Issue #38

From the original Auroville website circa 2003 Profile of schools Arulvazi SchoolIlaignarkal SchoolIsaiambalam SchoolNew Creation SchoolTamil UlagamUdavi School Arulvazi School Arulvazhi means “Way of Grace” in Tamil. This educational centre, situated in the Promesse community of Auroville, has been catering since 1985 to the educational and cultural needs of children aged 4 to 16 years from the nearby village of Morattandichavadi in the light of the teachings of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother. The aim, while working in close collaboration with the existing government educational structure, is to provide value-oriented education in an atmosphere of simplicity, beauty, joy and harmony...

An exercise with young children, teaching awareness, confidence, responsibility, and teamwork in the context of caring for the earth. All begins with a simple question, and proceeds with practical activities in respect to plastic. 

A recognition of the courage, shared unity, and resistance growing in Auroville in response to the conformity and control being imposed.