Jonathan Dawson is President of Global Ecovillage Network (GEN), Executive Secretary of GEN-Europe, and author of Ecovillages: New Frontiers for Sustainability (Chelsea Green, 2006). He has worked in community economic development in Africa over the last 21 years as a project manager, researcher, and consultant. He lives at Findhorn Foundation in Scotland where he teaches courses on applied sustainability up to graduate level. Note: We preserve the spelling of our Commonwealth country authors. March 22-28, 2008 Positive Energy conference at Findhorn: www.findhorn.org/positiveenergy.
Articles by Jonathan Dawson
Findhorn’s Incredible Shrinking Footprint (Issue # 143)
With the lowest ecological footprint of any ever measured in the industrialized world, a Scottish community finds it’s time to re-invent itself once again in response to climate change.
Ecovillages are increasingly being sought for their expertise--in wastewater treatment, environmental education, renewable energy, organic agriculture, leadership skills, communication training, and more.
