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Life at Findhorn

A weekly insight into life inside one of Britain's best known eco-villages – Findhorn – by resident Jonathan Dawson.

Strange times

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  • Posted by Jonathan Dawson
  • 25 April 2008

Talking to the descendants

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  • Posted by Jonathan Dawson
  • 14 April 2008

Our second report from the Positive Energy conference at Findhorn

Positive Energy Conference

Findhorn resident Mattie Porte shares information about the current conference on positive energy at Findhorn that will continue until March 28.

The Transition Town concept

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  • Posted by Jonathan Dawson
  • 17 March 2008

Jonathan Dawson suggests that ecovillages are moving toward encouraging Transition Towns, which allow sustainability to be incorporated into mainstream society.

The dog that turned green

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  • Posted by Jonathan Dawson
  • 29 February 2008

Communities in Scotland and Brazil raise questions about carbon trading

The LA Ecovillage

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  • Posted by Jonathan Dawson
  • 22 February 2008

Jonathan Dawson blogs about an alternative Findhorn, in downtown Los Angeles...

Away with the fairies

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  • Posted by Rhiannon Hanfman
  • 19 February 2008

Spring has sprung at Findhorn, and memories of nature spirits are re-awakened

Blazing a trail

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  • Posted by Rhiannon Hanfman
  • 01 February 2008

Approaches to leadership evolve, and one man's vision for an art centre enriches the whole community

The whiskey barrel house

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  • Posted by Rhiannon Hanfman
  • 22 January 2008

Rhiannon Hanfman explores a sustainable house and garden like no other

Guiding the game

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  • Posted by Rhiannon Hanfman
  • 15 January 2008

Standing in for Jonathan Dawson, Rhiannon Hanfman tells us about a game that has become an important part of Findhorn

What was the first ecovillage?

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  • Posted by Jonathan Dawson
  • 07 January 2008

Pondering the beginnings of communitarian living

Christmas at Findhorn

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  • Posted by Jonathan Dawson
  • 20 December 2007

As the temperature at the Findhorn eco-village drops to double-digit negatives, the residents prepare for carol-singing, parties and a dip in the North Sea.

Returning to Findhorn

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  • Posted by Jonathan Dawson
  • 10 December 2007

The Findhorn eco-village has had to work hard to avoid becoming a 'New Age old people's home', but it seems to have paid off

Marathon man

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  • Posted by Jonathan Dawson
  • 29 November 2007

Jonathan relishes a life away from the fast lane - well until he runs the London Marathon

Economic worries and divine intervention

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  • Posted by Jonathan Dawson
  • 16 November 2007

Jonathan Dawson discusses the financial problems at Findhorn and the village's unique way of dealing with them.

Life At Findhorn

Contributors

Jonathan Dawson

Jonathan Dawson

Jonathan Dawson is a sustainability educator based at the Findhorn Foundation in Scotland. He is seeking to weave some of the wisdom accrued in 20 years of working in Africa into more sustainable and joyful ways of living here in Europe. Jonathan is also a gardener and a story-teller and is President of the Global Ecovillage Network.

Mattie Porte

Rhiannon Hanfman

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Strange times

  • By Jonathan Dawson
  • 25 April 2008

Talking to the descendants

  • By Jonathan Dawson
  • 14 April 2008

Positive Energy Conference

  • By Mattie Porte
  • 25 March 2008

The Transition Town concept

  • By Jonathan Dawson
  • 17 March 2008

The dog that turned green

  • By Jonathan Dawson
  • 29 February 2008

The LA Ecovillage

  • By Jonathan Dawson
  • 22 February 2008

Away with the fairies

  • By Rhiannon Hanfman
  • 19 February 2008

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