Findhorn: Sustaining a green way of life

[@christiangranum7387]

I lived there for a few months as a kid and I miss it so much.

[@FromTheHealingWellSomatics]

I spent 3 months there in the 90s and it changed my life. Miss it so much

[@christiangranum7387]

@@FromTheHealingWellSomatics I was in there in the 90s as well! I’m guessing it was around 1991-1992. The Air Force base was still active, and they had pizza nights at the Community Hall place or whatever it was called. It was great. It was weird for me going there as a Norwegian kid, not speaking any English, but I grew to love it. And now I understand how profound that place was. And probably still is. I wanna go back.

[@compedious591]

@@FromTheHealingWellSomatics Why we’re you both there, why did you leave? 🙏

[@gordon1545]

Those aren't whisky barrels, they're mash tuns. A barrel holds about 200 litres so it would be a bit tricky living in one. A mash tun is a big container used in distilling.

[@trilithon108]

Wondered about the barrels and how they flattened them? Good to know. Hopefully they still get an occasional whiff of the Spirit.

[@pantheman6091]

Less than 20% of the food eaten by the community is grown on site. Be honest. This is hardly ground breaking, if you pardon the pun. So much more could be done but it isn't and there is no appetite (pun again) for the kind of changes needed to improve that figure. Yes...the wind turbines produce lots of energy but it is also used in very wasteful ways...the tragedy of the commons beautifully illustrated. People heat the buildings to the max but leave windows open at the same time. There are some beautiful houses...if you can afford them. £500 a month to rent a room...yeah...that's really spiritual. Those that can't live in houses filled with mould making them ill. Yes, there is a wonderful car pool but most people never use it because they rarely leave the community and engage with rest of the country...explaining why they are viewed so negatively. So much potential, and yes, many good things but the truth is far far away from what is shown here. Which is a shame. It is less an eco village and more of a retirement village. As far as the eco-footprint claim goes...that's at least 15 years old and takes no account of the fact that the Findhorn Foundation makes most of it's money from people who fly there for courses and visits. And don't even get me started on the mental health of many people who have spent their savings on doing programmes there and are now so impoverished and institutionalised that they can't handle entering mainstream society. And co-creation with nature...ha...that's a laugh. There are people who can't even share the place with 5 guinea fowl without throwing a tantrum. Findhorn has much to offer and has many wonderful people there but pretending that it is all working wonderfully does a dis-service to ecovillages and sustainability efforts generally. If only it would face up to the reality of itself...the good and the bad, then it could be an inspiring place. As it is, it's a lie.

[@jeanaiplu3840]

can't you consider this ecovillage as an early experiment that has changed its course several times? longterm sustainability remains obviously distant. it may be necessary to experiment in different contexts and to compare the results to get closer to this goal. on a different level, how do you propose to respond to people's need to go and visit that kind of place, if you don't offer them a possibility to stay which is financially sustainable for the long term residents? knowing that visitors are central vectors for disseminating the concepts and results developed in such experimental centres.

[@trilithon108]

Why don't you suggest they close their windows in a hot house? Surely you can be positive influence somehow, somewhere?

[@premaleo]

Wonderful touches heart

[@kevinbeckenham3872]

If we all did it instead talking about, the world would be different place

[@rinnin]

Is there a part 2 for this anywhere?

[@NenadMaljkovic]

Here you go, part 2 and 3: kzbin.info/aero/PLasmlLhyX_MRLwLGU2KqOeAQyPS8Mi_hZ

[@gordon1545]

FWIW you're not "in" the Moray Firth - if you were, you'd be a bit soggy. Firth doesn't mean valley, it means an inlet like a fjord.

[@paulie2484]

go green ! you're beautiful Lauren ;) You can rise bio vegetables and have your own garden ...

[@iainscott7304]

Please note that this has nothing to do with Findhorn. It refers to the Foundation Mother Ship which has stolen the name of the local village.

[@FromTheHealingWellSomatics]

Stolen?

[@iainscott7304]

@@FromTheHealingWellSomaticsSorry, stolen was a bit strong. Its just that Findhorn is such a nice village now tarnished by being associated with a bunch of people that flap there lips a lot and do nothing worth while.

[@Michaelinlondon1234]

Every family of 2.4 uses 4x60 foot trees equivalent in energy and housing a year or more. The US government plants apriximately a third the population in new trees each year. The UK is even worse.

[@jahmah519]

Why are these settlements not throughout Great Britain, come you guys Earth is calling on you, you are been called upon to select your space on the spiritual path of our revolution, you are not alone here 😉💚

[@escapemyrevenge]

good morning!

[@anthonyschannel7569]

glorious morning to you too....

[@dr.b.sivakumar.6454]

Super

[@godofthenorth5425]

LoL, communauté de bourgeois avec de belle route, de belle voiture..

[@ericj4978]

Go Green, vote Dr. Jill Stein in 2016.

[@jewdidnaziitthrumping4410]

This isn't green GREEN IS LIVING IN A RANCH

[@thepoooman]

"We'll be doomed within 20 years"... annnnd credibility destroyed

[@jewdidnaziitthrumping4410]

useless useless living in a Ranch is healthier

[@jewdidnaziitthrumping4410]

This is a waste of energy trying to be this way