Invite1: explore sustainability@findhorn
Submitted by Maria Cooper, resident at Findhorn Ecovillage https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/jul/13/manchester-report-climate-change1 http://www.carbonconversations.co.uk/
max.2 degrees centigrade is possible
Here's a challenging read: lack of technology is not what's holding back positive climate change... This is especially interesting in the light of PET's latest program offering: your very own Carbon Footprint Calculation and Offset Service. Please enjoy AND, together with Park Ecovillage Trust, do something about it. http://newstoryhub.com/2015/11/climate-change-and-carbon-neutrality-by-paul-allen/
Community development is dangerous
Nothing ever changes unless you make it change Perhaps this link will give some inspiration. Enjoy! ps ... community ownership enables Eigg to run its own housing association and provide cheap rents – currently about half the market level of “affordable housing” in this region of Scotland. Low-rent societies where
Abundance – a deeply human issue
Balancing contradictions in our beliefs is a deeply human/spiritual issue. It affects everyday life. We "want" abundance and ... What are my motivators, what are their drivers? What do we really believe? really REALLY... Check out this video on 'how to.' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0A3DWgjFtc
Definitions- carbon related
Carbon footprint: A measure of how much CO2 emissions are associated with fossil energy use. When studying ecological footprints the carbon footprint is added because it is a competing use of bio-productive space, since increasing CO2 concentration in the atmosphere is considered to represent a build-up of ecological debt, and
GHGs and present CO2 emitters
Check out this World Resources Institute blog with a fascinating interactive view on the major causes of global greenhouse emissions. It is well worth taking some time to study and review it; [vertical-spacer] and some interesting up2date comparable national GHGemitter statistics and data here from the World Bank about aviation Transport.
small IS beautiful
for comparison's sake- think about it Check out the following: Watershed House Joshua Tree House Wood Cabin on Flathead Lake, Polson, Montana Alpine Hut, Stara Fuzini, Slovenia Ijburg House, Amsterdam, NL Design Matters too!
Spirit at work
Paper for the Living Spirit Conference, University of Surrey, Guildford, England, July 22-24 2002 by Robin Alfred, with Robin Shohet of the Findhorn Consultancy Service Developing Practical Spirituality in the Workplace It seems that all the overripe hierarchies of the world, from corporations to nation states, are in trouble and are
Fund the change you want to see
Donating funds to PET is a tangible way to contribute to concrete and dynamic initiatives making positive change happen TODAY in the Park Ecovillage, Findhorn— apart from volunteering with us... Your donation supports our community beneficiaries and spreads the positive news that IT'S POSSIBLE to do things differently. We are
EcoKit teaching / Tallinn University
News: Representatives of the Findorn eco village trained Estonian teachers in TU 16.12.2013. The representatives of the Findorn ecovillage in Scotland, who visited Tallinn University in the beginning of December, held a supplementary seminar about the environment and sustainable development for teams from middle- and high schools and vocational schools.
EcoKit project
The history of the "Findhorn Eco-Kit Project" is that Michael Shaw and Roger Doudna got a grant for £240,000 from the Scottish Climate Challenge Fund in 2010 to put Ecokits in Moray schools to teach climate change and what to do about it — Sue Clutterbuck was part of the
Carbon Footprint assessment 2015
Executive summmary on P3. [flipbook pdf="https://parkecovillagetrust.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cn.findhorn-ecovillage-final-carbon-footprint-report-2015-2-170115.pdf" height="750" theme="light"] Please remember to actively calculate, offset and further reduce your personal Carbon Footprint. Using the PET Carbon Offsetting Service is an easy way to do so which also supports the Community. Thank you for your mindfulness.
