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.

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Topic – Buying the Caravan Park 1983

|2026-01-11T13:52:05+00:00April 27th, 2023|Categories: Community based economics, Community Culture, Community Places, Organisational Structures|Tags: , , , , , |

The Community and the Findhorn Foundation have gone through cycles of tremendous change, often triggered by a financial crisis. The years preceding the buying of the caravan park in 1983 represented such a time. In

The Kingdom Within – The Early 1980s: Caution and Retrenchment

|2023-11-22T15:27:36+00:00April 27th, 2023|Categories: Community based economics, Community Culture, Community Places, Organisations, People|Tags: , , , , , , |

Click to see whole book     As a result of the controversies surrounding the acquisition of property and the distortion of glamour, a number of members left the Community. We entered a

What it takes – an exercise in magnetic resonant envisioning

|2023-12-08T10:34:14+00:00April 27th, 2023|Categories: Community based economics, Community Culture, Organisations, People, Spiritual Practice|Tags: , , , , |

(Editor's Note: François Duquesne in conversation with Cornelia Featherstone 2023) History repeats itself – hopefully in turns higher up on a spiral. In Spring 2023 we are reflecting on a previous turning point in the

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