Owner: Life at Findhorn URL:http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/life-at-findhorn Join Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 05:45:22 -0500 Rating:0 Site Description: A weekly insight into life inside one of Britain's best known eco-villages – Findhorn – by resident Jonathan Dawson. Site statistics:Click here
Away with the fairies 2008-02-18 18:00:00 Spring has sprung at Findhorn, and memories of nature spirits are re-awakened
Blazing a trail 2008-01-31 18:00:00 Approaches to leadership evolve, and one man's vision for an art centre enriches the whole community Read more:Blazing
Green heart of Hawick 2008-05-21 19:00:00 Jonathan Dawson makes a trip to an environmental fair in Hawick and explains a recent paradigm shift in the role of the ecovillage in contemporary society Read more:Green
Yes……..and 2008-05-11 19:00:00 How people come and go at Findhorn but how often they leave a positive legacy behind them...
Positive Energy Conference 2008-03-24 19:00:00 Findhorn resident Mattie Porte shares information about the current conference on positive energy at Findhorn that will continue until March 28. Read more:Positive
, Energy
The Transition Town concept 2008-03-16 19:00:00 Jonathan Dawson suggests that ecovillages are moving toward encouraging Transition Towns, which allow sustainability to be incorporated into mainstream society.
The dog that turned green 2008-02-28 18:00:00 Communities in Scotland and Brazil raise questions about carbon trading Read more:turned
The LA Ecovillage 2008-02-21 18:00:00 Jonathan Dawson blogs about an alternative Findhorn, in downtown Los Angeles...
Away with the fairies 2008-02-18 18:00:00 Spring has sprung at Findhorn, and memories of nature spirits are re-awakened
Blazing a trail 2008-01-31 18:00:00 Approaches to leadership evolve, and one man's vision for an art centre enriches the whole community Read more:Blazing
Fire in its belly 2008-06-06 04:39:38 The models and solutions on offer at Findhorn are not off-the-peg selections aimed at bored shoppers in the sustainability saloonLast week’s blog saw me down at the Green Heart of Hawick festival, celebrating GEN’s recognition that the battle for sustainability would be won on the streets of our villages, towns and cities, with ecovillages more akin to research laboratories than models to be w Read more:belly
Fire in its belly 2008-06-06 04:39:38 The models and solutions on offer at Findhorn are not off-the-peg selections aimed at bored shoppers in the sustainability saloonLast week’s blog saw me down at the Green Heart of Hawick festival, celebrating GEN’s recognition that the battle for sustainability would be won on the streets of our villages, towns and cities, with ecovillages more akin to research laboratories than models to be w Read more:belly
New Age old people's home 2008-06-27 05:53:47 As in society as a whole, the wealth of the boomer generation is provoking a crisis of access for youth. How do ecovillages ensure they don't just host an older population?One of the early Findhorn luminaries, David Spangler, once famously said that a major challenge for Findhorn would be to avoid becoming a New Age old people
’s home. I notice that I have been recounting this anecdote over the y
Ageing naturally 2008-07-08 08:50:20 Growing old as a member of an eco-village has its perks, writes Findhorn resident Rhiannon Hanfman.Following on with the theme of the ageing population of Findhorn and (everywhere else, really) I would like to approach it from the perspective of one of 60s generation who is now in her sixties. Since it was we who instigated the cult of youth and coined the phrase ‘don’t trust anyone over thirt Read more:naturally
Wedding and windbills 2008-07-18 07:23:47 Is the credit crunch going to have an impact on guest numbers at eco-villages? Rhiannon Hanfman reveals this and more. Last week I drove my friend Judi Buttner to Loch Ness to officiate at a wedding. Judi is the Findhorn Foundation’s official marriage celebrant and can legally perform weddings not only in the community but anywhere in Scotland. The Foundation has, for at least ten years, had it
Great time to be in Scotland 2008-07-31 05:53:30 Jonathan Dawson talks about the Climate Challenge Fund and the gust of political fresh air sweeping across Scotland
It is a great time just now to be in Scotland. There is a tangible sense of freshness, excitement and opportunity in the air. Most surprisingly in this age of disenchantment and cynicism with all things political, a significant source of this new energy is developments in the spher Read more:Great
Life in the goldfish bowl 2008-08-20 11:52:54 For good or bad, television cameras have become an unavoidable part of life in the ecovillageAnother camera crew is in town at the moment, shooting another film about life in the community.
We have become a good deal more careful about who we let in with movie cameras following the debacle several years ago with the three-part Channel Four series, The Haven, that made us look and feel rather foo Read more:goldfish
Glamourising the nettle 2008-09-08 05:10:03 Dissatisfaction with indigenous foodtuffs is a growing problem for those among us who believe that it is important to increase our local food securityThe question of food security seems to be very alive in the community at the moment. This is an area where I think it is fair to say that there has been a pretty high level of satisfaction with our efforts over the years.
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