Open to the edge
A topical Advent theme and community development imperative, was covered by David Spangler in his November 2022 blog. He writes, "What is sad and dangerous about this time is that, seeing that what we have isn’t working, there is a reaction to replace it not with something new but with
Xmas wishes
SEASON’S GREETINGS FROM PET In the spirit of the season we want to thank all of you for your ongoing support for our work here. That includes: Building and superintending our 18 affordable housing units in East, West and, most recently,’Woodside’ in North Whins. Manifesting the funds required for a
Beauty and the beast
On the pandemic and post-Cop27 subject of putting the case for positive behavioural change, here's a short article about a vital component of the fourth step to changing things (change step#1 see a problem #2 decide to resolve it #3 look for possible solutions #4 choose the most effective one).
Crisis? Whither the crisis?
Who can seriously say "Crisis? What crisis?" anymore? However you and I do have the choice of how we react to this state of affairs: re. community care, energy, transportation, GhGs, agriculture&food, &c.. Here's someone else's point of view about where2go from here. [vertical-spacer] (I just love their emag
60 years young
Park Ecovillage Community at Findhorn! [vertical-spacer] Wishing you many more years of embodying the 3Principles. [vertical-spacer]
CaringC in action
Wonder what the CCC does in practice? One of its aims is to create a Caring Community Culture to develop and support social capacities (e.g. behaviour, awareness, convention) and infrastructures (e.g. networking, communication, ‘joined-up’ policies) One way of developing social capacities in the Park Ecovillage, Findhorn is by the interactive real-time
Weather Report 2022
The latest "United in Science" report provides an overview of the most recent science related to climate change, impacts and responses from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and partner organizations. At a time when urgent action to address climate change is needed, the report provides unified scientific information to inform
Simpl-e the best
[ /ˈsɪmpli/] I trust you had a happy Autumn Solstice. As the light hours shorten, there's an opportunity for more introspection... Continuing on from the previous blog's theme, I received a comment about how difficult it is to practise the consequences of humans being more than just their bodies and/or
Knowing our limits
In 2022AD there are so many important survival issues requiring active & individual efforts to resolve them[mfn]PETs current operational areas: To encourage social development and environmental protection and improvement, and wellbeing in the whole Findhorn Ecovillage Community. See https://parkecovillagetrust.co.uk/home-portfolio/about/[/mfn] that it can be quite daunting -- if not downright paralysing!
Condolences
Remembering a wonderful Queen Elizabeth and wishing her family, the Community, Moray, Scotland and the UK comfort, as her remarkable life is celebrated. She blessed so many people with her faith and kindness. Praying that we’ll find comfort in our memories of her, we offer our heartfelt sympathy for her
CCC on Facebook
Hello there wonderful supporters of community wellbeing at the Findhorn Ecovillage Community. The CCC is on Facebook! Here's the URL: https://www.facebook.com/groups/579850887019766 It's a practical medium, so check it out&join: you can then hear about the help community members require via our Coordinator. click the image for specific ccc-donation goals
Perma-food-culture
"Classical" businesses are starting to talk more about the opportunity profit in "culture" over that of "cost accounting". 2blogs ago we looked at the idea of "true cost" calculation.[mfn]https://parkecovillagetrust.co.uk/2022/08/nuts-and-fruitcakes/[/mfn] Even the Park Ecovillage at Findhorn is studying the possibilities of larger scale food&energy production, in line with their enlightened "0carbon30"