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.
Findhorn, Fact or Fiction? A Sociological Study of a Scottish Intentional Community (1977)
This paper is a sociological analysis of the Findhorn Foundation Community, by Al McLeod from California State University Fresno, California, based on a three-week visit in 1977, and uses a participant observational method. It briefly sketches the history, philosophy and world view, along with a demographic and economic profile. Analysis focuses on such items as rules, roles, relationships, leadership styles, decision-making processes, their informal hierarchy, social control and their use of feedback procedures.
