Summit video clips

Drew Dellinger: The Power of Story

9 May 2015 Leave a Comment

Drew Dellinger, founder of Poets for Global Justice, studied cosmology and ecological thought with Thomas Berry who coined the term New Story. Filmed at Findhorn's New Story Summit, Drew shares his understanding of the power of story as it relates to social justice, ecology, cosmology, education and activism. The new story is our new understanding of the universe and the unfolding of the planet Earth. Our new story is an amazing opportunity for the Western tradition to reconnect to the sense of … Watch video

Satish Kumar: The Essence of the New Story

7 May 2015 Leave a Comment

There is no one story. There are many stories. The essence of the New Story is that we are moving from the idea of disconnection and separation to a state of reunion and reconnection. We are all interrelated and interdependent. The old story is the old scientific, technological, individualistic paradigm. The new story for Satish, personally, is symbolised in his journey as a pilgrim of peace, free of all bondage, burdens, dualisms, attachments, and expectations, recognising our … Watch video

The Forest Trust’s Julien Troussier: Building Bridges for Institutional Change

6 May 2015 Leave a Comment

Julien Troussier of The Forest Trust builds bridges for change between campaigning NGOs and companies. By working where the tension exists between the two entities, Julien sees real potential to influence companies to change their practices and channel their power to do good in the world. Julien was filmed at the New Story Summit: Inspiring Pathways for our Planetary Future, which took place at the Findhorn Foundation and Community in Scotland in September 2014. For more Summit video clips … Watch video

CODEPINK’s Jodie Evans: Peace and the Social Justice Movement

3 May 2015 Leave a Comment

Jodie Evans, co-founder of CODEPINK: Women for Peace, shares her experiences of travelling to war zones, promoting and learning about peaceful resolution to conflict. Jodie has learned that the only recognisable feature of hope is action. She encourages us to speak up and speak our truth. We need to be loud and we need to be bold. We need to tell our truth because if we don't, power will continue to disempower not only us but people around the world. We need to speak for those who can't speak … Watch video

David Spangler: The Subtle Worlds and the New Story

24 April 2015 Leave a Comment

David Spangler, spiritual teacher and long-time friend and mentor of Findhorn, addresses the need for a new story of the subtle worlds and also for story itself. David has been communicating with the subtle worlds for nearly 70 years and sees the collaborative partnership between humans and the denizens of the subtle worlds as an integral part of both the planetary story and the new story for which we search. He refers to the subtle worlds as Earth's Second Ecology and sees this realm as a … Watch video

Naresh Giangrande: The choice facing humanity

20 April 2015 Leave a Comment

Naresh Giangrande, co-founder of Transition Towns Totnes, tells the story of transitioning to a more responsible, inspiring way of living and being sustainably on the planet. We are at the knife edge of a historic moment of choice, facing global disaster on one hand and extraordinary and deep change on the other. Which of those stories is going to be our dominant narrative going forward? Naresh was filmed at the New Story Summit: Inspiring Pathways for our Planetary Future, which took place at … Watch video

Jonathon Porritt: A Glimpse of the New Story in 2050

19 April 2015 Leave a Comment

Jonathon Porritt reveals his optimistic vision of the new story from the point of view of his avatar, Alex McKay, who time travels back from the future to address Findhorn's New Story Summit. The year is 2050. Alex's story charts the key events, technology breakthroughs and lifestyle revolutions that make the world what it is in 2050. Things have improved as a direct result of the love, care and inspired activism of millions upon millions of people around the planet who galvanised themselves to … Watch video

Charles Eisenstein: The New Story as a Call to Action

16 April 2015 Leave a Comment

Charles Eisenstein, genre-defying social philosopher and countercultural intellectual, sees the New Story as a call to act in service to the new, towards a deeper revolution, offering each other a different kind of logic where the logic of the mind and the logic of the heart no longer conflict. Charles was filmed at the New Story Summit: Inspiring Pathways for our Planetary Future, which took place at the Findhorn Foundation and Community in Scotland in September 2014. To receive notification … Watch video

Paul Allen: A New Story for Energy

23 March 2015 Leave a Comment

In his 7-minute talk, Findhorn Fellow, Paul Allen, speaks to a new story for energy using rapid decarbonisation strategies around institutional change for those campaigning for things to be different. Paul says we need to radically and differently imagine our energy story as we have not yet seen it. He emphasises that the technology exists today to get very close to zero carbon, so why aren't we using it? He encourages us to imagine what it would be like to live and love in a zero-carbon … Watch video

Nick Joyce: Inter-generational community and right use of technology

16 March 2015 Leave a Comment

New Story Summiteer, Nick Joyce, speaks about inter-generational community and the right use of technology to support the New Story. He is the founder of Drums For Development, creating a sense of global unity through drumming. Nick works with local sustainability leaders and creatives at InTerraTree in Togo, West Africa, to build a Living and Learning Centre for Sustainability and Creative Culture. Nick was filmed at the New Story Summit which took place at the Findhorn Foundation and … Watch video