has gone through exemplary landscape rejuvenation during ... energy have been thoroughly researched and implemented in Auroville. Recent natural disasters have highlighted that the rehabilitated landscape and the conscious town planning of Auroville can offer certain protection from the impact of climate change. Auroville and its bioregion have experienced several natural disasters. ... the seawater into the groundwater. Throughout these events Auroville environment remained noticeably more safe and healthy than ...
Tópico(s): Flood Risk Assessment and Management
2018 - European Ecocycles Society | Ecocycles
Abstract This paper discusses Auroville as an intentional spiritual community in South India and the way facets of Integral yoga are manifested. The existential thinking, ... as well as integrative worldview of residents of Auroville as an intentional spiritual commune. Theistic existentialism of ...
Tópico(s): Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
2018 - Taylor & Francis | Cogent Arts and Humanities
Boris Verzhutskii, Mario Eric Ramanujam,
... ravine cum re-afforested plantation areas in the Auroville bioregion constituted the study sites: 'Aspiration', about a ...
Tópico(s): Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity
2002 - Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society | Zoos Print Journal
Nourredine Kebaili, Youcef Kehila,
... CSEB).This experiment has been conducted by the Auroville Earth Institute team (AVEI) for over 25 years ...
Tópico(s): Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation
2017 - WIT Press | WIT transactions on ecology and the environment
Sriram Pradeep, Thirumalini Selvaraj,
... as bedding and plastering mortar at Sacred Groves, Auroville Pondicherry, India. Locally available organics namely kadukai (Terminalia ...
Tópico(s): Conservation Techniques and Studies
2018 - Springer Nature (Netherlands) | Rilem bookseries
Lillian Schumacher, Steven H. Cady, Amelia S. Carr, Jane V. Wheeler,
... in its own evolution. The international township of Auroville, India was founded with Aurobindo's vision in mind. We administered a questionnaire to people in Auroville and a comparable group in Ohio, USA. This ...
Tópico(s): Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
2019 - | International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management
... day functioning and problems facing the futuristic city ‘Auroville’ in the state of Tamil Nadu in south ... a self-sustaining community independent of nation states, Auroville manifests another utopian attempt to create a ‘common’ ... enclosure. This paper explores the problems that face Auroville when it creates its ‘commons’ on existing peasant ...
Tópico(s): Social and Economic Development in India
2018 - Complutense University of Madrid | Teknokultura Revista de Cultura Digital y Movimientos Sociales
... Article| January 01 2012 European Dreams, Tamil Land: Auroville and the Paradox of a Postcolonial Utopia Jessica ... Site Citation Jessica Namakkal; European Dreams, Tamil Land: Auroville and the Paradox of a Postcolonial Utopia. Journal ...
Tópico(s): Cooperative Studies and Economics
2012 - Michigan State University | Journal for the Study of Radicalism
... d’un demi-siècle en Inde du Sud, Auroville incarne par excellence la complexité et les paradoxes ... de poursuivre son « programme » malgré les difficultés rencontrées, Auroville cristallise les espoirs et déceptions de ceux et ...
Tópico(s): Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning
2022 - SAGE Publishing | Diogène
... org/10.4102/hts.v71i1.2701Larry D. Shinn Auroville: Visionary Images and Social Consequences in a South ...
Tópico(s): Medieval Philosophy and Theology
1973 - University of Chicago Press | History of Religions
Kannan Ramaswamy, Dayalan Duraiswamy,
... excavations in Tamil Nadu — Kodumanal, Darasuram, Erukkur and Auroville are established in this way.
Tópico(s): Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods
1990 - Elsevier BV | Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors
Varadarasou Mouttaya Mounnissamy, S Kavimani, Vaithilingam Balu, Sabarimuthu Darlin Quine,
... of human inflammatory ailments by the fishermen of Auroville. In the present study, the anti-inflammatory and ...
Tópico(s): Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies
2008 - | Iranian journal of pharmacology & therapeutics
Tópico(s): Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy
2012 - Michigan State University | Journal for the Study of Radicalism
... found in the subcontinent. The establishment of the Auroville International Township in 1968 initiated a major work ...
Tópico(s): Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
2005 - Taylor & Francis | Biodiversity
Richard Sharpley, Priya Sundaram,
... Aurobindo Ashram and the nearby utopian township of Auroville in Pondicherry, south east India. It identifies two ...
Tópico(s): Halal products and consumer behavior
2005 - Wiley | International Journal of Tourism Research
Mario Eric Ramanujam, Boris Verzhutskii,
Pellets of a pair of Athene brama and their young were gathered outside their nesting cavity during the breeding season (January to April) in two consecutive years (2002 & 2003).2,122 prey items were identified in 197 pellets.Basic food (> 20%) consisted of beetles and hymenopterans; constant food (5-20%) of termites and othopterans; supplementary food (1-5%) was scorpions, spiders, cockroaches, ant lion larvae, moths, lizards and mice; and chance food (< 1%) of snails, centipedes, dragonflies, mantids, bugs, ...
Tópico(s): Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
2004 - Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society | Zoos Print Journal
Jos van den Akker, Judith Lipp,
... van den Akker focus on the community of Auroville in India that is embracing renewable energy as ...
Tópico(s): Energy and Environment Impacts
2004 - Elsevier BV | Refocus
... Mount Fuji in Japan with eighty members to Auroville in India with 2000 members and which is ...
Tópico(s): Collaborative and Sustainable Housing Initiatives
2014 - Oxford University Press | Community Development Journal
... communities such as the Sri Aurobindo Ashram and Auroville which exemplify the social context of the Integral ...
Tópico(s): Religion and Society Interactions
2013 - Springer Nature | International Journal of Dharma Studies
... and thereby preventing wilting of crops (Reddy). In Auroville, Pondicherry, India, new crops are planted before harvesting ...
Tópico(s): Agricultural Science and Fertilization
1995 - Soil and Water Conservation Society | Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
Mona Doctor-Pingel, Vishnu Vardhan, Sanyogita Manu, Gail Brager, Rajan Rawal,
... tropical ‘warm and humid’ climate of Pondicherry and Auroville, India. The buildings were subjected to long-term ...
Tópico(s): Wind and Air Flow Studies
2019 - Elsevier BV | Building and Environment
Kumar Biswajit Debnath, David Jenkins, Sandhya Patidar, Andrew Peacock,
... occupant behaviour in a warm-humid climate using Auroville as a case study, where climate analysis of ...
Tópico(s): Infection Control and Ventilation
2020 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Buildings
Abinaya Thennarasan Latha, Balasubramanian Murugesan, Blessen Skariah Thomas,
... integrating sisal fibers (SF) into CSEB manufactured from Auroville (Pondicherry) red soil to improve the composite's ...
Tópico(s): Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization
2023 - Elsevier BV | Materials Today Proceedings
Ruy Llera Blanes, Bjørn Enge Bertelsen,
... referring equally to religious communes (from Jonestown to Auroville) and social experiments (e.g. Walden communities in ...
Tópico(s): Anthropological Studies and Insights
2021 - Wiley | Social Anthropology
Suryamayi Clarence-Smith, Lara Monticelli,
Tópico(s): Political Economy and Marxism
2022 - Springer Science+Business Media | Sustainability Science
Thanamegam Kaviarasan, K. Dhineka, M. Sambandam, Sanitha K. Sivadas, D. B. Sivyer, Danja Hoehn, Umakanta Pradhan, Pravakar Mishra, M. V. Ramana Murthy,
... Index (CCI), four beaches i.e., Neelankarai, Kovalam, Auroville, and Paradise are characterized as moderately clean beaches, ...
Tópico(s): Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
2022 - Elsevier BV | Ocean & Coastal Management