Annual General Meeting 2017
(from our Chairperson, taken from the email "PETcomms agm invite 2017/07/30") Dear PET members, This is to inform you of Park Ecovillage Trust's Annual General Meeting at 5:00pm on Monday 14th August in the Sunshine Room at East Whins. There will be division reports from Housing, Carbon Neutral and
Donate your Skills & Time
In addition to financial management, a healthy NGO has [...] governance and leadership, clear strategic direction, high quality programme management with involvement of beneficiaries, effective human resources management, shared values and a conducive organisational culture.mango.org.ukconducive - adjective - making a certain situation or outcome likely or possible.oxford.dictionaries.comA January 2017 Development Report
Fund the change you want to see
Donating funds to PET is a tangible way to contribute to concrete and dynamic initiatives making positive change happen TODAY in the Park Ecovillage, Findhorn— apart from volunteering with us... Your donation supports our community beneficiaries and spreads the positive news that IT'S POSSIBLE to do things differently. We are
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Donate a legacy
Why leave a gift in your Will? Charitable legacies of all sizes are vital and fundamental to PET’s and many other charities’ work. To ensure that the work of the Park Ecovillage Trust continues into the future, remember us in your Will. Your legacy will be a blessing which will
Global warm/ning
I think the likelihood that we stay below two degrees even with diligent efforts was relatively small — maybe 20 percent, in my view — before the Trump withdrawal from Paris. And the likelihood is now increased markedly that we’re not going to make the two degrees. Personally I would
Gift Aid
If you are a UK taxpayer donating through Gift Aid means PET can reclaim an extra 25p for every £1 you give, and it won’t cost you any money. Magic! This transitional relief for the charity — by the UK.GOV out of your annual income tax payment — does not affect your personal tax position.
Too Hot to Handle?
(published in the Rainbow Bridge 21 July 2017) Last week I read a piece from New York magazine that sent shivers down my spine. Based on extensive interviews with climate scientists, it explored what ‘runaway climate change’ would mean for the Earth and its inhabitants. Its core message: “Parts of
be a stubborn optimist: Christiana Figueres
Figueres is a prominent leader with remarkable experience of bringing together a global agreement from 195 countries. Reflecting on leadership, Figueres believes that, in the same way that we have more distributed knowledge (through digitalization) and are increasingly seeing more distributed energy, so too shall we move towards a world with more
Invitation to interact
Here it is! And pretty exciting it feels too ~ for an ex-non-blogger as of today! As with the intention behind energy generating plants, so with lining up pieces of PET's specific little puzzle. The purpose is to generate practical insights about and/or answers to the problems challenges we are actively
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Update of PET Carbon Offset Service
published in the Rainbow Bridge: I want to express my gratitude to those who are contributing money to set up the CARBON OFFSETTING service. Recent donations from Caroline Myss, Amanda and others, means that PET is now approaching £3,000 of the target £4,500. If YOU wish to contribute, we
