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Commenced:
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01/11/1962 |
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Submitted:
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18/05/2011 |
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Last updated:
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07/10/2015 |
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Location:
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The Park, Findhorn, Moray, GB |
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Phone:
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01309 691653 |
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Website:
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http://www.findhorn.org/ |
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Climate zone:
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Cool Temperate |
The Findhorn Foundation community is an experiment in conscious living, an education centre and an ecovillage. Based mainly at The Park, Findhorn and at Cluny Hill College in the nearby town of Forres, the community extends also to individuals, businesses and organisations within a 50-mile radius of The Park and to the islands of Iona and Erraid on the west coast of Scotland.
The ecovillage model is a conscious response to the extremely complex problem of how to transform our human settlements, whether they be villages, towns or cities, into full-featured sustainable communities, harmlessly integrated into the natural environment.Findhorn Ecovillage looks at sustainability not only in environmental terms, but also in social, economic and spiritual terms.Within the Findhorn Ecovillage at The Park, sustainable values are expressed in the built environment through our ecological houses, innovative use of building materials such as local stone and straw bales, the beauty in the architecture and gardens, and applied technology in the Living Machine sewage treatment facility, electricity-generating wind turbines and biomass boiler. Sustainable values are also expressed in the community’s social, economic and educational initiatives.
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Permaculture Design Course (PDC) at Findhorn, Scotland in May 2015
The permaculture design course offers a comprehensive introduction to permaculture principles, design practices and their application, with a particular focus on permaculture in community.
Applied Ecovillage Living 2014 - Incorporating the PDC at Findhorn
Applied Ecovillage Living offers concepts, tools and techniques for creating sustainable human settlements. It is one month long and incorporates the internationally recognised Permaculture Design Course.
Ecovillage Training - Incorporating the Permaculture Design Certificate
Concepts, tools and techniques for creating sustainable human settlements. A practical forum for learning and for developing action plans drawing on the experience and expertise developed within the Findhorn Ecovillage and other initiatives.