Opportunities for Professional Volunteers

solar panels and water windmill in Adventure community

Several Units of Auroville are keen on welcoming professionals and students interested to engage in their projects; they present below a picture of their needs and expectations.

More opportunities are available through Savi, which offer a complete package of services to registered volunteers. Contact study@auroville.org.in to get a complete list of available opportunities.

Sadhana Forest

"May there be many forests to grow people"

Our vision is to transform 70 acres of severely eroded Auroville land and introduce a growing number of people to sustainable living. Our energy and resources are focused on the creation of a vibrant indigenous Tropical Dry Evergreen Forest (TDEF).

Sadhana Forest is a volunteer based community. The work is done by a revolving community of long and short term volunteers (minimum 2 weeks). In addition to our regular volunteer program, we currently need long term volunteers for the following positions:

• Forest Work Coordinator

• Administration Assistant

• Fundraising Coordinator

• Head Gardener

• Volunteer Recruitment Organizer

• Community Development Worker

On the job training and support for all of these positions will be given. There is no maximum time limit for any of the positions.

For further information or to volunteer, send us an email to:

sadhanaforest@auroville.org.in

We look forward to working with you in Sadhana Forest !

AurovilleRadio

AurovilleRadio needs new energy and help in various fields pertaining to the project.
We are looking for students and professionals who are interested in helping us implementing the Community Radio project such as:

Journalist
Sound editor
Musicologist
Sound technician
Computer networker
Php and Flash programmer
Web designer / administrator skilled in CMS (Joomla!)
Communication, mass media & new media expert
Radio and TV webcasting and podcasting expert
Linux server administrator
Data base developer

For more information check our site www.aurovilleradio.org

Future school is a high school level program primarily for Aurovilian students between the ages of 14 and 20. The school offers courses in most relevant disciplines, including a wide variety of languages and elective subjects, and students can choose to prepare for internationally recognised exams (British O-levels and A-levels) if they wish. The campus has a range of educational facilities including labs for physics, biology, chemistry and computer sciences. Minimum commitment 6 months.

For next term teachers are needed for following subject areas:
- Physical Geography (intermediate and/or advanced)
- English (ESL and/or advanced literature and language)
- Biology (intermediate and/or advanced)
- Economics
- Physics

PITCHANDIKULAM BIO-RESOURCE CENTRE

Pitchandikulam Bio-Resource Centre (PBRC) is seeking a committed and experienced community relations professional to assist in engaging with our visitors, volunteers, donors and other partners.

PBRC is a non-profit environmental and community development organization based at Auroville, Tamil Nadu. It promotes tropical dry evergreen forest and medicinal plant conservation, and undertakes community outreach and education activities throughout the Kaliveli bioregion, with a focus on schools and women's self-help groups. It provides models of sustainable ecological practices with the aim of replicating these across Tamil Nadu.

1. Project Co-ordinator - Adyar Creek project - a person with experience in project management is sought for a 6 month project (wtih possible extension). Must be fluent in English - tamil would be an advantage.

2. Community Relations officer - a person is needed to engage with visitors to Pitchandikulam as well as write and distribute materials such as brochures, web content etc. This is an ongoing, permanent position and the person must be fluent in English, with tamil an advantage.

3. Projects Manager - a very experienced manager is sought to oversee Pitchandikulam's many projects and manage staff to deliver the projects. Must be fluent in Tamil and English.

All positions are based at Pitchandikulam in Auroville and there is accommodation available if required.

Send email applications to the unity@auroville.org.in
or directly to tdef@auroville.org.in
For more information go to www.pitchandikulamforest.org

Blue Light Open Source Service and Research Centre

Blue Light Open Source Service and Research Centre has established a research lab, in which Open Source software is tested, modified and developed before it goes into use for the service of the community. Specific training in those applications which are implemented have been and will continue to be offered. Based on research results, Blue Light will offer Auroville services, working groups and schools a safe computing environment utilizing Open Source software solutions.

If you have expertise in this field that you would like to develop further, then we have projects for you! You are invited to help lead one or more of our research projects in which your knowledge will help to increase the use of Open Source within Auroville. Come to Auroville and share with the community your enthusiasm and interests (minimum of three months recommended). In Auroville, we are always pleased to meet new people. The exchange of ideas, skills and talent with volunteers is mutually beneficial.

Some of our projects include research (and possibly implementation) in the following areas:

• Python programming knowledge (for Tryton modules)

• Database for the community

• Amanda Back-up solutions

• Ubuntu SoHo server

• Wiki-tools

• On-line tools in office environments

• LDAP

• MySQL professionals to build an Auroville wide database

We feel that this research will be considerably enhanced when professionals, students and others interested in Open Source come to Auroville. We are happy to discuss a volunteer-offered project if there is a particular field of interest which isn't indicated above. Research is always 'on-the-move' so if you'd like, we can send you the most up-to-date information when you contact us. So, if you want to volunteer in a service-oriented work environment with Open Source and be part of the unique experiement of Auroville then why don't you write us: bluelight at auroville dot org dot in?

For further information on research projects please check here: http://wiki.bluelightav.org/x/BIAO