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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Working together

  • 12 April 2007
  • 2 comments

A key building in Findhorn needs repairing bringing about a sense of nostalgia for the early days of the community as people strive together

Can't help but smile

  • 05 April 2007

Hit with a usual bout of culture shock upon his return from Africa, Jonathan finds designing a carbon-neutral island is next on his to-do list

Swords into ploughshares

  • 22 March 2007

Jonathan reports from Sierra Leone where he finds much hope in place ravaged by recent war

Let's work together

  • 14 March 2007

Much of what eco-villages began doing decades ago is being adopted by the mainstream

Acts of random beautification

  • 08 March 2007
  • 1 comment

How at Findhorn even inanimate objects are given names

Cashing in on cow shares!

  • 01 March 2007
  • 1 comment

There are local alternatives to the excesses of global capitalism

In Pursuit of Gross National Happiness

  • 23 February 2007
  • 2 comments

Jonathan returns to Findhorn pondering how we can measure happiness

Inspiration from a new generation

  • 15 February 2007

Jonathan's second report from Thailand and the story of a young woman who devotes herself to that country's 'alternative' communities

Findhorn's global reach

  • 07 February 2007

Jonathan reports from Wongsanit ashram in Thailand where he is on behalf of the Global Ecovillage Network and reflects on the world-wide reach of the Findhorn way

In praise of wildness

  • 25 January 2007
  • 2 comments

Jonathan uses Findhorn's quiet time for reflection and tells us about a community resident who lives in a whisky barrel

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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