2022 what2do?
After another challenging year for sustainable development[mfn]Findhorn's wastewater system operator Biomatrix has received the People’s Award at the Sydney Water Innovation Festival 2021: https://youtube.com/channel/UCkxYG5Ln3b--uqv-DaWpTBw[/mfn] we know that 2022 will focus internationally on artisanal fisheries and aquaculture, and glass... What in heaven's name/on earth links these areas together?! The association of
More than a process
The holiest month of the year (fact checking led to the shocking conclusion that no one holyday list is definitive.... or unbiased) and its blessings are here, again under pandemic conditions. That makes it once more very rough on geographically dispersed families -- extra blessings to them. Thank goodness one&all
Climate – cop in
Happy Birthday Findhorn Foundation & Community for the 17th! May you continue to shine forth the brightest of lights for long years to come!! Here's a beautifully written, balanced and comprehensive short read. In me it inspired faith in my/your ability to affect positive change, hope going forward in the collective
Buy food locally
"Happy" COP26! Everybody. Buying local produce (20-50km radius) is carbon emission decreasing, it's keeping disposable income within our local economy, it's investing in our own county. Is this new thinking? No. It was pre-industrial UK reality, and M.K. Gandhi successfully advocated the social, economic and political advantages of manufacturing &
Sustainability
Given the projected COP26 information overload, here's an additional bunch of links to readable, interesting articles on the subject of sustainability. That's what COP26 is really about: doing (1) what we humans do=surviving (2) DIFFERENTLY... (3) in future=from today! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_development https://greenliving.lovetoknow.com/Slideshow:50_Specific_Actions_of_Green_Living https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_Development_Goals https://greenliving.lovetoknow.com/Slideshow:Examples_of_How_Going_Green_Saves_You_Money https://www.bioregional.com/projects-and-services/case-studies/bedzed-the-uks-first-large-scale-eco-village https://eco-villages.eu/en/ Wishing you -- neither a
aff.Housing ideas
According to the Economic Times (part of the India Times group), Affordable Housing "refers to housing units that are affordable by that section of society whose income is below the median household income. Description: Though different countries have different definitions for affordable housing, it is largely the same i.e. it
Care (a little more)
Following on from the previous post: in his “Instructions to the Cooks”[mfn]I like this teaching's analogies because in my apprentice days in the Foundation, after being a gardner, I became a cook...[/mfn] Dogen, the Japanese founder of the Soto Zen school, wrote that someone working to benefit others should maintain
Care (a little)
September is an important month straddling the likes of Back2School/ College/Work after the holidays and International Charity Day.[mfn]https://www.un.org/en/observances/international-days-and-weeks[/mfn] During this latest equinox period I find myself challenged to re-purpose, and reinforce positive motivations and the beliefs they're based on. A number of rounds of introspection brought me to the simple
Just do it, RIGHT?!
We've been talking about the New Normal since the first statistical decreases in this pandemic's infections/hospitalisations/deaths. "Enough talking," say I. Surely for Findhorn Ecovillagers and their supporters the "New Normal" can't really be called cutting edge any more... Heck, if you're having difficulty doing the New Normal[mfn] I'm thinking of
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
