Park Ecovillage Trust

advances social, regenerative sustainability and wellbeing for the benefit of the Findhorn and Forres areas

We are committed to enhancing community life by:

  • supporting, funding, and facilitating access to essential needs through practical developments and innovative educational, social, regenerative, environmental projects;
  • delivering an effective and affordable community housing programme;
  • setting and meeting targets to reduce and avoid fossil-based generated carbon emissions, working toward Net Zero;
  • supporting care and wellbeing initiatives that benefit the whole community;
Affordable Housing

Affordable Housing

Between PET and New Findhorn Directions (NFD) we now offer 26 affordable homes across four community sites, strengthening access to secure housing and basic needs.

Park Ecovillage Trust findhorn Carbon Strategy

Carbon Strategy

As the climate crisis intensifies, PET offers accessible tools that clarify how carbon emissions are generated, how they can be reduced, and how offsetting can be accurately measured.

Caring Community

Creating a model of community that supports every stage of life, an exemplary culture of care from cradle to grave.

What does the Park Ecovillage Trust do? And what was it like to build the new Light of Findhorn Sanctuary?

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Affordable Housing – Community owned

For the last 10 years the need for affordable housing has been highlighted in many ways:

Young people and families, leaving the area for lack of a ‘suitable’ home or for lack of “economical means”.

Elderly people and long-term community members richly deserve secure and eco-friendly homes for their retirement years.

Carbon Strategy

In the face of the imminent climate crisis, PET offers several tools, for measuring individual and business fossil-based carbon emissions, and another that supports further reducing and balance of those emissions.

PET is also guiding the community on its pathway to Net Zero.

Caring Community Circle

Creating an exemplary caring community culture from cradle to grave.

The CCC holds the awareness of the needs of people of all ages in the Community and links volunteers and other resources to those in need.

Light of Findhorn Sanctuary

The Light of Findhorn Sanctuary

Park Ecovillage Trust is honoured to have been entrusted with building and managing the Light of Findhorn Sanctuary for our community.

About Park Ecovillage Trust

The Park Ecovillage Trust, founded in 2009, has led a series of initiatives that strengthen community wellbeing while supporting a stable and sustainable environment. Our work has included a Moray-wide youth programme that equips young people with practical ecological skills; the development and management of 26 affordable, eco-friendly housing that provides secure, low-cost homes for those most affected by rising living costs and environmental pressures; and community carbon planning that helps households reduce energy use and build long-term resilience.

We have also fostered relational support and early help through the Caring Community Circle, preventing isolation and strengthening neighbour-to-neighbour care. Most recently, in April 2025, we opened the Light of Findhorn Sanctuary as a shared space for reflection, support, and community belonging.

Across all these initiatives, our aim has remained the same: to ensure people have the foundations they need to thrive while living in ways that protect the wellbeing of both the community and the environment.

The Park Ecovillage,
Findhorn

The Park Ecovillage represents a unique model for sustainable living and community building, and it has inspired many similar eco-villages and intentional communities around the world.