Last year, nine disengaged local youth, aged 16-19, attended a pilot project at the Findhorn Foundation. The objective of the project was to provide a space for them to expand their horizons and see a broader range of opportunities to create the life they want for themselves. By offering them an experience in a safe environment we hoped to strengthen their sense of belonging and self-worth and empower them by actively engaging them in our holistic learning community. (read more…)
Yearly Archives: 2012
Spirit of the Future – support the work of the Findhorn Foundation
9 May 2012
Posted in Community News
The Flights of Findhorn Fledglings
3 May 2012
A gift of this 50th birthday year continues to be gatherings in the Universal Hall to give witness to the people and events that have built and shaped the Findhorn Community. Here we open up the space for the first children of the community, now vibrant adults, to share their personal insights. (read more…)
Posted in Foundations of Findhorn
Carmageddon to Redwood Heaven
1 May 2012
If we lose wilderness, we lose forever the knowledge of what the world was and what it might, with understanding and loving husbandry, yet become… in these areas it is as though a person were looking backward into the ages and forward untold years. Here are bits of eternity, which have a preciousness beyond all accounting.Harvey Broome, co-founder of The Wilderness Society (read more…)
Posted in Earth Pilgrim Africa
Esalen celebrates 50 years in 2012
30 April 2012
Environmental activist Geoff Dalglish, who is a member of the Foundation's LEAP programme, vows to walk the equivalent of the circumference of the planet with a message about treading more lightly upon the Earth. Read his latest blog here… (read more…)
Posted in Earth Pilgrim Africa
The Birth of Active Hope
23 April 2012
On the evening of 13th April, in a crowded upstairs room at the Community Centre in The Park, in front of an audience filled with anticipation and curiosity, Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone excitedly launched their new book Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We're in without Going Crazy. (read more…)
Posted in Community News
Cathedral of Nature
12 April 2012
Environmental activist Geoff Dalglish, who is a member of the Foundation's LEAP programme, vows to walk the equivalent of the circumference of the planet with a message about treading more lightly upon the Earth. Read his latest blog here… (read more…)
Posted in Earth Pilgrim Africa
Into Christ Consciousness Gathering – Day 4
11 April 2012
Today is the last day of the gathering and I am riding high on the loving, expansive energy that has been filling our group chalice since dawn on Sunday. I know I’m not the only one affected in this way, as the conversations between my fellow participants are exceptionally lively this morning. Sitting down, I imagine that the sound I hear in the Hall is similar in quality to what one might hear in a beehive! (read more…)
Posted in Into Christ Consciousness
Findhorn and the Olympics
15 May 2012
With the Olympics being held in London during July and August, flight prices via London are likely to be substantially higher than normal. If you intend participating in one of our programmes or events during this time we recommend making your travel arrangements as early as possible, and if you will be flying into the UK to consider alternate airports such as Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Inverness as an entry point into the UK instead of London. (read more…)