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 Jonathan Caddy | Feb 19, 2023 | News
Winter can be a quieter, more inward season but in terms of the FHT it has been a most active and productive time. We organised and put on a couple of gatherings at the Universal Hall – the Biodiversity Exhibition Event in November which gave an opportunity...
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 Kajedo Wanderer | Dec 4, 2022 | News
Looking out of my window, as I am reflecting on the past few months on the land, I am in awe of the beauty of our ‘golden October’. In awe of nature’s color-schemes. The ocean of yellow in the gorse at spring-time gave way to the purple of the heathers in the summer,...
by Vivienne Wylde | Dec 4, 2022 | News
To put things in context, can you tell us a little about your connection with nature, where that arises from? My first connection with nature was within days of being born, being brought to my family farm in the south of England, I grew up there for the first ten...
by heather.paul | Dec 4, 2022 | Ecology, Ecology & Conservation, News
Lichens grow all around us- on trees, walls, pebbles and the soil- and yet we often hardly notice them. They paint the world with splashes of colour and patterns. Many are tiny but all are a symbiosis of a fungus and alga living together – along with yeasts and...
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 Kajedo Wanderer | Dec 4, 2022 | News, What's On
