Thanks Fasil
PET's Finance Director Fasil Bogale, ACMA, CGMA is leaving Scotland to explore the wider world with his wife, Sally, and daughter Willow. After ten years of unstinting service to our organisation - a position for which he never accepted remuneration - PET releases Fasil with our warmest wishes that he
Hope of humankind
Which hope? "Community" or Hegel's "self as the will-to-power" in conflict with another's "will-to-power?" Individualism or communalism? A poignant discussion point in today's world: on the stages of the Ukraine & N.Korea, of ecovillages, family homes -- wherever individuals, desiring to gather together, choose to continue/slow down or even stop
Manifestation
PET has been "in business" since 2009. It was originally setup with one distinct purpose, namely to serve as the charitable vehicle for the provision of the "Findhorn Eco-Kit Project," first throughout Morayshire and later overseas too. This was PET's first manifestation of it's Memorandum of Association. It has been
SOSoil
Firstly, Happy Easter season to you! In a rare conjunction, three major holidays of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are occurring at the same time this year. So why don't we emphasise the positive blessings of UNITY in a way which precludes just evangelism and one-way dialogue, but makes the most
Manifesting
Hello valued reader! April sees PET's new Financial Year beginning. "April Fools" rang in the month, and today is the International Day of Creativity & Innovation. Linking these diverse bits of info to PET's vision, which is "to encourage social development, environmental protection and improvement, and wellbeing in the whole
Happy Birthday Peter
Peter Caddy would be celebrating his 105th birthday on the 20th of March ! And in 2022 that's also the date of the Equinox![mfn]write Lorian's Freya Secrest & Lucinda Herring, "the term ‘Equinox” is derived from aequus (equal) and nox (night). At the time of the Spring and Fall Equinox,
Norms Values Ethics
Here's an overview of the values that inspire PET and which its associates -- volunteers and paid staff --, members and supporters subscribe to. This Code of Conduct informs the "how and what" that we do internally, externally, individually and together. [vertical-spacer] [vertical-spacer]Some background information: [vertical-spacer] [vertical-spacer]
Love Fear&Decide
Asked around New Year to think about the following: "If an "Enlightened One" came back today s/he'd be surprised about what?", I started a list and to date I've got the following: * how scared people are of 'pain' on all levels (and so trying to believe in the illusion
Elephant/ballet dancer?
Of course we already know who/what produces the world's Greenhouse Gasses today...[mfn] https://parkecovillagetrust.co.uk/faq/what-are-the-main-ghg-emissions-by-sector/[/mfn] Here are the up-to-date Findhorn Ecovillage carbon (equivalent) offsetting figures since PETs carbon offsetting service started in December 2017. Nota Bene: during the last five "pandemic waves" (a) we have not been travelling so much, (b) Cluny
Hearts&minds
A movie[mfn]"RFK," a 2002 tv bio-pic https://youtu.be/VbHemHty-ck[/mfn] about Robert F. Kennedy after his brother's sad demise, brought home some of the myriad possible, valid concepts for achieving happiness. That universal -- not just American -- "Pursuit of Happiness" was also the (personal) goal of each of the Findhorn Founders, Eileen
Happy intentions
Tomorrow we remember the birthday of Dorothy Maclean at the beginning of the new community development, protection, improvement and wellbeing year! Viva la dolce vita!!! Reflection during the feast days brought to mind the following inspiring "Eileen message" which hangs on the coworker noticeboard at Cluny. It deals with basic
2022 what2do?
After another challenging year for sustainable development[mfn]Findhorn's wastewater system operator Biomatrix has received the People’s Award at the Sydney Water Innovation Festival 2021: https://youtube.com/channel/UCkxYG5Ln3b--uqv-DaWpTBw[/mfn] we know that 2022 will focus internationally on artisanal fisheries and aquaculture, and glass... What in heaven's name/on earth links these areas together?! The association of
