Today is the Findhorn Ecovillage Community’s 58th birthday. Many happy returns! As you know the Community was unintentionally founded by Eileen and Peter Caddy and Dorothy Maclean in 1962. All three had dedicated themselves to following a disciplined spiritual path for many years. Eileen received guidance in her meditations from an inner source she called […]
values
Lights, action!
The longest night of the year inspires, infuses and enthuses feeling-people to emphasise more LIGHT. Winter solstice 2020 in the Northern Hemisphere will be at 14:30CET on Monday, 21 December. However, in these dark & VUCA times we each need to max-out on light bringing activities and celebrations: Diwali, observed on the 15th day of […]
The eco-dollar
If you think influential entities are acting weird in a political sense, financial markets are starting to bet massively on ethical & sustainability values (!) according to PwC — the business audit, tax and consulting firm. “In 2019, PwC conducted a global survey on the investment priorities of 750 institutional investors and 10,000 retail investors, and […]
Foundations
Thank you lockdown! Strange but true, everyone I hear from or read these days is (again) thanking God/Spirit/&c. for the time that has now become available for quality investment in people and things usually found lower down our to-do-lists. “As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do […]
Eco-principles
Fritjof Capra writes about “some basic principles of ecology: interdependence, recycling, partnership, flexibility, diversity, and as a consequence of all these, sustainability” (+- 4 min. read). They’ve become even more relevant in this 20th year of the new millennium: “the survival of humanity will depend on our ecological literacy, on our ability to understand these […]
United in Care
PET’s been doing its CARE in action for the benefit of the Findhorn Ecovillage Community since 2009. On the 75th anniversary of the United Nations and the 5th anniversary of their adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals – in the midst of a pandemic radically transforming our economies and societies – this 30-minute film tells […]
September – activities
September 2020 seems to be an active month for activities having to do with community development (social, environmental and wellbeing). Here are a few practical things to DO: Home Energy Savings yesterday’s blog linking to the Centre for Alternative Technology (Wales) website resource, with handy tips for producing less CO2 by consuming less energy… Communities […]
