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I no longer blog on this site. You can now find me, my general blogs, and the work I am doing researching my forthcoming book on imagination, on my new blog.
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24 Mar 2008
The second day of the conference began with Dorothy McLean, one of the founders of Findhorn, who describes herself as a ‘modern mystic’, talking about the evolution of Findhorn and her work communicating with Nature. You can read more about that here. This was followed by a quiet mindful walk outside, in the freezing wind, which was very calming and peaceful, although it benefited greatly from the kindness of the lady who gave me a hat.
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21 Mar 2008
I set off today on my trip to Findhorn for the Positive Energy conference. I am rather excited, as it is 13 years since I was last there, for the seminal Eco-Villages and Sustainable Communities conference. I understand it has evolved a lot in that time, and I am looking forward to seeing that. I am travelling with my 14 year old son Rowan who will be attending the whole event, and will be writing his own blog that will be published here at Transition Culture alongside mine. So over the next 7 days you will be getting a daily blog from me, and also (in theory!) one from him too. We’ll see how it goes.
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21 Mar 2008
If you are a control freak, you will hate organising an Open Space event! It involves a lot of trust that the process will work but at the same time I have never seen or heard of one not working. Open Space is a powerful tool for engaging large groups of people in discussions to explore particular questions or issues. It can be used with groups from anything between 10 and 1,000 people. Open Space has Four Rules and One Law (the Law of Two Feet).
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19 Mar 2008
Concepts like ‘climate change’ and ‘peak oil’ can cause us to feel confronted by something overwhelmingly huge that we cannot do anything about. The central message of the this book is that “this state of mind is not the place to start from if we want to achieve something, do something or create something.” Indeed, by shifting our mind-set we can actually recognise the coming post-cheap oil era as an opportunity rather than a threat, and design our future low energy societies to be thriving, resilient and abundant – somewhere much better to live than our current alienated consumer culture based on greed, war and the myth of perpetual growth.
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28 Feb 2008
It’s been a long time coming, but now it’s here, and you can now buy the first copies here at Transition Culture. Tonight sees the pre-launch celebration of the book at the Civic Hall in Totnes, with the official launch the following week in Bristol. However, we have copies and they are available for mail order as of today. Just follow the ‘Buy Now’ button to your right and away you go. I think if you like this site, you are going to love the book.
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