Sea levels rising
Using cutting-edge global elevation and population data, scientists have applied different scenarios of global warming to see where communities are most vulnerable within the next 200 to 2,000 years.[mfn]A previous look at this subject in Europe was called the Atlantis Project 2014. Click here to see Atlantis' results[/mfn] Fifty major
Care (a little more)
Following on from the previous post: in his “Instructions to the Cooks”[mfn]I like this teaching's analogies because in my apprentice days in the Foundation, after being a gardner, I became a cook...[/mfn] Dogen, the Japanese founder of the Soto Zen school, wrote that someone working to benefit others should maintain
Care (a little)
September is an important month straddling the likes of Back2School/ College/Work after the holidays and International Charity Day.[mfn]https://www.un.org/en/observances/international-days-and-weeks[/mfn] During this latest equinox period I find myself challenged to re-purpose, and reinforce positive motivations and the beliefs they're based on. A number of rounds of introspection brought me to the simple
AGM 21/11/03
Hello valued member of PET, I trust this finds you hale and hearty! The Board of Park Ecovillage Trust asks you to please accept the following invitation:
Just do it, RIGHT?!
We've been talking about the New Normal since the first statistical decreases in this pandemic's infections/hospitalisations/deaths. "Enough talking," say I. Surely for Findhorn Ecovillagers and their supporters the "New Normal" can't really be called cutting edge any more... Heck, if you're having difficulty doing the New Normal[mfn] I'm thinking of
More than a consumer
Not long ago I read two intriguing quotes: one by Anon., “We are in an irreversible, unstoppable de-carbonisation movement. ... It is the only path to economic growth and stability;" the other by USSenator BF Wade from 1885, "Heaven for the climate. Hell for the company!" Are Economics -- economic
Walk2COP26
Not a new police TVseries, but a serious physical challenge. For both our planet and these guys: 6 walkers are going to make the 500 mile journey from London to Glasgow, on foot, in the run-up to COP26 in November. This group is going to be raising awareness of local
Feeling potential
Charles Eisenstein's essay, The Coronation, published March 2020, has been mentioned in blogs here before.[mfn]https://parkecovillagetrust.co.uk/search/Coronation/[/mfn] I read it at the end of last year and later, critiques from both sides of the aisle too. Rising (re?)infection figures post 2021-summer-holidays, challenged me to return to it, and to upload a link
Flooding CO2emissions
On the initiative of the World Weather Attribution (WWA), an international team has made a first attribution study to answer the question whether the risk of severe weather due to climate change, such as the heavy rainfall of 14 and 15 July, has increased. The floods started in the United
Happy Eileen’s Birthday
Eileen Caddy MBE (right) was a spiritual teacher and author; one of the three founders of the Findhorn Foundation community at the Findhorn Ecovillage, Moray Firth, in northeast Scotland. She exemplified the principle of "Deep Inner Listening." Born: August 26, 1917, Alexandria, Egypt Died: December 13, 2006, Findhorn, United Kingdom
IPCC Report Aug/21
In a new report released on 9th August, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warns that unless there are immediate, rapid and large-scale reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, limiting warming to close to 1.5°C or even 2°C will be beyond reach. In the past, the world listened but did
Grand Garden Gathering
Lockdown is easing and we're unbubbling at the Park. On Saturday, September 18 from 11am until 5pm, the Findhorn Foundation, NFA and Ecologia are co-organising a joyous coming together of everyone in the community for a party! It is a chance for us all to celebrate together, especially since the
