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
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...
Society
What was the first ecovillage?
- 07 January 2008
Pondering the beginnings of communitarian living
Religion
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
Environment
Economic worries and divine intervention
- 16 November 2007
- 2 comments
Jonathan Dawson discusses the financial problems at Findhorn and the village's unique way of dealing with them.
Environment
Divine guidance in public toilets
- 07 November 2007
- 1 comment
Jonathan Dawson explores the mysterious and unconventional origins of Findhorn
Environment
Web of life
- 30 October 2007
- 1 comment
In his latest blog, Jonathan Dawson reveals the key to the continuing vitality of the Findhorn community
Environment
Peripheral anomalies or centres of inspiration?
- 22 October 2007
- 1 comment
In his latest blog, Jonathan Dawson tells us why places like Findhorn still have much to offer









