Which hope? “Community” or Hegel’s “self as the will-to-power” in conflict with another’s “will-to-power?” Individualism or communalism? A poignant discussion point in today’s world: on the stages of the Ukraine & N.Korea, of ecovillages, family homes — wherever individuals, desiring to gather together, choose to continue/slow down or even stop growing in what it means […]
education
SOSoil
Firstly, Happy Easter season to you! In a rare conjunction, three major holidays of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are occurring at the same time this year. So why don’t we emphasise the positive blessings of UNITY in a way which precludes just evangelism and one-way dialogue, but makes the most of both by way of […]
Manifesting
Hello valued reader! April sees PET’s new Financial Year beginning. “April Fools” rang in the month, and today is the International Day of Creativity & Innovation. Linking these diverse bits of info to PET’s vision, which is “to encourage social development, environmental protection and improvement, and wellbeing in the whole Findhorn Ecovillage Community,” begs the […]
Elephant/ballet dancer?
Of course we already know who/what produces the world’s Greenhouse Gasses today… 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 has been closed, (c) being cloistered […]
Hearts&minds
A movie about Robert F. Kennedy after his brother’s sad demise, brought home some of the myriad possible, valid concepts for achieving happiness. That universal — not just American — “Pursuit of Happiness” was also the (personal) goal of each of the Findhorn Founders, Eileen and Peter Caddy and Dorothy Maclean, as you can read […]
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 questions that are equally valid […]
2022 what2do?
After another challenging year for sustainable development 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 women with fish was commonplace in European folk-lore in the past, and in fin-de-siècle art and literature women and “water ha[ve] been […]
