Balancing the needs for a business head alongside the ethics of the ecovillage movement hasn't always come easy
With every passing week, no fewer than three or four requests for assistance land in my email box from folk around the world wanting to create ecovillages.
This message I received yesterday, with the subject line “help required”, gives a representative flavour: “At present I am planning an ecovillage of sorts in Central America or any part of the developing world that is in dire need of social development through ... read more
A carnivorous Christmas has Findhorn's 'reformed vegetarians' salivating
Christmas Day is one of only two occasions when meat is served in the community kitchens here, the other being haggis on Rabbie Burns Night. There is nothing like a predominantly vegetarian diet to stoke appreciation and a lusty appetite for flesh! In this community, as in the various others that I have spent time in, I notice the communards in the local pubs and restaurants with a particularly keen ... read more
Jonathan Dawson pays tribute to Findhorn co-founder Eileen Caddy who has died aged 89
This week saw the death of Eileen Caddy, one of the co-founders of the Findhorn community, at the age of 89. Eileen has been a treasure and a huge source of inspiration to the community.
The last of the many gifts that she gave was the clear instruction that her passing be a cause for thanksgiving rather than mourning and, true to her wish, the community seems almost to ... read more
The results of Findhorn's ecological footprint analysis are encouraging - but there is still work to be done.
We have just received the results of our ecological footprint analysis (a tool for measuring resource use) and the results are pretty encouraging. In fact, as far as we can tell, it is the lowest footprint ever recorded for any community (of any type or size) in the industrialised world. We weigh in at just a fraction over half the UK national average: 2.71 as compared to 5.4 hectares per ... read more
The story of life at Findhorn continues with an explanation of the community's role in educating people
Early December marks another turning point in the year – the ending of several of our longer-term (3-month) training programmes and the departure of those who have been taking the courses – folk who have become part of our family.
One of these programmes that is especially dear to my heart is the Findhorn Community Semester (FCS) programme. This is an accredited semester for students at US universities, counting ... read more
The appearance of geese high in the northern sky after they've left their summer breeding ground in the Artic and head for over-wintering pastures signals a turning point in the year.
It is one that ties us in with the natural rhythms of this place and within the ecovillage where I live, Findhorn, we make every effort to reconnect with the patterns and flows of the natural world and ... read more
I stumbled on this website and wondered if the Pam and Nick were the same Pam and Nick I knew as a studnetr in Edinburgh in the early 1970s. (Pam was my onoy contact when I first came to Edinburgh...
From Lawrie Moloney, 27 March 11:49
Your guys have created what seems to be a very nice village. Thanks you for adding to my learnings. I coined a phase back in the early 70's and it is still true. "For the few to have more, the many...
From Jerry, 08 February 17:50
Well, that was apparently a real converstation stopper... Good to know that transition villages has moved into transition towns though!
From Granny Kettlefixer, 24 January 21:10
Can the UK achieve it’s commitment to carbon reduction targets by 2020?
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