Annual General Meeting 2019 (190903)
Annual Report fy 2018
Celebrate your sustainable community
On the 21st of September 2019 European transformational communities will again be celebrating their practical sustainability solutions. Also on that date for the first time, American sustainable communities will do the same. Local, citizen or community-led initiatives (like those of the Findhorn Ecovillage) are adding up to something incredibly big
North Whins story
In 2019 we actively started to plan for a cluster of 8 "Section75" (affordable housing) flats on the North Whins (NW) site of Duneland, in the Findhorn Ecovillage. Here's the timeline! Duneland's North Whins proposal approved by Moray Council on 20 August 2019. oct/19: PET NW affordable Housing is now
Relationalism
Here's a hopeful sign—identifying a quiet though powerful united-ness— from those great States of America! This made for a brilliant and thought provoking read. Perhaps for you too; the very subject for one of those lazy summer days... https://www.aspeninstitute.org/blog-posts/the-relationalist-manifesto/ source: Aspen Institute
Sustainable development
A phrase that has about as many meanings as people who use it —Dr. Paul Raskin. Add to this the disconnect I may feel with a subject that seems to stymie highly resourced intergovernmental organisations, transnational corporations and civil society at large! And yet only within me lies the answer
Whole health
Health is more than the absence of disease; health is physical, social, and emotional well-being. It also includes positive health—resulting from positive psychology-based habits that produce longer, healthy life and lower disease risk and health care costs—over and above the risk factors addressed by traditional health care. For pdf-size &
O solar mio
Have you heard of Wait but why? Wait; you haven't? Why? Patience, and check out this follow-on blog from the Elon Musk series! Fascinating stuff—all of it. Enjoy!
carbon bites – Nature Nosh
Foraging for food The programme for the first-ever Foraging Fortnight has launched, with events ranging from woodland walks to wild food feasts to foraged cocktails! This project takes place from 31 August to 15 September 2019 and features a wide range of events across five diverse regions of Scotland: Lanarkshire, Fife, Moray,
Seek ye first…
Reading about Thomas Hübl's talk with Peking HSBC Business School students and local entrepreneurs, I was reminded of PET's Mission to wit: encouraging "social development, environmental protection & improvement, and wellbeing in the whole Findhorn Ecovillage Community." More often than I like to admit, I think about the above in terms of outward, material 'betterment.' Hübl invited
Affordable (cheap&sexy) housing
An example of this crossed my desk today. Technology combining with less "needs, wants and desires." High build speed and low cost. Sure, there can be many points of view on this subject and article—but aren't we starting to get there? Doing things well and differently. Click here for the
Drawdown, drawup
David Spangler David's Desk (#145) is my opportunity to share thoughts and tools for the spiritual journey. These letters are my personal insights and opinions and do not necessarily reflect the sentiments or thoughts of any other person in Lorian or of Lorian Association as a whole. If
Visuals
We have some video files on our Youtube Channel[mfn]why not bookmark-it for easy access![/mfn] which you might find interesting and enjoyable. Caring Community Circle videos: Carbon Strategy videos: Affordable Housing videos: PETvalues videos:
