Positive April
April is a special month--the first month of our financial year. As we come to the end of it and of 15months of dealing with a globally developing virus, I'd like to do some positive, associative thought provocation using a chronological sample of April's International Days... #Conscience day -
Bill Gates, climate & economics
Happy Easter to you all. May the light of this season empower our every thought, word and deed going forward in this challenging time. Here's a good, 3min review of Bill Gates' book: How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, the solutions we have and the breakthroughs we need. [click on
co-Founder’s birthday
Love in action by Lis Johnson, Star of the Sea College, Melbourne, Australia On 20th March Peter Caddy would have become 104 years old. The spring equinox this year. He followed "an intuitive spontaneous inner knowing" and had many other influences. He developed his practical positive-thinking, and other methods he
Pandemic knock-ons
Here's a fascinating (7 mins) article in our education series on how the current Pandemic is helping to change the way we think about "work" and its impact on our home planet. Canada has always been seen as the American continent's conscience in action and in this article I sense
Every day=NEW normal
A great (and short) article about ecovillage-inhabitant behaviours in a GENseries on building the new normal. It can help our thinking about how — ideally — we want tomorrow to look and for whom. PET has chosen: [vertical-spacer]What about you? Check out: https://ecovillage.org/ecovillages-and-new-normalities/
A fresh vision for the world
11February is Park Ecovillage Trust's 12th birthday! And on the eve of this auspicious day I just read a short article (+-4 minutes' read) by Thomas Hübl about re-affirming the need for real=authentic relationships with all our fellow planet-dwellers (of all ' kingdoms'[mfn]http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/virtualmuseum/content/fivekingdoms.html[/mfn]). Trying to remain on the middle path:
Founder’s birthday 2020
The 7th of January is Dorothy Maclean's birthday! One of the three Findhorn Foundation Ecovillage founders, Dorothy passed in early March last year having just celebrated her 100th birthday. We remember her fondly and I for one believe she's interacting still with our Community, people and organisations. I read a
Christmas pie
Heartfelt Season's Greetings during this (perhaps first) virtual Christmas season! Christmas is about unconditional giving to others, however we'll probably be digging a lot deeper into ourselves this year given the scarcity of external distractions and activities.[mfn]it won't be that hard. And don't "drink and meditate" either...[/mfn] At the start
Climate motivation
During our first virtual AGM at the beginning of the month (thanks to all PETmembers for joining us for an enjoyable and informative hour) mention was made of a speech by Paul Hawken.[mfn]Paul Hawken is a renowned entrepreneur, visionary environmental activist, and author of many books, most recently Blessed Unrest:
Hip hip…
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
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[mfn]term first used in 1987, drawing on the leadership theories of Warren Bennis and Burt
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
