politics and whatnot
Today after brunch the Sunday slot presentation was a member of the local Scottish National Party. It was real nice sitting in a circle and asking Richard questions about how, if he gets s elected, plans on dealing with sustainability issues. Energy policy and agriculture came up a lot, and it was refreshing to have a political person so tuned into environmental concerns and localization in numerous ways.
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Last week when we where asking one of our faculty, Jonathan Dawson, about why the Global Ecovillage Network is not pursuing more “Ecovillages” to develop. His answer: What is your motivation in creating an Ecovillage? Is it to create a self-sustained life capsule for when peak oil happens? How compassionate is that? Instead, talking with political people, industrial and commercial in addition to your friends family and neighbours about how to incorporate sustainability into daily lives is more wide reaching and interconnected than simply doing the hermit thing out in the woods.
This was interesting for me to hear, since I have had many romantic thoughts about creating ecovillages out in the middle of no where to live in a sustainable community.
Instead of fearing the outside world, which will always exist, I have recently discovered if we change our interpretation of our experience, that is the key to living lives with a stable level of genuine happiness.
The weather the last couple days has cooled down a little, but that has not stopped the utter amazing show nature has been putting on with all the leaves budding out and flowers blossoming ?
Also, Jonathan Dawson wrote a press release for BBC (British broadcasting company) about how Findhorn as the lowest recorded ecological footprint in the industrialized world. The Findhorn footprint is about half the United Kingdom national average, which is even much lower than the United States.
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