CCC summer’23
Dates for your diary in case you are able to join in: For more detailed info on any of the below, please contact: [email protected] or via the CCC.Facebook: https://facebook.com/groups/579850887019766/ . This Thursday 8/06, 11am to 12:30pm - upper level of Phoenix Cafe I will be hoping to meet folk who
Wellbeing together
Finally a useful list to encourage social development and environmental protection and improvement, and wellbeing: practicing community in action! It's amazing what the Park Ecovillage, Findhorn is itself already doing; and more amazing and inspiring what is becoming mainstream practice! Let's expand our efforts step by step. For every individual
Brave new world
Lately I came across an article about a (materially) successful man with a disability. He links the global game-changing Pandemic reaction of learning-/working-from-home[mfn]eg., there have been people asking for remote work for decades. Also people with disabilities, whether that's someone who struggles to get to an office due to mobility
How green’s my consumption?
Let's be honest: how small is our consumption-GHG footprint really? "En pointe" or is it a smidge more elephantine? ... And not compared to past 'achievements,' our neighbour or some government thought up target, but compared to where it should be? You & I really ought to know our footprint
Carbon Footprint assessment 2022
It's with great pleasure that PET can announce completion of our 2022 Carbon Footprint analysis for The Park Ecovillage, Findhorn. This report will form the basis of our future work towards becoming a Net Zero Community. Click the image to download the assessment. Or you can read it online,
CO2 emissions up!
[vertical-spacer] By the by, there's a fascinating bit on statistical greenwishy-washery in this interesting piece, under the heading: "Don’t get fooled by per capita emissions"... Aha-erlebnis perhaps?
Samaritan
12th--14th February is Chinese New Year and Losar, so there's a second pportunity to make some important resolutions for the next 365days! If I may suggest a topic: "Kindness is 'social nearness-ing.' If medicine is the front line protecting our bodies, kindness is the front protecting our hearts and our
Food dis$e¢ted
According to Plato, "the root and stem of all evil is ignorance." So here's some info about where our food money goes to: "farm2fork" in reverse.[mfn]How can I act sustainably if my body-mind isn't thinking&self-caring sustainably too: What You Believe Is WYSIWYG...[/mfn] From the below report's foreword: "... Our work
Open to the edge
A topical Advent theme and community development imperative, was covered by David Spangler in his November 2022 blog. He writes, "What is sad and dangerous about this time is that, seeing that what we have isn’t working, there is a reaction to replace it not with something new but with
Beauty and the beast
On the pandemic and post-Cop27 subject of putting the case for positive behavioural change, here's a short article about a vital component of the fourth step to changing things (change step#1 see a problem #2 decide to resolve it #3 look for possible solutions #4 choose the most effective one).
Weather Report 2022
The latest "United in Science" report provides an overview of the most recent science related to climate change, impacts and responses from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and partner organizations. At a time when urgent action to address climate change is needed, the report provides unified scientific information to inform
Perma-food-culture
"Classical" businesses are starting to talk more about the opportunity profit in "culture" over that of "cost accounting". 2blogs ago we looked at the idea of "true cost" calculation.[mfn]https://parkecovillagetrust.co.uk/2022/08/nuts-and-fruitcakes/[/mfn] Even the Park Ecovillage at Findhorn is studying the possibilities of larger scale food&energy production, in line with their enlightened "0carbon30"
