Interesting EcoVillage article
31/12/07 14:43 Filed in: Villager's
News
Hi everyone - Vanda has sent in the following
article of interest (ATTACHED). It contains good
background stuff on the origin of ecovillages by
Hildur Jackson, one of the famous founder/namer
people of the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN),
and some useful statements about what an
Ecovillage is.
071231 WhatIsAnEcoVillage
It also contains a diagram for self-audit to assess if we can call ourselves an ecovillage(!) and to collectively identify where improvements could be worked on. An obvious critical issue is having a common identity.
To find out more about GEN and check links to other ecovillages, see:
http://gen.ecovillage.org/
071231 WhatIsAnEcoVillage
It also contains a diagram for self-audit to assess if we can call ourselves an ecovillage(!) and to collectively identify where improvements could be worked on. An obvious critical issue is having a common identity.
To find out more about GEN and check links to other ecovillages, see:
http://gen.ecovillage.org/
Village Happenings
27/12/07 17:02 Filed in: Communications
News
Here (ATTACHED) is the latest "Village
Happenings", with pics of some of our Xmas
events.
071227 VILLAGE HAPPENINGS
And don't forget, for more complete coverage of the Sports Day on 15 December, check out Neil Davies' excellent pics as a slideshow at:
http://web.mac.com/marydavies2/iWeb/Site/Sports%20day%202007%20.html
071227 VILLAGE HAPPENINGS
And don't forget, for more complete coverage of the Sports Day on 15 December, check out Neil Davies' excellent pics as a slideshow at:
http://web.mac.com/marydavies2/iWeb/Site/Sports%20day%202007%20.html
International Prize for Villager
17/12/07 16:12 Filed in: Villager's
News
Congratulations to Maarten Ryder (Lot 102) who,
in his capacity as a CSIRO scientist, has
recently received a prize for international
Scientific Collaboration from the Shandong
Government of the People's Republic of China.
(See ATTACHED) news item.
Well done, Maarten.
071217 Award to Maarten Ryder
Well done, Maarten.
071217 Award to Maarten Ryder
Inspirational purpose of Pinakarri Community
17/12/07 15:53 Filed in: Villager's
News
Pinakarri is an Aboriginal (Nyangamarta) word
meaning "deep listening". The Nyangurmart
aboriginal communities live north of Port
Hedland. Our community was established in 1991
and we are the first housing co-op with public
rental and home ownership in Western Australia.
See: http://www.pinakarri.org.au/
Loving More Completely - a Pinakarri story
It took nine years for the community in which I live to come clean about its purpose - 'through Pinakarri we learn to love more completely'. Erich Fromm says that our greatest fear is not of rejection but of loving. We planned for 8 years to live together, we faced our fears of being rejected as we entered into the process of becoming members of Pinakarri and then we began to face our fears of being accepted! What did it mean to be part of this community, this group of people that had made a commitment to share their lives together? What was required of us?
It was nearly a year after we began to live together that we came up with the simple statement - 'through Pinakarri we learn to love more completely'. I couldn't really tell you how those few words came to us, in some ways it feels as they were an amazing and unexpected gift. Almost as if a hand reached out from some other world to offer it to us, a world we only have glimpses of in our daily lives but hold in our innermost hearts.
Read the rest of this inspirational story at:
http://members.iinet.com.au/%7Epinakarri/archives/lovingmore.htm
Loving More Completely - a Pinakarri story
It took nine years for the community in which I live to come clean about its purpose - 'through Pinakarri we learn to love more completely'. Erich Fromm says that our greatest fear is not of rejection but of loving. We planned for 8 years to live together, we faced our fears of being rejected as we entered into the process of becoming members of Pinakarri and then we began to face our fears of being accepted! What did it mean to be part of this community, this group of people that had made a commitment to share their lives together? What was required of us?
It was nearly a year after we began to live together that we came up with the simple statement - 'through Pinakarri we learn to love more completely'. I couldn't really tell you how those few words came to us, in some ways it feels as they were an amazing and unexpected gift. Almost as if a hand reached out from some other world to offer it to us, a world we only have glimpses of in our daily lives but hold in our innermost hearts.
Read the rest of this inspirational story at:
http://members.iinet.com.au/%7Epinakarri/archives/lovingmore.htm
Village Happenings
10/12/07 17:05 Filed in: Communications
News
Here's another installment in our "Village
Happenings" series.
071210 VILLAGE HAPPENINGS
I can't be everywhere with the camera so, if you have a good pic or two you think would suit these "Happenings", please send it to me for possible inclusion ("jpg" and "bmp" picture files are usable but "jpg" files are best as they give smaller PDF files).
Elizabeth - email
071210 VILLAGE HAPPENINGS
I can't be everywhere with the camera so, if you have a good pic or two you think would suit these "Happenings", please send it to me for possible inclusion ("jpg" and "bmp" picture files are usable but "jpg" files are best as they give smaller PDF files).
Elizabeth - email
Village Happenings
03/12/07 14:30 Filed in: Communications
News
There has been a lot on lately. See the ATTACHED
file for various events - and more to come soon.
071203 VILLAGE HAPPENINGS
071203 VILLAGE HAPPENINGS