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Issue No: 303, October 2014

World Bamboo Day in Auroville

Participants of the Auroville World Bamboo Day in front of the prototype bamboo toilet In 2009, the World Bamboo Congress in Thailand declared the 18th of September to be World Bamboo Day (WBD). This day is intended to raise awareness of bamboo, one of the best renewable resources, as one possibility for meeting the growing needs of our global population. Bamboo, the giant of the grass family, grows incredibly fast, doesn’t die when harvested, converts more CO2 into oxygen than any tree, and withstands compression move effectively than concrete. The range of uses for bamboo is equally impressive: framework, walls and flooring for homes, furniture, kitchen utensils, boats, soaps, fabrics, jewelry. It’s even edible. Bamboo also offers a realistic opportunity to move away from unsustainable deforestation. Each year since WBD’s inception, bamboo organizations all over the planet host celebrations of this unique plant, and the celebrations are growing louder. What started...
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Issue No. 303, October 2014

  • Editorial
  • I love Auroville because ...
  • Leaving Auroville to be part of it
  • Why am I in Auroville?
  • Between Auroville and the West
  • Auroville is not better than anywhere else
  • I really miss Auroville
  • Strengthening the link between Auroville and the world
  • Why I chose to come back to Auroville
  • Auroville changes people ...
  • An amazing worthwhile place
  • A question of equality
  • Art Break Day 2014: India!
  • Creative Expressions from Auroville
  • Transforming lives
  • Kireetbhai, a lover of Auroville (Passing)
  • The Auroville website: a new way of communicating
  • In memoriam Dr. Kireet Joshi (Passing)
  • World Bamboo Day in Auroville

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