by Christine Lines | Feb 19, 2023 | News
Last Spring it was such a great honour to be finally visiting the Findhorn Ecovillage for the first time. I had read ‘The Magic of Findhorn’ as an avid teenager seeking affirmation of my spiritual connection to the land, and here I was 44 years later being shown round...
by Christine Lines | Feb 19, 2023 | News
An Interview with David Hammond To start with, can you tell us something of what brought you to Findhorn? The driving force was that my family was in London and looking for a healthier place to live and bring up a child, somewhere with clean air and good water, with...
by Christine Lines | Feb 19, 2023 | Green Burials, News
Having joined the Findhorn Hinterland Green Burials Team in 2021 I have now, so far, been directly involved in nine funerals in Wilkies Woods. I felt I wanted to write a little about some of this experience with you by sharing something about my friend, John Wragg,...
by Christine Lines | Dec 4, 2022 | News
A Force for Repairing the ‘Metabolic Rift with Nature. Since university, I have held the opinion that the nature/human dichotomy is the fundamental crux of the climate and ecological crisis and our failure to address this false separation will only escalate such...
by Christine Lines | Dec 4, 2022 | News
Out of the Ashes 2021 A Hinterland Retreat that Made All the Difference How an FHT retreat workshop impacted the life of a young Scottish lad and how these events provide opportunities for young people to engage with the work of the Park Ecovillage, Findhorn. This is...
by Christine Lines | Dec 4, 2022 | News
My daughters, Anaya and Leela and I gathered acorns a couple of years ago in Badgers Wood near Elgin with the help of Tom Moon, a fellow Drumduan parent. We sprouted them and have been nurturing them for two years. It has been a great experience for the kids and a...
by Christine Lines | Dec 4, 2022 | News
A Story of Learning and Gratitude I am fully aware of the challenges facing our world including the loss of biodiversity, cultural diversity and climate change and for the last ten years I have been working as an aid worker in different parts of the world, most...
by Christine Lines | Dec 4, 2022 | Green Burials, News
‘We commit this body to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; in sure and certain hope of the Resurrection to eternal life.’ Committal prayer. I have held the role of land manager’s assistant for green burials for one year now and have...
by Christine Lines | Dec 4, 2022 | News
As the winds get colder and the hills and mountains start to gain some of their winter frostings, it is time to look back over the past couple of seasons. Equal Adventure’s ‘Yes We Can Outdoor programme’ has delivered outdoor activities days with individuals...
by Christine Lines | Sep 28, 2022 | News
2nd – 4th June 2022 The Findhorn Hinterland Trust, Nature and Therapy UK and the Findhorn Foundation worked cooperatively to make this training course happen using the FHT Woodland Shelter and woods, FF accommodation at the Park, the Cluny woods and the...
by Christine Lines | Sep 28, 2022 | News
When did you become inspired by Nature? Six of us living in the original caravan here at the Park, Findhorn, from age 6 to 13 years old for me, meant that most of our time as boys was spent outside especially on the land – exploring the bay, playing in the next door...
by Christine Lines | Sep 28, 2022 | News
28th May 2022 A party of about 15 volunteers met to spend the morning taking care of the dune habitat. In particular, we were concerned with preserving the lichen population by clearing mainly non-native Lodgepole pine trees. It was great to have Heather Paul with...
