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
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
More than a process
The holiest month of the year (fact checking led to the shocking conclusion that no one holyday list is definitive.... or unbiased) and its blessings are here, again under pandemic conditions. That makes it once more very rough on geographically dispersed families -- extra blessings to them. Thank goodness one&all
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
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
Care (a little more)
Following on from the previous post: in his “Instructions to the Cooks”[mfn]I like this teaching's analogies because in my apprentice days in the Foundation, after being a gardner, I became a cook...[/mfn] Dogen, the Japanese founder of the Soto Zen school, wrote that someone working to benefit others should maintain
Care (a little)
September is an important month straddling the likes of Back2School/ College/Work after the holidays and International Charity Day.[mfn]https://www.un.org/en/observances/international-days-and-weeks[/mfn] During this latest equinox period I find myself challenged to re-purpose, and reinforce positive motivations and the beliefs they're based on. A number of rounds of introspection brought me to the simple
Just do it, RIGHT?!
We've been talking about the New Normal since the first statistical decreases in this pandemic's infections/hospitalisations/deaths. "Enough talking," say I. Surely for Findhorn Ecovillagers and their supporters the "New Normal" can't really be called cutting edge any more... Heck, if you're having difficulty doing the New Normal[mfn] I'm thinking of
