Happy intentions
Tomorrow we remember the birthday of Dorothy Maclean at the beginning of the new community development, protection, improvement and wellbeing year! Viva la dolce vita!!! Reflection during the feast days brought to mind the following inspiring "Eileen message" which hangs on the coworker noticeboard at Cluny. It deals with basic
2022 what2do?
After another challenging year for sustainable development[mfn]Findhorn's wastewater system operator Biomatrix has received the People’s Award at the Sydney Water Innovation Festival 2021: https://youtube.com/channel/UCkxYG5Ln3b--uqv-DaWpTBw[/mfn] we know that 2022 will focus internationally on artisanal fisheries and aquaculture, and glass... What in heaven's name/on earth links these areas together?! The association of
More than a process
The holiest month of the year (fact checking led to the shocking conclusion that no one holyday list is definitive.... or unbiased) and its blessings are here, again under pandemic conditions. That makes it once more very rough on geographically dispersed families -- extra blessings to them. Thank goodness one&all
Net0.30 study Grant
Great news about the Park Ecovillage, FindhornNet0.30 study and PETs 2021 National Lottery Grant application. Here's the press release: [vertical-spacer] Great news, but stuff doesn't stop there-- ie. with other people offering a climate action smorgasbord for you not to pick and choose from... Remember Gandhi's statement about "Happiness
Health&climate change
During this 4thWave vaccinated Vs. unvaccinated[mfn]breakthrough-case statistics: where are they? Governments & the media are strangely quiet on the subject, while free movement choices for the now statistical minority of not-infected-by-people/vaccines are being limited in favour of majority-economic-mitigation (maximising VAT, Income Tax, Corporation Tax, &c.; minimising NHScosts, Unemployment Benefit, and
Ecotransport
By accident I overheard part of a conversation that really made me laugh: replies one person to her buddy, "[...] my lease ends next month." Says Buddy, "What? All this time you've been on about a hybrid car? I thought we were talking about animals..!" This got me thinking about
COP26 analysis
COP-in or out? Looking back on the Glasgow results gives an equivocal picture of where people are at and where we're being directed (&by whom). As has been said so often, we're really only in control of that which we can do to abolish er... neutralise er... mitigate the CO2e emissions
Climate – cop in
Happy Birthday Findhorn Foundation & Community for the 17th! May you continue to shine forth the brightest of lights for long years to come!! Here's a beautifully written, balanced and comprehensive short read. In me it inspired faith in my/your ability to affect positive change, hope going forward in the collective
Buy food locally
"Happy" COP26! Everybody. Buying local produce (20-50km radius) is carbon emission decreasing, it's keeping disposable income within our local economy, it's investing in our own county. Is this new thinking? No. It was pre-industrial UK reality, and M.K. Gandhi successfully advocated the social, economic and political advantages of manufacturing &
Quick&Simple donations
Looking to dona£e GBP Sterling Super Fast&Easy to either PET or PET/CCC? Click one of the images below: [one-half-first][/one-half-first] [one-half]Caring Community Circle[/one-half][vertical-spacer] These links take you straight to PayPal UK, for GBP £ Sterling donations to the respective "GENERAL FUNDS". Thank you! If you want to opt in to the
Sustainability
Given the projected COP26 information overload, here's an additional bunch of links to readable, interesting articles on the subject of sustainability. That's what COP26 is really about: doing (1) what we humans do=surviving (2) DIFFERENTLY... (3) in future=from today! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_development https://greenliving.lovetoknow.com/Slideshow:50_Specific_Actions_of_Green_Living https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_Development_Goals https://greenliving.lovetoknow.com/Slideshow:Examples_of_How_Going_Green_Saves_You_Money https://www.bioregional.com/projects-and-services/case-studies/bedzed-the-uks-first-large-scale-eco-village https://eco-villages.eu/en/ Wishing you -- neither a
aff.Housing ideas
According to the Economic Times (part of the India Times group), Affordable Housing "refers to housing units that are affordable by that section of society whose income is below the median household income. Description: Though different countries have different definitions for affordable housing, it is largely the same i.e. it
