GreenFriends ™

GreenFriends started in India in 2001 as a movement for the preservation and protection of the environment. It has since spread to Amma’s groups around the world. GreenFriends encourages us to reawaken our awareness of the unity between Nature and humanity and to cultivate an attitude of love and reverence for Mother Nature.

Through the power of individual acts of love and prayer, every person has the potential to play a vital role in restoring the lost harmony between humanity and Nature. As “GreenFriends,” people practise meditation, plant trees, conserve natural resources in daily life and participate in projects that promote environmental awareness.

Sacred Groves

In the past it was common to worship Mother Nature by planting small forest bowers, or sacred groves. Now that tradition is all but lost. GreenFriends is protecting sacred groves and establishing new ones.

Amrita Forests Project
- Amritavan

Every November in India, GreenFriends distributes and plants 100,000 saplings in the state of Kerala. Individual members also plant trees in their communities. GreenFriends maintains 200 greenhouses in the state, and distributes over 500 saplings each year. During 2005, following the tsunami disaster, GreenFriends organized the planting of 30,000 saplings along the seashore to protect the coastal villages of Alappad. The project, “GreenShore,” is helping to stabilize 13 kilometres of shoreline by preventing erosion of soil and sand. In 2006, GreenFriends planted another 25,000 saplings to maintain these shoreline groves.