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.

Articles by Jonathan Dawson

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Sex and the ecovillage

  • 15 October 2007
  • 2 comments

Jonathan Dawson continues to reveal what it's like to live in an ecovillage discussing the thorny issue of communal sex and other issues...

A life devoted to children

  • 05 October 2007
  • 6 comments

Jonathan Dawson reports on the Russian eco-village who have made it their mission to look after orphaned children

Shut up about the deckchairs!

  • 28 September 2007
  • 5 comments

In his latest entry, Jonathan Dawson stresses on the need for a collective 'peak moment'

Getting creative at the wind park

  • 07 September 2007
  • 4 comments

My observation as an educator is that we generally need to engage physically and through ritual to facilitate this kind of deep transformative learning

Sprats and mackerels

  • 30 August 2007
  • 6 comments

Are poverty alleviation and human rights work worth the carbon cost?

Saying goodbye to an old friend

  • 20 August 2007
  • 1 comment

Jonathan Dawson marks the sudden passing of Findhorn resident Andrew Murray

In pursuit of the aesthetic orgasm

  • 13 August 2007
  • 5 comments

Jonathan Dawson on the art centre that is a stunning monument to the power of vision and persistence

Positive energy

  • 02 August 2007
  • 12 comments

The terrifying prospect of a post-oil future: no more ready meals, traffic jams or lonely nights in front of television.

We Refuse to be Enemies

  • 18 July 2007

How 100 people are making the world a better place

Family reunion

  • 05 July 2007

A community that has succeeded in redefining wealth in terms much broader than money income alone

The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012

Mind your B-sides

Mind your B-sides

Time to rethink

Time to rethink, not reassure

Who minds?

Latter Day Taint?

Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling, the Miliband dilemma and what the party must do next
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