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
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
Happy Eileen’s Birthday
Eileen Caddy MBE (right) was a spiritual teacher and author; one of the three founders of the Findhorn Foundation community at the Findhorn Ecovillage, Moray Firth, in northeast Scotland. She exemplified the principle of "Deep Inner Listening." Born: August 26, 1917, Alexandria, Egypt Died: December 13, 2006, Findhorn, United Kingdom
Grand Garden Gathering
Lockdown is easing and we're unbubbling at the Park. On Saturday, September 18 from 11am until 5pm, the Findhorn Foundation, NFA and Ecologia are co-organising a joyous coming together of everyone in the community for a party! It is a chance for us all to celebrate together, especially since the
Connexions ‘r us
How's this for coincidence, in light of the previous posts on glocal interrelationships, PETs carbon offset strategy for emitters here in Scotland: an article came out mid July about more needed farming support for India, via among other things more, clean & cheaper energy. This is one of PETs 4 non-UK
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 Park Ecovillage, Findhorn(FEC) residents who
Heavenly politics
Where was your first glimpse of Heaven? In your mind, of course! Were there other people there? Most probably there were. The Park Ecovillage, Findhorn(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
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. We can only plan for progress, not for perfect solutions. That makes for
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
1 May cooperate
As people assess how the pandemic has impacted their career, community, and local economy, what opportunities are there for us? We need not limit ourselves to the work we’ve always done — especially if it’s something that can be fine-tuned with the right combination of technology and human ingenuity to
