Sadhana Forest
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More about Sadhana Forest
Sadhana Forest is a vegan grassroots volunteering organization. It aims to restore degraded lands through water conservation, reforestation, ecosystem regeneration and conscious, sustainable plant-based living.
Sadhana Forest was founded in 2003 in Auroville, south India, with as its goal to bring back the indigenous 'Tropical Dry Evergreen Forest' to 70 acres of severely eroded and barren land. In 2008 Sadhana Forest started hosting weekly Eco Film Clubs, where it invites dozens of visitors for a tour of the forest, a documentary and a free vegan meal. In Sadhana Forest started the 'Gaushala' a sanctuary for rescued and abandoned cows. In 2019 Sadhana Forest opened a vegan tea hut, where it offers vegan coconut chai and sweets to visitors and the neighboring community, free of charge. In 2023 we hosted the first edition of the Vegan Forest Festival, a free vegan camping festival.
In 2010 Sadhana Forest opened a center in Anse-à-Pitres, southeast Haiti. In 2014, it started a center in Samburu County, northern Kenya. In 2020 it started working in Meghalaya, northeast India. In these centers Sadhana Forest works with disadvantaged rural communities in remote, barren areas that are suffering the brunt of climate change, ecological degradation and malnutrition. We focus on planting indigenous, drought-resistant, food-bearing trees and water conservation together with the local community. We provide training in cost-effective and locally appropriate tree planting and water shed management techniques. Through this, we aim to provide long-term plant-based water & food security and create climate resilience for climate vulnerable communities.
Sadhana Forest hosts more than 1,000 volunteers per year and welcomes thousands of visitors yearly, introducing them to our work and vegan way of life, and offers all of them delicious wholefood plant-based meals. The Sadhana Forest staff is entirely vegan. The Sadhana Forest centers are fully vegan, substance-free, off-grid, do not use any processed food, harmful chemicals, have dry compost toilets and are built using natural or recycled materials.
Volunteers are welcome to help us in our effort of ecological restoration and sustainable zero waste living. Volunteering tasks include tree planting and tree care, taking care of our animals, cooking and various maintenance tasks around the community. In return Sadhana Forest offers food and accommodation to the volunteers.
Key information
Sadhana Forest is open for volunteers year round and we always have space for them. Volunteers are required to pay a food contribution. A minimum stay period applies. Please email us at [email protected], [email protected] or [email protected] for more information about volunteering in our respective centers, or go to www.sadhanaforest.org/contact
Sadhana Forest is an effort in conscious living. Volunteers are required not to smoke cigarettes , use drugs, or drink alcohol, inside or outside of Sadhana Forest, during their entire stay. Those who do not comply with this guideline will be asked to leave the project immediately. Please only consider volunteering if you are willing and able to commit to our substance-free lifestyle.
Sadhana Forest runs on gift economy. Our activities are offered free of charge and are made possible by the gifts of others who either give their time as a volunteer, or donate financial or other resources. If you would like to support us by donating, you can visit www.sadhanaforest.org/donate
Contact information
Website: www.sadhanaforest.org
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +918122274924
Mobile: +918525038274
Location
Accessibility
Wheelchair access: Yes
Wheelchair accessible toilet: Yes
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Veganism
- Are all the products your entity (business, brand, organisation) produces and/or retails suitable for vegans? If no, then, unfortunately, you cannot register as we only accept submissions from 100% vegan entities.
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Yes
- Which of the following best describes you (professionals and sole traders) or your organisation?
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Vegan
Ownership
- Are you a Grassroots organisation (for projects, charities/NGOs)?
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Yes
- What type of business/organisation are you?
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Charity / non-profit
Social, Economic and Environmental Justice
- Which social, economic or environmental justice causes does your entity (business, brand, organisation) support or promote (e.g. through social media posts, donations, attending protests and other direct actions etc.)?
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Environmentalism
Other
- What do you do to support or promote each of the causes you have identified?
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We do indigenous reforestation and ecosystem regeneration and aim at zero waste living.
- Does your business/organisation have an ethical labour policy or code of practice (either formal or informal) which ensures fair labour practices?
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Yes
- Does your business/organisation have policies and practices which actively promote diversity and inclusion?
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Yes
Environment and Sustainability
- Do you reuse, recycle and/or donate any waste products (e.g. food, plastics, packaging etc.)?
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Yes
- Does your business, organisation or project follow a zero waste philosophy?
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Yes
Giving Back
- Does your business support or give back to the local community in any way?
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Yes