education
Meat on the bone
While volunteering with PET last week, I was struck by a point made in the NFD Energy Master Plan 2021 about bringing PETs carbon offset projects closer to home — Scotland. According to the report this would make offsetting far more meaningful to hundreds of Findhorn Ecovillage Community (FEC) residents who still emit tons of […]
Heavenly politics
Where was your first glimpse of Heaven? In your mind, of course! Were there other people there? Most probably there were. The Findhorn Ecovillage Community (FEC), as one of many “cities of light,” was conceived as a place where Heaven would come to Earth — another garden of Eden materialised on our planet’s crust. What’s your […]
Social development
First of all, happy World Environment Day. May we all continue to co-create positive physical conditions conducive to developing life on our planet! Community development=social development=ever changing relationships; ie. relations between developing participants vary constantly. So we can only plan for progress, not for perfect solutions. That makes for a bumpy and uncomfortable route map. […]
Carbon Footprint Standard
Carbon Footprint Ltd. is the company whose Carbon Offsetting Calculator and Offsetting Programs PET has chosen to use. According to https://www.sciencedirect.com they are one of the top3 carbon offset companies in the UK. For the more technical among you, here below is the “standard” that underpins PETs chosen service. What is it? An internationally recognised […]
Inactivity
I trust you’re having a good Mental Health Awareness Week… being happily of service to those around you. A lot has been written on the subject of scarcity vis à vis drinking water, food and disposable income for a high percentage of the world’s population; and vis à vis transparency in socio-political & -economic agendas […]
Pandemic knock-ons
Here’s a fascinating (7 mins) article in our education series on how the current Pandemic is helping to change the way we think about “work” and its impact on our home planet. Canada has always been seen as the American continent’s conscience in action and in this article I sense truly impact-full results from concepts […]
