community
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 Findhorn Ecovillage Community (FEC) residents who still emit tons of […]
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The NFD, trading arm of the Findhorn Foundation which is one of the key stakeholders in the Findhorn Ecovillage Community, has been exploring innovative models and technical strategies to ensure sustainability advocacy and leadership for the Findhorn Ecovillage in relation to energy. This is very important for PETs carbon strategy and affordable housing aims for […]
Heavenly politics
Where was your first glimpse of Heaven? In your mind, of course! Were there other people there? Most probably there were. The Findhorn Ecovillage Community (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 planet’s crust. What’s your […]
Generation R
#GENERATIONRESTORATION: Ecosystem restoration for people, nature and climate RESTORE ECOSYSTEMS TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE, SAVE SPECIES FROM EXTINCTION AND SECURE OUR FUTURE. It’s all interconnected like we are. Sorry about that, Separatists! We need to slash greenhouse gas emissions by nearly half by 2030 to hold global warming below 2°C and avoid its most dangerous […]
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. So we can only plan for progress, not for perfect solutions. That makes for a bumpy and uncomfortable route map. […]
Happiness & success
Here’s an absolutely fantastic piece which I would like to recommend to you as it touches upon the basis of all normal human striving: happiness (or pain minimisation, depending on your outlook on life…). Though the article looks at the US and at students, please feel free to think a bit laterally and find the […]
