   the findhorn foundation is a scottish charitable trust registered in 1972, formed by the spiritual community at the findhorn ecovillage, one of the largest intentional communities in britain.the dictionary of alternatives: utopianism and organization, by martin parker, valerie fournier, patrick reedy. zed books, 2007. isbn 1-84277-333-x. page 100. it has been home to thousands of residents from more than 40 countries. the foundation runs various educational programmes for the findhorn community; it also houses about 40 community businesses such as the findhorn press and an alternative medicine centre.findhorn.org findhorn official website. "[help] unfold a new human consciousness and [create] a positive and sustainable future" prior to the findhorn foundation in 1972 there was a findhorn trust as more people joined eileen caddy, peter caddy and dorothy maclean, who had arrived at the caravan park at findhorn bay on 17 november 1962. the founders never expected to stay, the emerging 'community' was an accidental offshoot of their committed dedication to god. the findhorn foundation and surrounding findhorn ecovillage community at the park, findhorn, a village in moray, scotland, and at cluny hill in forres, is now home to more than 400 people. the findhorn foundation and the surrounding community have no formal doctrine or creed. the foundation offers a range of workshops, programmes and events in the environment of a working ecovillage. the programmes are intended to give participants practical experience of how to apply spiritual values in daily life. approximately 3000 residential participants from around the world take part in programmes each year. findhorn ecovillage has been awarded un habitat best practice designation from the united nations centre for human settlements (habitat), and regularly holds seminars of 'cifal findhorn', a united nations institute for training and research (unitar), affiliated training centre for northern europe.moray to be base for un training bbc news, 22 september 2006.findhorn ecovillage. awarded un habitat best practice designation, the ecovillage has a reputation for being at the cutting edge of the sustainability global movement. ==the founders; early history== [[image:the waterboys perform in findhorn 2004.jpg|thumb|250px|findhorn a
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