By Dan Hines

I am profoundly grateful for the invitation to be here in China and to guide a series of programs exploring authentic leadership, effective communication, personal wholeness, and professional integrity at House of I (near Yanqing). I am based at this remarkable holistic organization, ecovillage-in-the-making, new property development and sustainable living center that serves as the host for these programs. My home here is located about two hours’ drive away from the bustling metropolis of Beijing. It is a vivid contrast to that thriving city: a quieter, beautiful and serene setting against a backdrop of mountains.

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Learning in a Holistic Community: The Findhorn Foundation

by Lisa Tucker (2018)

Just as a child’s development hinges on the people and experiences of their immediate environment from an early age, so too, their ability to learn is significantly influenced by the characteristics of their educational environment. Most schooling worldwide is mandated and institutional in nature, however there are numerous schools and centres where learners choose to attend, and where the possibilities of transformative experiences await them. [Read more…]

Our monthly webinar series is the second Wednesday of the month and we invite you to join Doshin Roshi, Integral Zen Master, poet, and self confessed troublemaker as we explore;

An Integral Understanding of a Holistic Way of Being

Wednesday 12 September, 10am PST

An expert in the integral philosophy of Ken Wilber, Doshin had read the collected works of Carl Jung by the age of 17. Hosting our ‘Shining the Light on Cultural Blindspots’ webinar last year, his deep understanding of integral combined with expertise in Jungian psychology made it one of the most popular. A strong voice on postmodernism, Doshin is the founder of Integral Zen, the Colorado branch of the Hollow Bones Zen Order, and co-founder of the Poetry of Dying Project, which uses the mirror of death to point to the essence of life.

Doshin refers to Eric Neumann’s Depth Psychology and a New Ethic, first published in 1949. Neumann contributed to the field of developmental psychology and the psychology of consciousness and creativity. One of Jung’s favourite students, he was a German Jew living in Berlin who moved to Israel in 1934. The writing explores the old ethic of perfection (and the pressure of living up to this expectation causing aspects of our personality to split off into shadows), and the new ethic of wholeness. [Read more…]

This years Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) conference was held in Estonia 10 – 15 July in the Baltic region of Europe. Although it was the GEN Europe conference, 113 communities from 46 countries were represented and synchronicity led me into some wonderful connections and conversations as part of the GEN partnership with HCN.

I was delighted to meet Gerone Baang who represented GENOA (Oceania and Australia) and we shared inspiring stories with each other. The Findhorn Foundation and Community in Scotland has been my home for eight years, prior to that I lived in Australia for nearly 20 years and I remain closely connected and deeply interested in that part of the world. Gerone shared the 2017 annual report of GENOA and I was impressed by the great activities and projects taking place. [Read more…]