As Findhorn Ecovillage has explored its Community Purpose, it considers how relationships between people and organizations shift and change within the community. Some responses, resistances and resources have surprised me. But then I remembered one of my core learnings about Community comes from Parker Palmer. Many years ago he wrote a quizzical but profound [...]
From the 5 Inspirations and 8 Potential Purpose Statements the Findhorn Community discovered 5 Key Themes. Exploring how they resonated with the expressions of those themes revealed where was most energy for Patterns of Purpose. We are a Spiritual Community. We connect with the Intelligences of Nature. We Evolve and Support [...]
As Ecovillage Findhorn Community explored 5 Inspirations for its Community Purpose, it drafted 8 potent and potential Purpose Statements. (Inspired by Strategic Framework): We are an inclusive, vibrant spiritual community exploring co-creation with all life, seen and unseen. We are a caring community here for the benefit of all. We take personal and [...]
The Community of Findhorn has been journeying on a Purpose Quest. We started by contemplating 5 Inspirations. Working in small clusters of 5 people, for each inspiration we asked ourselves: In what way does this Inspiration express Community Purpose? (Circle 3 phrases) what do you resonate with – affirm, want to retain? (Strikethrough 2 [...]
This newsletter is published quarterly using a cycle of perspectives on the Integral City viewed from: Planet, People, Place and Power. The theme of this issue is Power. As the prime author, Spirit was a guiding energy that revealed the 12 Integral City Intelligences, 4 Voices, Master/Gaia Code and made the astonishing connections [...]
Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) is Integral City Network of the Year 2023. The Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) catalyzes communities for a regenerative world. GEN is a growing network of regenerative communities and initiatives that bridge cultures, countries, and continents. GEN builds bridges between the 4+1 Voices of the City - that GEN names [...]
Meet Gail Taylor, Integral City Meshworker 2023. This morning was a beautiful witnessing of the Goodness that Gail Taylor is and the impact she has created on those who know her. Her Light shines brightly ❤ as she sails on through the ethers. Gail Taylor was one of the first quintessential Meshworkers that [...]
How is life unfolding this Monday morn? I encounter a conversation with 2 friends, where one has the symptoms of a tick bite that could signal Lyme disease. An opportunity to see a doctor cracks open because another mutual friend is driving to the health clinic. But they decline an offer for a [...]
Several days ago George Por appeared in my email. George is an expert in many things but he has long impressed me as a world expert on collective consciousness and a true shaman of human development (and an original action researcher into Integral City 2.0). George asked, “Did you give some thought to how [...]
Welcome to our Infographic on Cool Blocks* as it has unfolded in Ecovillage Findhorn, Scotland. We followed simple steps in 8 Topics that helped us translate our Carbon Neutral 2030 plan into positive actions to improve our resilience and improve our quality of life. (Cool Blocks* is an initiative of Empowerment Institute coolblock.org) CLICK [...]