Shift Movement

I live in the intentional ecovillage Lebensgarten Steyerberg, Germany. I learned recently about the singing and music playing trees from Damanhur – you may be interested: The Singing Trees Of Damanhur - I am deeply touched by the possibilities for connection we have, what delight comes from connection. Love, Katharina

Hi Everyone, I just found this group.  I am part of a non-profit center for transformation on the central coast of California that is expanding and we are earnestly looking for land on which to build an intentional community and a retreat center–be stewards of a special piece of land.  We are creating a new format for [...]

Rhonda, thank you for reading the post and opening a discussion here. Like you, I believe that each of us has a part and that, if we concentrate on doing our part, the whole is served. I so appreciate what you say about judging (or not) which piece is more valuable than the other. Sure, a body [...]

Kathryn, I took a look at your blog in Building Ordinary , and I was so impressed by the story of “Grabbing the Dragon’s Tail.”  Ok, so I hope you don’t mind if I post just a small part of that story here so I can discuss it further: “Jackie, a medical doctor, could have chosen a lucrative practice [...]

I’ve been imagining such a lifestyle for years in my fictional blog, The Village of Ordinary , where people living in harmony with the Earth and each other is just that, ordinary. I post new entries seldom, but there are plenty to read. I welcome visitors, comments, co-creators of the vision. Please join me there and on [...]

Interested in learning more about cohousing? This page, Cohousing–The neighborly, sustainable lifestyle , introduces the concept, shares tidbits about the lifestyle from people living in community, and gives several examples with links to more. Excerpt: Living in a cohousing community is a little like living in a small town, the kind of town where everyone knows everyone else. … Whether [...]

If you have friends or family who are interested in the concept of sustainable communities, send them to What Are Sustainable Communities , where they will learn the difference between cohousing, transitional towns and ecovillages. The page includes links to other resources. Excerpt (I wish this site permitted HTML coding or had a blockquote function!): In this time of peak [...]

Hello friends, The Findhorn community is one of the oldest existing intentional communities, started in the 60s by Peter and Eileen Caddy and Dorothy McLean. Dorothy is the only surviving founding member and lives at the Findhorn eco-village as a beloved elder. As Mike mentioned Findhorn has evolved and morphed over its nearly 50 years of existence, at [...]

Beautiful Peter! I completely agree with you and truly believe in what you say..let us cluster together for sure! Here’s to a new culture!!! I can’t wait to read all about Tamera..not too long ago I was just reading about Damanhur in Italy ( http://www.damanhur.org), so learning about something similar elsewhere in the world is absolutely inspiring (and Portugues [...]

There are likely others here who can give you a much better answer, but Findhorn started as a small intentional community in the 1960s I believe.  It’s shifted and grown and changed a lot over the years.  http://www.findhorn.org/
Love,Mike.

I never heard of Findhorn before now.  Is it an older village or one that was created from the ground up in recent years?  Would love to learn more about it. =)

Dear Françoise, I was a long time ago in the second half of 1980 in Findhorn for about four months, when I did some 10 workshops (under which the Summer Essence), and ever since kept a spiritual connection. My proposal in the Birth 2012 group called ‘Planetary Initiative 2012′ is based on a movement ‘Planetary Initiative – [...]

Yes it is very logicliy out of many reasons, and it usualy feels like…. humans are made to live in tribes, a lager personal context. It is just the habbit of the western lifestyle, luxury, independence, anonymity and consumption. It needs the readyness to do many small changes on many levels…something like a SHIFT but it confronsts a [...]