If Antarctica were music it would be Mozart. Art; and it would be Michelangelo. Literature; and it would be Shakespeare. And yet it is something even greater: the only place on Earth that is still as it should be. May we never tame it.Andrew Denton Somehow this beautiful and poetic quotation encapsulates much of what I feel for the pristine landscape of Antarctica – other perhaps than a fear for the savagery of the elements when Nature unleashes all her fury. (read more…)
Yearly Archives: 2011
Biomass boiler reduces The Park’s energy consumption
7 December 2011
The ecological footprint of the Findhorn Foundation has been significantly reduced with the installation and commissioning of an efficient new biomass boiler at The Park towards the end of 2010. In its first year of operation the 250 kW boiler, which is fuelled by woodchips made from waste wood from a local sawmill, saved the equivalent of £15,000 in fuel costs while reducing carbon emissions by an estimated 80 tons. (read more…)
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With Deep Thanks to All Volunteers
6 December 2011
December 5th was International Volunteer Day and the Findhorn Foundation would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our supporters who continually give their time and energy to the vision of a peaceful and positive future for humanity and our planet. (read more…)
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Findhorn homecoming
28 November 2011
The Camino de Santiago is a reminder that Life is a pilgrimage and we are all walking our individual paths, whether we are conscious of it or not. But somehow a formalised event like the Camino – the Way of St James – brings everything into sharper focus and intensifies the experience, whatever shape or form that takes for us, be it a deeper spiritual awakening or simply quiet time out from normal routines. (read more…)
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To the end of the Earth
18 November 2011
I’ve loved interacting with all the other peregrinos on the road to Santiago de Compostela and am intrigued by a landscape and route so heavily steeped in centuries-old Christian tradition. How remarkable that literally millions during the past thousand years have made the pilgrimage to the same fabulous Roman Catholic cathedral that is a shrine to St James the Greater, an apostle of Jesus Christ. (read more…)
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Spirit of the Future
14 November 2011
Our recent Updates email to over 14,000 subscribers
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Walking the Way
7 November 2011
If a scriptwriter had created a scenario for the final few days to Santiago they could not have been as magical as my reality. Not only did I discover some superbly comfy and welcoming pilgrim hostels, each with a unique charm and character, but I was again walking in the company of some favourite Camino friends. It is part of the normal ebb and flow that even the closest of new friends walk at their own pace, often separating for days and sometimes never connecting again. (read more…)
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Findhorn Foundation College accredited by BAC!
4 November 2011
It is our great pleasure to announce that the Findhorn Foundation College has become one of 480 colleges and universities in the UK accredited by the British Accreditation Council for Further and Higher Education as a short course provider. Findhorn Foundation College was established by the Findhorn Foundation in 2001 to develop and deliver further and higher educational programmes. (read more…)
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The Magic of Findhorn undiminished by time
16 December 2011
The magic of Findhorn is as powerful today as it was in the 1970s when early pioneers of the Findhorn Foundation community joined together to become part of a force for positive change in the world. “The place is just as exciting and full of potential now as it was then,” said Angus Marland, who looks back on a 40-year-association after first settling in Findhorn in 1972 as a 22-year-old wood carver and spiritual seeker. “What is manifesting now is as important as it was in the late 1960s and early 1970s. (read more…)