Most Recent Stories
At times, we are adding new stories to this site at quite a rate, and the total number of stories that this site encompasses is expanding rapidly.
We’re highlighting the latest stories to be added here: come back regularly to keep abreast of the new stories we have to tell. On 28th July 2024 we have made our 1000th post!!! So much to explore ….
At times, we are adding new stories to this site at quite a rate, and the total number of stories that this site encompasses is expanding rapidly.
We’re highlighting the latest stories to be added here: come back regularly to keep abreast of the new stories we have to tell. On 28th July 2024 we have made our 1000th post!!! So much to explore ….
Tributes to Margo van Greta
Honouring Margo Van Greta with our memories and tributes.
Three dimensions of the Great Turning
Reflecting on my journey through social activism, life in the Ecovillage Findhorn, and the practice of Buddhism, I am reminded of the profound impact each dimension has had on my life.
My point of view
My point of view is that Inner Work is an essential aspect of the Outer Work we do. This Inner Work can be practised in a large variety of ways. It is widely known as Spiritual Practice.
How Did Our Woodland Garden Grow?
Writing this account, assisted by an extensive archive of the project, it is simple enough to list in a few words the genesis of the woodland garden. The reality however was hours of work by a committed group and various visiting volunteers over a number of years, and plenty of coffee, tea and biscuits.
Experience Week is back!
A reimagined ‘Experience Week: From I to We’ has been launched to meet the needs of seekers in today’s fast-paced and high-pressure world.
St. Leonard’s Community Garden Project in Forres
There’s a Loving Aliveness flowing through this whole community garden project with the result that not only the grow boxes are bursting with green and, at times, flowering abundance but what was just ‘sterile‘ gravel has now become full of pollinator-loving volunteer plants.
My very own Findhorn saga
I have always been drawn to the essential ‘flavour of Findhorn', both Cluny and The Park, and especially to Nature’s very special energy thereabouts.
One Earth – This Funny Thing Called Money (1983)
Learning about the right use of money has given us some illuminating and sometimes painful lessons here at the Community.
Your Community Your Story – Module 3 – Ecology
"I am ecology" rather than "the environment is out there." Co-creation isn't a technique applied to nature, it's a relationship of mutual belonging.
Your Community Your Story – Module 2 – Our Roots
The workshop invited participants to explore the theme of Our Roots. It included a tour of the Original Caravan where Jonathan Caddy recounted his memories of living there for 7 years from the age of 6.
Tributes to Analise (Alice) Rigan
A compilation of tributes by Analise (Alice) Rigan‘s friends and family.
Archivist’s 4th Blog: Riding the June Waves: Co-Creating Our Collective Story 🌊✨
We have shifted our focus from the initial triage into dreaming into our long-term strategy, building bridges to the wider world, and sending out manifestations for abundance.
A Boy’s Own Story (2002)
At the time of the Community's 40th Birthday, Michael Hawkins interviews Jonathan Caddy asking him what it was like to be one of the Caddy boys growing up in that caravan and atmosphere of spiritual magnetism.
Your Community Your Story – Module 1 – Findhorn Journeys
The first module of "Your Community, Your Story" focused on the intersection of personal narrative, collective history, and home.
A Conversation Between Two Ecovillages: Reflections from the dialogue between Findhorn and Aldeafeliz
When Anamaria Aristizabal, co-founder of Aldeafeliz Ecovillage in Colombia, visited Findhorn in June 2026 she gave a presentation to share the story of her community's twenty-year journey.
From Survival to Soul
What happens when an ecovillage famous around the world suddenly has to learn how to survive? What enables a community to survive profound disruption without losing its soul?
A Modern I Ching – The Birth of the Game of Transformation.
The origins of the Game of Transformation, a summary of how I gave birth to this incredible tool for self-discovery.
1,2,3 – Go (a poem with a story)
In 2020 I unearthed the poem and on re-reading it realised I was at a higher (hopefully more aware!) turn of the same spiral that I experienced in 1971 when I first waded into the Findhorn pool … half a century earlier :-)
The Gift of Our 1st COIF Film-Night
The magic of our first COIF Film-Night in May 2026
A Personal Story of the Start of the Findhorn Foundation College
The story of the College, as with many experiences at Findhorn, is both an objective, factual narrative and a subjective, personal one running parallel.
