Ecovillage Findhorn Is Alive and Radiant: A New Chapter of Community Ownership, Spirit, and Celebration
The Park, Ecovillage Findhorn is open. Alive. Listening. Transforming. The next chapter of this Village of Light is being co-created!
My time in Cullerne Garden
In 1988 the personnel department asked me to take over as focaliser. It was a bit absurd, I was a teacher by trade and a novice in gardening, but as a dutiful student of the Foundation, I said "yes" to service.
One Earth – The FF Internal, (Infernal! Eternal?) Conference Report
Once a year the members of the Findhorn Foundation get together for a time, usually a week, of sharing with each other and conducting a general stocktaking exercise that puts the past year; current issues and plans for the coming year into perspective.
Cullerne School of Horticulture: A Vision of Organic Development (1982)
This amazing time-traveller's view is Dick Barton's way of describing in 1982 his 5 year vision for the Cullerne Garden School.
A View from Cullerne (1985)
Now that I have accepted the role of focaliser at Cullerne for the next wee while, I must begin to look for the creative purpose of its being. Mine is a process of attunement to the earth, of quiet meditations in our rock garden, of listening and looking.
Appreciative Inquiry into Community Education
During the Community Gathering 2025, Tim Slack and myself led a session of Appreciative Inquiry looking at the SOAR (Strengths, Opportunities, Aspirations, Resources/Results). This post describes the session and invites your participation.
Orientation Recollections
From 1977 the Findhorn Foundation (FF) held 'Orientation Programmes' to introduce new members to the Mystery School, our community culture and the organisational structures of the charity.
Our Findhorn Barrel #26: Eian Smith – Our Ecovillage’s Evolving Complexity
In this interview I explore my own journey in the Community since 2004 as well as all the organisational structures and changes I have witnessed over the last 20 years.
The Story of Caledonia – the house next to the Universal Hall
This is the story of co-creation of place and people, and expression of many experiments to implement the spiritual principles we aspire to. A house right in the centre of The Park, yet somehow a
The Basis of Authority at Findhorn (1977)
This article from a research paper written by Al McLeod from California State University Fresno, California during his visit in 1977 to the Findhorn Foundation Community discusses three bases of authority, traditional, rational and charismatic and concludes that the Community's mode of operation and authority requires a fourth model which the author calls 'personal-present authority'.
