Ecovillage Findhorn: new frontiers for sustainability

The Findhorn ecovillage is a synthesis of the very best of current thinking on sustainable human settlements. It is a constantly evolving model providing solutions to human and social needs, while at the same time working in partnership with the environment to offer an enhanced quality of life for all.

•	a pioneering ecovillage since 1985
•	UN Habitat Best Practice Designation
•	a major centre of adult education serving 14,000 visitors a year from over 50 countries
•	ecological footprint is half the national (UK) average
•	55 ecologically-benign buildings
•	4 wind turbines
•	a biological Living Machine sewage treatment system
•	UK's oldest and largest Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) system
•	numerous solar water-heating systems
•	comprehensive recycling scheme
•	publisher of UK's first technical guide to ecological housing
•	own bank and community currency
•	site of CIFAL Findhorn - a UNITAR Associated Training Center

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Findhorn Ecovillage scores record low ecological footprint

Results of the ecological footprint study for the Findhorn Ecovillage confirms what we have guessed for some time that ecovillages tread significantly lightly on the Earth. The ecovillage's footprint is a fraction over half the national average, meaning that the average resident consumes just one half of the resources and generates one half of the waste of the average citizen of the UK.

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Gaia Education Design for Sustainability - Training of Trainers

10 October - 6 November 2009
Findhorn Ecovillage

This four-week programme will be a comprehensive training of trainers, covering all elements of an ecovillage-based education.

The ecovillage model presents itself as an inspiring and viable solution to eradication of poverty and degradation of the environment, while combining a supportive social-cultural environment with a low-impact lifestyle. Join our programme to learn more….

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The ecovillage model is a conscious response to the complex problem of how to transform our human settlements, whether they be villages, towns or cities, into full-featured sustainable communities, harmoniously and harmlessly integrated into the natural environment.

We are a founder member of the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN), and work with intergovernmental agencies both educationally and in the creation of policy guidance for sustainable development and delivery of village-scale sustainability programmes.

The Findhorn Foundation Ecovillage Project received Best Practice designation
from the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) in 1998