Moray community action
The aim of this page is to recognise, celebrate and encourage the self-empowerment of community agency networks (CANs) and community groups' activism for climate, environment and many other sustainability topics across Moray.
Networks and sustainability initiatives[edit | edit source]
- Transition Town Forres, Resources include an Environmental Education and Healthy Living Centre, and funding for an Electric Vehicle Charging Station, Projects include Forres Wellbeing Project and Forres Repair Café. Video: Transition Town Forres on youtube.com
Findhorn Ecovillage[edit | edit source]
Findhorn Ecovillage, known in the past as the Findhorn Community, and also referred to as Ecovillage Findhorn, is an experimental and utopian community project based at The Park, in Moray, Scotland, near the village of Findhorn focused on ecological solutions to the world's crises and reconnecting humans to nature and spirituality. It has recently been bought out (Nov 18th 2024) by its community residents, introducing full democracy for the first time, as the residents aim to regenerate the economy and the community after a series of shocks to its economy and facilities, caused by Brexit, Covid-19, arson, energy inflation and decades of an aging population and old leadership.
The project's main aim is to demonstrate sustainable development in environmental, social, and economic terms. The community itself began in 1962, but Ecovillage work is generally seen as beginning in the early 1980s under the auspices of the Findhorn Foundation. It now includes a wide diversity of organisations and activities. Numerous different ecological techniques are in use, and the project has won a variety of awards, including the UN-Habitat Best Practice Designation in 1998 and 2018.
An independent study concludes that the residents have the lowest ecological footprint of any community measured so far in the industrialised world and is also half of the UK average; however this did not include the Scope 3 emissions created in the past by its many guests flying in to attend its courses. The community is well aware of this paradox and seeks to find a way to earn income from more local sources, without the environmental impacts of flying. Although the project has attracted some controversy, the growing profile of environmental issues such as climate change has led to a degree of mainstream acceptance of its ecological ethos.
- ecovillagefindhorn.com, Video: Findhorn Foundation on youtube.com
Bioregionalism[edit | edit source]
- Findhorn Watershed Initiative, "multi-generational vision to restore a mosaic of nature rich habitats, grow a local culture of nature connection and enable a thriving nature-based economy for the people and places of the Findhorn watershed, from the Monadhliath Mountains to the Moray Firth.", added 08:20, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
Food activism[edit | edit source]
About Moray[edit | edit source]
Moray ( ; Scottish Gaelic: Moireibh or Moireabh) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with a coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland. Its council is based in Elgin, the area's largest town. The main towns are generally in the north of the area on the coastal plain. The south of the area is more sparsely populated and mountainous, including part of the Cairngorms National Park.
