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 […]
United in Care
PET’s been doing its CARE in action for the benefit of the Findhorn Ecovillage Community since 2009. On the 75th anniversary of the United Nations and the 5th anniversary of their adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals – in the midst of a pandemic radically transforming our economies and societies – this 30-minute film tells […]
Complex POPs
This is not a blog about male psychology… but something more simple: common sense. Musing on PET (and humanity)’s mission of encouraging social development, environmental protection and improvement, and wellbeing, I am forced to admit that what often holds me back from doing the right stuff, is the knottiness of the issue at hand… I’ll […]
Community-self care
I came across two phrases while reading about the effects of the health crisis on the future of work: “… lightweight, personalised, distributed, and resilient…” [re. organisational attributes; also topical for individuals] “… building trust, valuing human skills, supporting mental and physical well-being, managing workloads, and having work spaces that encourage collaboration and creativity …” […]
To act or not to act
Playing my part to minimise the possible repercussions of easing lockdown, I’ve been looking further into the socio-economic choices we all have going forwards: business-as-usual or the ‘new normal’ or even something more extreme? I came across an essay by Charles Eisenstein called ‘Making the Universe Great Again.’ He writes about how and with what […]
