More than a consumer
Not long ago I read two intriguing quotes: one by Anon., “We are in an irreversible, unstoppable de-carbonisation movement. ... It is the only path to economic growth and stability;" the other by USSenator BF Wade from 1885, "Heaven for the climate. Hell for the company!" Are Economics -- economic
Walk2COP26
Not a new police TVseries, but a serious physical challenge. For both our planet and these guys: 6 walkers are going to make the 500 mile journey from London to Glasgow, on foot, in the run-up to COP26 in November. This group is going to be raising awareness of local
Feeling potential
Charles Eisenstein's essay, The Coronation, published March 2020, has been mentioned in blogs here before.[mfn]https://parkecovillagetrust.co.uk/search/Coronation/[/mfn] I read it at the end of last year and later, critiques from both sides of the aisle too. Rising (re?)infection figures post 2021-summer-holidays, challenged me to return to it, and to upload a link
Agile curves
Summer's here, yaay! Possibly less "yaay!" if you're worried about it being bikini/speedo time again... Putting it rather plastically: so above so below ; so within so without ; so mind so matter ; &c. What we put in we get out... But look on the bright side: in spirit terms we
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 Park Ecovillage, Findhorn(FEC) residents who
Heavenly politics
Where was your first glimpse of Heaven? In your mind, of course! Were there other people there? Most probably there were. The Park Ecovillage, Findhorn(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
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. We can only plan for progress, not for perfect solutions. That makes for
Carbon Footprint Standard
Carbon Footprint Ltd. is the company whose Carbon Offsetting Calculator and Offsetting Programs PET has chosen to use. we decrease; you? 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
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
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
Every day=NEW normal
A great (and short) article about ecovillage-inhabitant behaviours in a GENseries on building the new normal. It can help our thinking about how — ideally — we want tomorrow to look and for whom. PET has chosen: [vertical-spacer]What about you? Check out: https://ecovillage.org/ecovillages-and-new-normalities/
