A Quest for Community
A personal journal of my first journeys to Damanhur & Auroville.
Wednesday, October 01, 2003
I've been spending lots of time
on the Auroville web site preparing for my journey. One of the first
things that impressed my was the fact that the founding of Auroville in
1968 was officially sponsored by both India and UNESCO. UNESCO's
website says, "UNESCO - the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization was born on November 16, 1945. For this
specialized UN agency, it is not enough to build classrooms in
devastated countries or to restore world heritage sites or to publish
scientific breakthroughs. Education, Social and Natural Science,
Culture and Communication are the means to a far more ambitious goal:
to build peace in the minds of men..."
This sounds like a right-on purpose to me.
posted by rjon at 16:07 | link |
