Community based economics

The Community has examined, and in many cases implemented, both innovative and traditional economic models during its existence. These include Blue Money (the Foundation allowance system), the Savings Club, LETS (Local Exchange and Trading System), a local currency in the Eko, and a community benefit co-operative (Ekopia). Stories about these entities and methods can be found here.

Amazon (2001)

David Hoyle|2024-09-08T10:25:23+01:00September 8th, 2024|Categories: Community based economics, Literature|Tags: 2000s, enterprise, poetry|

Author's Note 2024: I wrote this poem in a tea break during the Iron John Workshop with Robert Bly. Click here for my story about my experiences of that workshop. The poem was a result

From Organisation to Organism Conference 1987

Roger Benson|2024-09-08T15:07:28+01:00September 7th, 2024|Categories: Community based economics, In The World, Spiritual Education|Tags: 1980s, conferences, enterprise|

Author’s Update 2024: What a surprise to be writing this ‘Author’s Update’ at the invitation of Cornelia and the COIF project. Even though the story of the conference Caro Hall and I co-focalised here back

One Earth – More Than Just a Shop (1992)

David Hoyle|2026-01-11T13:53:05+00:00September 2nd, 2024|Categories: Community based economics, Organisational Structures, Organisations|Tags: 1990s, Community Magazines, enterprise, New Findhorn Directions, One Earth Magazine|

The following article was first published in One Earth Magazine Volume 7 Summer 1992. The Rise of the Phoenix Centre The Phoenix Centre is the retail and mail order part of New Findhorn Directions (NFD),

Findhorn Today 1987 – Individual Enterprise and Collective Vision in an Emerging Sacred Culture

Alex Walker|2024-09-10T15:10:37+01:00August 30th, 2024|Categories: Community based economics|Tags: 1980s, enterprise, Findhorn Today 1987|

This post was previously published in Findhorn Today – Papers prepared for New Synthesis Think Tank Conference October 1987 New York City. Over the past twenty-five years the Findhorn Community has developed a unique culture

One Earth – Echo-nomics: The Science of Come Back (1985)

Guest Author|2024-08-27T10:19:22+01:00August 27th, 2024|Categories: Community based economics|Tags: 1980s, enterprise, One Earth Magazine|

The following article was first published in One Earth Magazine Volume 5 Issue 3B June 1985 and is an edited version of a talk given by Lionel Fifield at The New Economic Agenda conference at

One Earth – The Four Horsemen of the Economic Apocalypse at the Gates of Findhorn (1985)

Alex Walker|2024-08-27T10:17:52+01:00August 27th, 2024|Categories: Community based economics|Tags: 1980s, enterprise, One Earth Magazine|

This article was previously published in One Earth Magazine Volume 5 Issue 3B June 1985 *** In the last issue of One Earth, Alex Walker reported on the economics of the Findhorn community 's transition

Interview with Terry Gilbey (CEO Findhorn Foundation)

Terence Gilbey|2024-11-16T15:57:09+00:00August 25th, 2024|Categories: Community based economics, Community Places, Community vision and purpose, In The World|Tags: 2020s, conversations on video, Findhorn Foundation, Resource People, videos|

Christian Sarti, a Resource Person in Luxembourg since 1984, interviews Terry Gilbey about the future of the Findhorn Foundation and the local and global Community, following the fires that destroyed the Community Centre and the

Ekopia Timeline

Ekopia|2024-08-23T15:19:41+01:00August 22nd, 2024|Categories: Community based economics, Organisations|Tags: 2000s, 2010s, 2020s|

The following infographic tracks our activities, investments, membership numbers and organisational structure from 2001 to 2023. Get a glimpse of what Ekopia is all about and the many different inspiring projects we have been involved

One Earth – An Idea Becomes a Business (1985)

Liza Hollingshead|2026-01-11T13:50:10+00:00August 20th, 2024|Categories: Community based economics, Innovative Technology|Tags: 1980s, associate/independent members, enterprise, membership, New Findhorn Directions, One Earth Magazine|

This article was previously published in One Earth Magazine Volume 5 Issue 3B June 1985 Weatherwise Homes was born in the 'winter of our discontent', 1979. It was an all-time low in the history of the

One Earth – Politics and the New Economics (1985)

Guest Author|2025-07-15T14:48:58+01:00August 20th, 2024|Categories: Community based economics|Tags: 1980s, enterprise, Jonathon Porritt, One Earth Magazine|

The following article by Jonathon Porritt was previously published in One Earth Magazine Volume 5 Issue 3B June 1985 *** Jonathon Porritt, Director of Friends of the Earth and a leading member of the British

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