Whole health
Health is more than the absence of disease; health is physical, social, and emotional well-being. It also includes positive health—resulting from positive psychology-based habits that produce longer, healthy life and lower disease risk and health care costs—over and above the risk factors addressed by traditional health care. For pdf-size &
O solar mio
Have you heard of Wait but why? Wait; you haven't? Why? Patience, and check out this follow-on blog from the Elon Musk series! Fascinating stuff—all of it. Enjoy!
carbon bites – Nature Nosh
Foraging for food The programme for the first-ever Foraging Fortnight has launched, with events ranging from woodland walks to wild food feasts to foraged cocktails! This project takes place from 31 August to 15 September 2019 and features a wide range of events across five diverse regions of Scotland: Lanarkshire, Fife, Moray,
Seek ye first…
Reading about Thomas Hübl's talk with Peking HSBC Business School students and local entrepreneurs, I was reminded of PET's Mission to wit: encouraging "social development, environmental protection & improvement, and wellbeing in the whole Findhorn Ecovillage Community." More often than I like to admit, I think about the above in terms of outward, material 'betterment.' Hübl invited
Drawdown, drawup
David Spangler David's Desk (#145) is my opportunity to share thoughts and tools for the spiritual journey. These letters are my personal insights and opinions and do not necessarily reflect the sentiments or thoughts of any other person in Lorian or of Lorian Association as a whole. If
Visuals
We have some video files on our Youtube Channel[mfn]why not bookmark-it for easy access![/mfn] which you might find interesting and enjoyable. Caring Community Circle videos: Carbon Strategy videos: Affordable Housing videos: PETvalues videos:
Consequences of be-&doing
In the light of the fantastic Climate & Consciousness Conference at Findhorn and the practical consequences for the climate/people's consciousness, I was struck by this e-article from the Paul Brunton Philosophical Foundation. (I added the [titles] and the links.) Paul Brunton (PB) asks in his "The Hidden Teaching Beyond Yoga"(1941)
Flux is ok
(1) Here's an interesting article on staying flexible on energy... It invites us to continually foster creative perspectives and be cool with contradiction so that flux becomes positively attractive! Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose — both the fact of "change" and our reticence! Enjoy. [vertical-spacer]
Carbon Footprint assessment 2018
Executive summmary on P2. For pdf-size & zoom help please click here. [flipbook pdf="https://parkecovillagetrust.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Carbon_Assessment_2018v3.pdf" height="750" theme="light"] Please remember to actively calculate, offset and further reduce your personal Carbon Footprint. Using the PET Carbon Offsetting Service
Low Carbon Diets and Food
This report forms part of the ‘Food and Diets’ research done by the Zero Carbon Britain project through 2012-13. This work concentrates on low carbon diets in the UK today. About the Zero Carbon Britain project An initiative from the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT). Its aim is to demonstrate
ClimateChangeConsciousness
Dear Member of Park Ecovillage Trust, We are just 5 days away from the Climate Change and Consciousness Conference! It is a unique conference about surviving and thriving in a climate changing world and post-carbon economy. The event will feature some of the clearest and most passionate voices
YELLOW&GREEN – the new black
Here's an interesting article on Energy Plus building, challenging us to manifest warmer&cleaner perspectives in our lives that are still pretty 'sexy' too!
