Yasodhara Ashram has a goal of being carbon neutral by 2013 and this has made me reflect on sustainability. I’m starting to feel that daily stability and long-term sustainability are deeply intertwined. I see the ashram as an excellent example of a socially sustainable community.
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Stability in Community Living
where spirituality and sustainability intertwine
July 29, 2010 by Steven Ganga, Category: Reflection & Articles
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Blogging for Climate Change
October 15, 2009 by Andrew Baerthel, Category: News & Events
Today, for the third consecutive year, over 10,000 blogs will be discussing one single issue. An issue that has been foremost in the works and practices at Yasodhara Ashram: climate change. The idea began in 2007 as a way to unite blogs, and to focus on raising awareness of a single issue, triggering global discussion. Last year, over 10 million readers tuned in to read about global poverty. For more information about Blog Action Day, as well as links to other participating blogs and their posts on climate change, click here.
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One In the Spirit
September 23, 2009 by Andrew Baerthel, Category: Audio & Video
In August, the International community of organizations, teachers and friends of Swami Radha’s work met to share their learnings and events from the last year. Much of what happens over the year is started in the unseen and begins with a committed group of people with a common vision that begins here. In the following video, you will hear about some of these visions and how they are manifesting.
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Carbon Neutral – The Hidden Language
June 1, 2009 by Darishma, Category: Reflection & Articles
Since his YDC in 2008, Gord Mcgee has been working on the Carbon Neutral project for the Ashram, pulling together facts and figures to create a workable plan of how to move towards our goal of being carbon neutral by the Ashram’s 50th birthday – 2013. Gord gives us the latest scoop on the progress of the project and his own learning from the process.
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Becoming Aware of our Choices
May 19, 2008 by Lightwaves, Category: Reflection & Articles
In February of this year, two YDC students discovered what it means to pay the price for our transportation choices. (more…)Tags: Ashram projects, calculating carbon emissions, carbon credits, carbon neutral, Carbon Neutral Project, climate change, global climate change, global warming, going green, myclimate, Planetair, sustainability, wind energies, yasodhara ashram, Yasodhara Ashram projects, YDC, Yoga Development Course | Comments (0)
