Today is the Findhorn Ecovillage Community’s 58th birthday. Many happy returns! As you know the Community was unintentionally founded by Eileen and Peter Caddy and Dorothy Maclean in 1962. All three had dedicated themselves to following a disciplined spiritual path for many years. Eileen received guidance in her meditations from an inner source she called […]
Lights, action!
The longest night of the year inspires, infuses and enthuses feeling-people to emphasise more LIGHT. Winter solstice 2020 in the Northern Hemisphere will be at 14:30CET on Monday, 21 December. However, in these dark & VUCA times we each need to max-out on light bringing activities and celebrations: Diwali, observed on the 15th day of […]
The eco-dollar
If you think influential entities are acting weird in a political sense, financial markets are starting to bet massively on ethical & sustainability values (!) according to PwC — the business audit, tax and consulting firm. “In 2019, PwC conducted a global survey on the investment priorities of 750 institutional investors and 10,000 retail investors, and […]
Foundations
Thank you lockdown! Strange but true, everyone I hear from or read these days is (again) thanking God/Spirit/&c. for the time that has now become available for quality investment in people and things usually found lower down our to-do-lists. “As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do […]
Poetic (re)structure
The health crisis is causing every entity on this planet to restructure; the Findhorn Foundation — educators within the living Findhorn Ecovillage — included. Two recently read blogs (links below) highlight some “How2 & In2What” considerations that might help us all with our evolution ie. with what motivates & informs our evolutionary choices — outward […]
Eco-principles
Fritjof Capra writes about “some basic principles of ecology: interdependence, recycling, partnership, flexibility, diversity, and as a consequence of all these, sustainability” (+- 4 min. read). They’ve become even more relevant in this 20th year of the new millennium: “the survival of humanity will depend on our ecological literacy, on our ability to understand these […]
Megatrends
The scale of change needed in today’s world requires creativity at the same level, a new model and self-leadership with hard&soft skills that seem polar opposites. Being technology-savvy while also deeply aware of natural & human systems and psychology; courageous, but humble enough to deeply listen and change course if needed; aware of the true […]