Hear how Ken Walker and Susie Minto put together the first ever Ukulele Festival at the Findhorn Ecovillage this year. The event held at the Universal Hall brought many new people to experience the Ecovillage and money into the local economy.

Find out about next year's Findhorn Ukulele Festival, which is being held 5th-8th June 2026, at ukulelefestival.weebly.com

”There is no one way. . . and there isn’t one core message. . .”

Eian’s journey to this community began when he set out to find a place to raise his first child—but he soon discovered that life here was also a place for his own growing up (a process that continues to this day).

In this conversation, Eian reflects on the past two decades and the community’s complex evolution—from the Findhorn Foundation to changes in the NFA and the organisations emerging to steward the community into the future.

Prriyanka's journey first brought her to Ecovillage Findhorn through her passion for spirituality, permaculture, alternative schooling and reading Eileen Caddy's book Opening Doors Within. After years immersed in intentional community life in Scotland, she has now returned to India and now lives in the Auroville community. Prriyanka reflects on what she carries with her from her time at Findhorn, as well as the contrasts and connections between the two communities.

South African Mary Inglis reflects on finding a balanced

approach to collective healing through inner work and the

evolution of attunement-led decision making in community.

"I never saw being in Cluny as my workplace ... I tried to explain that I didn't work in the Foundation, I lived in the Community."

Stewart Friendship reflects on 25 years living, cooking and writing pantomimes in Cluny Hill – a victorian hotel that was part of the Findhorn Foundation before being sold in 2025.

What does the the Park Ecovillage Trust do? How was it building the new Light of Findhorn Sanctuary? Are you looking to take on the construction of a new Community Centre in the future? Amanda Haworth, Chair of PET, answers these questions and more in this week's episode with Alex Wright.

Ann McEllin from Ways to Make it Count – a values-driven accountancy firm based in Forres – shares how businesses can weave ecological sustainability, ethics, and community benefit in their operations.

She also speaks about how offering compassionate support to those in leadership and working together helps strengthen our collective values-based work as a community.

Barbara Swetina, an inspired musician from Vienna, Austria, joined our community in 1984, just before discovering the transformative power of sacred singing in Taizé, France. She shares the joys and challenges of weaving music into the fabric of community life, the extraordinary moments that unfolded along the way, and how sacred song continues to resonate with people from all over the world. www.sacredsongs.net

Danielle Macleod reflects on her recent move to the community and the unexpected discovery of Barbara’s unique Findhorn-inspired Taizé singing – a magical form of group connection and expression that she had never encountered before.