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.
Articles by jonathan dawson
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Life & Society
Yes……..and
- 12 May 2008
How people come and go at Findhorn but how often they leave a positive legacy behind them...
Life & Society
Talking to the descendants
- 14 April 2008
Our second report from the Positive Energy conference at Findhorn
Ideas
The Transition Town concept
- 17 March 2008
- 4 comments
Jonathan Dawson suggests that ecovillages are moving toward encouraging Transition Towns, which allow sustainability to be incorporated into mainstream society.
Life & Society
The dog that turned green
- 29 February 2008
- 3 comments
Communities in Scotland and Brazil raise questions about carbon trading
Politics
The LA Ecovillage
- 22 February 2008
Jonathan Dawson blogs about an alternative Findhorn, in downtown Los Angeles...
Life & Society
What was the first ecovillage?
- 07 January 2008
Pondering the beginnings of communitarian living
Life & Society
Christmas at Findhorn
- 20 December 2007
- 1 comment
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.
Lifestyle
Returning to Findhorn
- 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
Life & Society
Marathon man
- 29 November 2007
- 3 comments
Jonathan relishes a life away from the fast lane - well until he runs the London Marathon
