Sri Sri Green

[daniel moss]

One way to help spread environmental awareness within the Foundation, is to make people more aware of how focused Sri Sri is on environmental issues. So, let's collect all the Sri Sri Green materials we can!

Reply to this post with all the Sri Sri green quotes, articles, knowledge sheets & nature photos you can find!!!

[Betsy Herman]

I found this notice on the Bangalore listserv:

Slogan needed for Tree plantation drive on the 15th of August
Posted by: "Abhilash Vithlani" [e-mail]
Fri Feb 15, 2008 8:14 pm (PST)
JGD Dear ones,
We need a really nice and catchy slogan for the
plantation drive(which has been blessed by the master) to be held on the
15th of August. There is going to be a campaign all over India to urge
people to grow a plant on Independence day and a nice slogan should help
encapsulate the message. Please make sure that it isn't more than 10
words(7-8 would be perfect).And whatever you come up with can be mailed to
me at [e-mail].

Love,
Abhilash

[Betsy Herman]

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Vidarbha learns the Art of Living

October 31, 2007

The scene outside Dr Ambedkar Airport in Nagpur on October 29 was frenzied. Dozens of volunteers dressed in white and sporting a pink head band were among the crowd that had converged to catch a glimpse of their revered Bangalore ke baba. Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was to arrive on a much-anticipated visit to Vidarbha.
However, much to the disappointment of the waiting admirers, Sri Sri was whisked away from another airport exit. The convoy of cars swelled during the 155 km journey to Yavatmal district in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region. Along the road, people waved and cheered - having waited for a darshan of their guruji.

This was Sri Sri's first visit to Yavatmal (second to Vidarbha). The reason: Art of Living, a non-governmental organisation founded by him, has been trying to address the psychological trauma and financial burden of the farmers in the region. He also participated in the three-day Kisan Sanjeevan Shivir (farmers' camp) organised in the district, with over 15,000 participants.



Reportage | Photographs: Vipin Vijayan

Image: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar blesses devotees after a prayer meet

[Betsy Herman]

I found this article also on the listserv:

Look inwards to clean Mumbai
DNA Correspondent
Sunday, February 24, 2008 03:30 IST

Can mind power and positive thinking help clean up Mumbai? WAYE, a youth initiative of Art of Living, certainly thinks so. In a four-day workshop partnered by DNA, WAYE’s instructors got 1,700 youngsters between the ages of 18 and 30, to “get inspired” and transform Mumbai. Instructors Khurshed Batliwala, Dinesh Ghodke and Kavita Khanna discuss how they plan to make sure young Mumbaikars internalise, and then act on, making their city a cleaner, more liveable place

We always start with the premise that every human being is born wonderful, with spiritual values. With time, these get clouded by stress and ignorance.

If we can find the tools to bring a person out of the daily stress, anger and frustration he feels, we can restore him to his natural, pristine self. This is the basis for our motto, clean on the inside, clean on the outside.

The idea is that is you are happy and have a sense of wellbeing on the inside, you will be much more willing to improve things in the environment around you. If you are filthy on the inside, you will not be able to see the dirt all around you, and will, subsequently, not have the desire to clean it up either. That’s probably how and why so many

Mumbaikars continue to make a life in a city rapidly going to seed. Responsibility of any sort, is a function of peace of mind; bring peace to the person, and he will be much more amenable and disposed to positive acts.

At the WAYE workshop, we want to ignite positive feelings in the young people attending the course, and then channel their positive energy into cleaning up the city. After all, society is all about people, so if you want to live peacefully in society, you have to make sure to bring peace of mind to all the others in society.