PETupdate
We trust this finds you well. Just a few points: * 11/2 marked PETs 14th birthday! To see what we've done in the Ecovillage click here. * 11/2 also marked the opening of the WOODSIDE, north whins, affordable housing allocation process for 4weeks. Click here for the latest photos. *
Elephant/ballet dancer?
Of course we already know who/what produces the world's Greenhouse Gasses today...[mfn] https://parkecovillagetrust.co.uk/faq/what-are-the-main-ghg-emissions-by-sector/[/mfn] Here are the up-to-date Findhorn Ecovillage carbon (equivalent) offsetting figures since PETs carbon offsetting service started in December 2017. Nota Bene: during the last five "pandemic waves" (a) we have not been travelling so much, (b) Cluny
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
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 &
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
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
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:
