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Join Amma devotees at tree-planting day: Rutland

Date: Saturday 13 March
Place: Gorse Field, Oakham in Rutland

A number of Amma devotees are joining in with a Woodland Trust tree-planting day on Saturday 13 March at Gorse Field, Oakham in Rutland.

If you interested in teaming up, contact Adele whereisadele@yahoo.co.uk

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Further GreenFriends™ Events

• Heartwood Forest March 21st

• Tower Hamlets March 31st

• Thorncombe, Dorset March 1st

• Wales – Llanelli (June) & Pembrokeshire (February)

• North: Durham, Lancs, Yorks (February-March)

Spring Eco-day in Wales: Report

We had been experiencing glorious weather here in Wales so it was with some anxiety we watched the weatherman forecast rain for the weekend. However, while it rained on Saturday, we were blessed with a clear, sunny day on 20 April.

People arrived at 10am. Gayatri welcomed everyone with hot cups of tea, herb tea, chai and coffee, while Tony outlined the day’s programme. We started indoors, where everyone had a chance to try their hand at dowsing quietly in the front living-room. Then everyone went out to specific tasks with the dowsing rod in the adjourning four-acre field. I must admit to some scepticism, but was intrigued to see how dowsing did not fail anyone who tried.

There was a cold wind when the sun briefly went behind clouds, and everyone found the hot, steaming Welsh vegetarian cawl/soup prepared by Fred, most welcoming. After lunch we watched a DVD on The Earth Pilgrim, which was most inspiring.

As it was sunny again, Tony then led the eco-meditation under a gazebo in the field, while others chose to sit either in the garden on a seat by the bordering stream or the bright, warm conservatory, in silence.

Over tea and cake, Tony talked about Amma's Greenfriends, as some prepared to leave and others arrived for the monthly satsang, which was fortuitously on Kartikeya, Amma‘s birth star. This month we chanted ‘Loka Samastha Sukhino Bavanthu’ 21 times, focusing on the humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka, before proceeding with bhajans.

Afterwards, we had prasad-dinner and watched a very informative film on ‘Farming for The Future’. Thank you, Amma, and everyone, for making this a great Eco-Day. - Sarada and Chidanand

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