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George Ripley – A Tribute

Guest Author|2025-04-05T20:14:32+01:00February 6th, 2024|Categories: In The World, People|Tags: George Ripley, Raddery School, tribute, Universal Hall|

David Dean OBE Founder Principal, Raddery School 1978 to 1995 By chance I came upon George Ripley in 1978. Within a couple of hours I also met Frances as we three drank tea together in

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A Family Tribute to George Ripley

Guest Author|2025-02-28T15:12:52+00:00February 3rd, 2024|Categories: People|Tags: George Ripley, obituary|

This tribute, written by Daniela Montaldi, George's niece, on behalf of his family.

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My Findhorn Journey

Roy Simpson|2024-02-07T13:50:17+00:00January 31st, 2024|Categories: Findhorn Journeys, In The World, People|Tags: other communities, Resource People|

My relationship with Findhorn began in 1975, when I was a committed hippy, living in a commune in Escondido Canyon Retreat, Malibu, California. I received a letter from my Scottish aunt, inviting me to work

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Eco-Villages and Sustainable Communities: Conference Highlights

Guest Author|2025-09-18T18:43:12+01:00January 31st, 2024|Categories: In The World, People, Spiritual Education|Tags: 1990s, conferences, ecovillage, Global Ecovillage Network, One Earth Magazine|

Editor's note: The following article by Carola Splettstoesser was previously published in One Earth Magazine Issue No. 21, Spring 1996. A spectacular, huge blue and white striped tent, the size and shape of the Universal

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World Crisis and the Wholeness of Life Conference 1976

Janet Shaw|2025-07-14T17:22:07+01:00January 30th, 2024|Categories: People, Spiritual Education|Tags: 1970s, conferences, E.F.Schumaker, ecovillage, Eve Balfour, sustainability|

Conferences at Findhorn have played a formative role in the evolution of the Community. An early significant event in the development of the Park Ecovillage at Findhorn was the conference, ‘WORLD CRISIS AND THE WHOLENESS

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ONE EARTH Gathering – A Call to Action 1986

Janet Shaw|2025-07-15T14:50:44+01:00January 30th, 2024|Categories: Ecology, Nature, People, Spiritual Education|Tags: 1980s, conferences, Findhorn TEDx, Jonathon Porritt, One Earth Magazine, sustainability, Trees for Life|

For this 1986 conference ONE EARTH Gathering - A Call to Action, the following presenters came together: Joanna Macy, Jonathon Porritt, Jose Lutzenberger, Susan Griffin and Peter Russell. The focaliser of the conference was Alan

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Eco-villages and Sustainable Communities Conference 1995

Janet Shaw|2025-07-15T14:52:05+01:00January 30th, 2024|Categories: In The World, People, Spiritual Education|Tags: 1990s, conferences, ecovillage, Jonathon Porritt, sustainability|

The concept ‘Ecovillage’ came into existence in 1991 in a sustainability report, “Ecovillages and Sustainable Communities: A Report for Gaia Trust” written by Diane and Robert Gilman for a Gaia Trust seminar in Denmark. By

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Findhorn Foundation Fellows – the beginnings

Roger DOUDNA|2024-01-29T11:22:34+00:00January 29th, 2024|Categories: In The World, People|Tags: 1980s, 2010s, conferences, Findhorn Foundation Fellows|

The Findhorn Foundation Fellows began in the 1980s. Vita de Waal had the inspiration to create a Fellowship offering an opportunity for 'transformation-oriented activists and friends of the community' to form a mutually supportive group.

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Building the Universal Hall – narrated slideshow by George Ripley & Lyle Schnadt (2002)

COIF Videos|2025-01-06T08:32:41+00:00January 15th, 2024|Categories: Built Environment, Community Culture, Community Places, People|Tags: 1970s, 1980s, community places on video, George Ripley, Lyle Schnadt, UHrecollections, videos|

Architect George Ripley and Lyle Schnadt talk about the building of the Universal Hall in the Findhorn Foundation Community. The audio is from a lecture recorded in 2002 with slides from the time of building

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Elfreda Coy – “Archived” Series

Adriana Sjan Bijman|2023-11-29T15:37:27+00:00November 29th, 2023|Categories: People|Tags: "Archived" series, 2000s|

In 2008/9 Adriana undertook a project to create the "Archived" Series - images and snippets of information about Community members.

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