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How to Make Seed Balls! 🌳 Easy Tree Planting for Eco-Harmony!
Every year, humans destroy around 10 million hectares of forests, causing huge ecological imbalance that affects earth’s climate and biodiversity. Deforestation has a profound impact on mankind, wildlife, and other life forms in nature. As deforestation continues,...
From Amritapuri to Spain: A Student’s Journey of Learning the Headed Tambourine (Ganjira)
During the coronavirus pandemic, we began offering online music classes. Before, I only taught the Ganjira in person, and only at Amritapuri. Many students were eager to learn, but some could only visit the ashram for one or two weeks and so did not have enough time...
Amrita Virtual Academy Highlighted at C20 Education & Digital Transformation Summit
When the 2023 G20 Summit convenes on September 9-10 in New Delhi, the leaders of the world’s major economies, comprising 19 countries and the European Union, will address the major global issues of our time. The Government of India holds the G20 presidency for 2023,...
Seeds of Life, Seeds of Hope
“Amma has encouraged everyone to preserve traditional and native seed varieties as a way to deepen our connection with nature and strengthen the diversity and stability of our food systems.” -Amritapuri.org Good seeds are more valuable than gold. Even if we have all...
Pongal Festival – It’s Meaning and Significance
Pongal is celebrated the day on which the sun begins to move northwards is called ‘Makar Shankranti’. In Tamil Nadu this festival is called the Pongal or Thai Pongal. The period is referred to as Uttarayanam and is considered auspicious. Pongal is a four-day...
Easy Ways to Compost In Urban Environments
Many people living in cities, apartment complexes, or housing communities with little or no yard space think that composting is not possible or practical. However, I will demonstrate that composting is possible in even the smallest city apartment. Mother Nature...
Gardening Effectively in Times of Drought
Extreme climate conditions have become the norm. They are no longer a thing of the past. As our planet continues to change and warm, we commonly see more droughts, flooding and extremes in temperature. Here in California, we are facing another summer of extreme...
Bread Seva: being part of the solution
Download the "How To Get Started" Guide to learn how you can collect and distribute thousands of shopping carts full of food, for free! How To Get Started Guide
Jeans and the Future of our World
How do we take our used clothes and contribute to sustaining the future of our planet? The answer to this question is evolving in inspiring and powerful ways, from our own (often overcrowded) closets to the massive production lines of the fashion industry. Let’s start...
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