We talk about many different aspects of my relationship to this Community and the local area: - growing up in the early days of the community, as the son of two of the founders, on
What are Commons? Since acquiring the Park in 1983, the commons in our community have been held and developed by the Findhorn Foundation. They have generously paid the public liability insurance and assigned teams such
I became Listener Convener in the early days of the NFA. The attempt was to land an organisation that was embracing all corners, or all aspects of the community, individuals and businesses, and the Foundation
In 2019, I issued a Climate-Challenge (cChallenge) to Meta-Findhorn (my name for the larger Findhorn community) for 30 people to select and practise change that could contribute to climate resilience for 30 days. See the
The New Findhorn Association Up until 1999, everything at the Findhorn Community came under the administrative umbrella of the Foundation. As it grew, it became increasingly difficult and expensive to manage, and there was no
The Reinvention of the Findhorn Foundation At Hallowe’en in 1996, Judy McAllister, the Foundation Focaliser, shocked the community by announcing that a management consultancy process had shown her and her team that the Foundation was
NEWBOLD TODAY Since the early days of the Newbold community, so well described in the article by Harley Miller, nearly a third of a century has passed. The community has variously thrived and struggled,
Newbold House Newbold blessing Newbold House is a five-minute walk from Cluny Hill. It was built in 1893 for a retired army colonel-cum-tea planter and his wife. It was converted into a hotel
The Eighties Building the extension of the Community Centre After the expansion during 1979-80 with the purchase of Cullerne House and Gardens, the acquisition of Drumduan House, and the caretakership of the
ASSOCIATES IN THE 1980s From 1980-85 I did not live in the community. Along with Alan Jacobsen, the Brockbanks and the Ripleys, we were pioneers and were called the Associate Members, although in 1981 I
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