We seek to co-create a thriving and loving world. Our Ecovillage culture is based on sustainability in the widest sense: spiritual, social, ecological and economic. We aim to maintain a caring community based on inclusion, affordable housing, health and wholeness. We participate in social movements towards shared living, co-housing and social action. And these are the stories from our culture.

  • Focalisers meeting at Cluny including Eric Franciscus, Angie, Bert Elliott, Gina photo Charles Petersen

Rules, Roles and Relationships

|2025-06-27T11:59:23+01:00June 27th, 2025|Categories: Community Culture|Tags: , |

This article is from a research paper written by Al McLeod from California State University Fresno, California during his visit in 1977 to the Findhorn Foundation Community. The author makes the general observation about the Community that the informal rules governing face-to-face interaction allow for and encourag more trust, affection and candor than prevail in everyday society.

Interpersonal Relationships

|2025-06-27T11:56:35+01:00June 27th, 2025|Categories: Community Culture|Tags: , |

This article is from a research paper written by Al McLeod from California State University Fresno, California during his visit in 1977 to the Findhorn Foundation Community. In it, the author concludes that the Community fosters deep, caring relationships by valuing both intimacy and solitude, accepting diverse behaviors, and directly addressing negative emotions through open 'sharing'.

  • preparing logs photo Jonathan Caddy

Beams, barrels and benches: FHT and the Light of Findhorn Sanctuary

|2025-06-17T18:03:11+01:00June 17th, 2025|Categories: Built Environment, Community Culture, Nature|Tags: , , |

As the Chair of the Findhorn Hinterland Trust (FHT), I'm incredibly proud to share the journey of our new Sanctuary, which opened its doors on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025. In this story I share about the diverse contributions of FHT along the way.

  • Peter Caddy in Cluny Garden photo Findhorn Foundation

The Basis of Authority at Findhorn

|2025-06-06T10:38:41+01:00June 6th, 2025|Categories: Community Culture, Decision making|Tags: , |

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'.

  • Cluny Kitchen attunement photo Findhorn Foundation

Feedback and Decision Making

|2025-06-06T10:16:57+01:00June 6th, 2025|Categories: Community Culture, Decision making|Tags: , |

This article is from a research paper written by Al McLeod from California State University Fresno, California during his visit in 1977 to the Findhorn Foundation Community. It examines the decision making process in the Community and the use of feedback in that process. It concludes that the more difficult the decision the closer members are brought together.

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