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

June 5th, 2023|Categories: carbon strategy, caring community, community, education, food, how to, strategy, values|

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

May 15th, 2023|Categories: carbon strategy, education, enterprise, global warming, strategy, values|

Founding principals

In 4.5years with the Foundation, I was always struck by older Ecovillage members' different -- not always positive -- remembrances of practical encounters with the founders' M.O.'s. But even saints[mfn]like me [/mfn] aren't perfect! This year I'm lumping (with all possible respect) my own understandings about them into one 'anniversary

April 25th, 2023|Categories: community, strategy, values|

Way2community

I have posted before about one of many attitudes conducive to manifesting visionary, vital, vibrant and viable[mfn]Park Ecovillage, Findhorn Community Purpose statement 2019[/mfn] -- ie. innovative&regenerative -- community life. That was tv-inspired, as I am an audio-visual kind of guy. Lately I came across another brilliant tv-series that reinvigorated puerile notions

March 25th, 2023|Categories: community, how to, strategy, values, video|

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?

March 2nd, 2023|Categories: carbon strategy, community, education, enterprise, global warming, links, strategy, values|

Behind food & energy

February is a brilliant month: New Year's resolutions are really put to the test, 4/2 World Cancer Day, 6-12/2 International Development Week, 14/2 St Valentine's Day, 20/2 World Day of Social Justice, 22/2 World Thinking Day, and 27/2 World NGO Day, among others... They all highlight an attitude desperately needed

February 25th, 2023|Categories: carbon strategy, food, strategy, values|

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

February 13th, 2023|Categories: caring community, community, education, how to, strategy, values|
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