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Living the questions together creates community | Daniel Wahl

1 June 2017 Leave a Comment

"To participate in intentional communities that are actively living the questions together is a powerful learning accelerator. "While I lived in the Findhorn Foundation ecovillage, I had the privilege to co-direct Findhorn College and set up the world’s first ‘MSc in Sustainable Community Design’ in collaboration with Heriot Watt University. "Community design cannot be left to professional architects, engineers and planning officials alone but, once trained in whole-systems design, these … Continue reading

Escape the Rat Race: Ecovillages and Communal Living | Save the Earth Coop

28 February 2017 Leave a Comment

"Have you ever thought of escaping the “rat race” and the stresses and strains of modern day life to pursue a calmer, sustainable, more social and spiritual existence? I think this might have crossed a lot of people’s minds at some point or another, and now, more and more people around the world are turning their dreams into reality. "The growth in the number of ecovillages is staggering! Just a quick Google search will list dozens of projects around the world already under construction or … Continue reading

Findhorn Foundation Elder, Craig Gibsone, on his Love Affair with Life

4 January 2017 2 Comments

Craig Gibsone, who has played a leading role in the community for nearly 50 years, and is affectionately known as a feral elder, shares about his life and work at the Findhorn Foundation and Ecovillage. He is one of our most inspiring educators, as well as a painter, potter, musician, builder and permaculturist, co-author of ‘Permaculture – A Spiritual Approach', and co-focaliser of the Findhorn Applied Ecovillage Living (AEL) course, starting in February. When asked what is the glue that has … Continue reading

The Great Affluence Fallacy

20 August 2016 Leave a Comment

"In 18th-century America, colonial society and Native American society sat side by side. The former was buddingly commercial; the latter was communal and tribal. As time went by, the settlers from Europe noticed something: No Indians were defecting to join colonial society, but many whites were defecting to live in the Native American one. "This struck them as strange. Colonial society was richer and more advanced. And yet people were voting with their feet the other way. "If colonial culture … Continue reading

Living the questions together creates community | Daniel Wahl

Escape the Rat Race: Ecovillages and Communal Living | Save the Earth Coop

Findhorn Foundation Elder, Craig Gibsone, on his Love Affair with Life

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