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Issue No: 361, August 2019

Serving those who serve the community: the Auroville lunch scheme

The Neem Tree open air cafeteria Lunch is an important element in any person’s daily schedule and The Mother knew how time and energy consuming it could be to shop and cook a balanced meal for oneself. She wanted common dining facilities to be provided for the residents and this ideal has been translated partly into everyday reality.The City Services Lunch Scheme began more than 10 years ago as a way of enlarging the in-kind maintenance system. It was developed to help those working in the services to supplement the monthly maintenance which was not enough to cover the basic needs of living and working here. Like the Pour Tous in-kind maintenance today, the lunch scheme can be availed by all Aurovilians and Newcomers who work at a service unit at least half a day daily. Those in the Lunch Scheme can either eat lunch at one of dining areas in the scheme or take it away in a tiffin. It cannot be redeemed in any other way. At present, the Solar Kitchen, PTDC, Aurelec,...
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Issue No. 361, August 2019

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  • A roller-coaster ride
  • Green cities – a way forward, today and tomorrow
  • The threats to Auroville’s physical integrity
  • A transformed eatery – the Aurelec cafeteria
  • Serving those who serve the community: the Auroville lunch scheme
  • The Solar Kitchen journey
  • Horses in Auroville
  • Cultivating unknowing
  • Letter
  • Passings: Myriam Isaac; Boris Mabilat; Ursula Loose
  • What has happened to our bonfires?
  • Chronicling Auroville – almost for free

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