This Topic follows nature, ecology and biodiversity at Ecovillage Findhorn, starting from the founders’ initial attunement to the spiritual dimension of nature to the current embracing of national biodiversity priorities in response to the world-wide biodiversity crisis.
This Topic is the third in a series of ‘Reader’s Digests’ bringing together facets relating to ecological and sustainability issues. We consider these to be a physical manifestation of the spiritual dimensions informing the
The creation and on going evolution of the Park Ecovillage Findhorn, initially called the Planetary Village, is the natural extension of the work in The Findhorn Garden which started in the Spring of 1963. The
Conferences at Findhorn have played a formative role in the evolution of the Community. An early significant event in the development of the Park Ecovillage at Findhorn was the conference, ‘WORLD CRISIS AND THE WHOLENESS
The 3rd World Wilderness Congress (3rd WWC) convened in October, 1983 in Inverness, and Findhorn with 600 delegates from 25 countries. The event had a very special impact on the Community as it provided the
The Park Ecovillage Findhorn is ‘… operating at the interface between the complex ecological and social systems and the interior dimensions of human consciousness.’ May East The overarching topic 'The Park Ecovillage Findhorn' explores the
The concept of Planetary Consciousness became more and more important for Community members in the late 1970s and early 1980s. As in many instances, Conferences at Findhorn have played a formative role in the evolution
For this 1986 conference ONE EARTH Gathering - A Call to Action, the following presenters came together: Joanna Macy, Jonathon Porritt, Jose Lutzenberger, Susan Griffin and Peter Russell. The focaliser of the conference was Alan
The concept ‘Ecovillage’ came into existence in 1991 in a sustainability report, “Ecovillages and Sustainable Communities: A Report for Gaia Trust” written by Diane and Robert Gilman for a Gaia Trust seminar in Denmark. By
Having written the introduction to Eve Balfour, I discovered that a Findhorn Foundation Fellow, Angus Marland attended Eve Balfour’s talk at Findhorn in 1976. He told me about a particular memory that stayed with him:
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I first visited Findhorn in 1979 and came back regularly before buying my caravan when I retired in 2019. I worked as Director of an NHS Training School running a clinical and doctorate programme.
