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

Working together

12 April 2007
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A key building in Findhorn needs repairing bringing about a sense of nostalgia for the early days of the community as people strive together

Environment

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

International Politics

Swords into ploughshares

22 March 2007

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

Lifestyle

Let's work together

14 March 2007

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

Lifestyle

Acts of random beautification

08 March 2007
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How at Findhorn even inanimate objects are given names

Life & Society

Cashing in on cow shares!

01 March 2007
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There are local alternatives to the excesses of global capitalism

Life & Society

In Pursuit of Gross National Happiness

23 February 2007
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Jonathan returns to Findhorn pondering how we can measure happiness

Life & Society

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

Society

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

Life & Society