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Findhorn Ecovillage Park, Inverness, Scotland

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On the 21st to 23rd of February, a study field-trip was held in Inverness. We visited a few sustainable buildings, and a development project which is Findhorn Eco-village Park was one of them. In Findhorn, I’ve found something that totally different than normal sustainable design approaches. In my point of view, they are practicing an ideology that makes up all of their ways of life. This ideology is described as ‘sustainable life’. Why I said so, because in Findhorn, they plant their own foods, generate their own energy, cook and have their lunch together everyday, generate incomes through in-house activities, and have their own currency. These are really sustainable than any other communities on this world. Below are some pictures taken in Findhorn. As we can see they try to make the least impact on earth and try to be a part of nature. The buildings have a very minimal footprint; all the materials whom they used were lightweight construction. The size is just what they are real

Amsterdam at Night...

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Photo by Firrbudi aka Lensahijau @ Amsterdam, Netherlands.

The reality of the world we are living in today...

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Taken from Linda Thorneus's Facebook Site : 27 February 2012

The Beauty of Sustainable Life

‘Sustainable Life’ While studying about sustainable design in Edinburgh, I’ve found a new life. A life with everything is moderated. The life that is not a concern to excessive and lucrative.  Do not put any burden on anything that is not our capabilities (or our needs). Respect and think like a forest, how the forest can sustain its ecology and bio diversity. How the trees can supply foods and be a shelter for all wildlife, and how the animals give back the goods to the trees. That is what I called ‘sustainable life’. This cannot be equated to a socialist or communist ideology; it’s all about live together. This understanding is the least in all of human thoughts. Human thinks how to go to the moon; they are busy to generate more electricity energy than enhancing a balance ecosystem. The aims are to be the most modernized country in the region, richer than their neighborhood countries, having sophisticated weapons and larger demarcation of boundaries, by influence or military. Are

Chasing The Snow @ Glenshee, Scotland

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Photos by Firrbudi aka Lensahijau @ Glenshee, Scotland : 18 February 2012

Glenshee, Scotland

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Photos by Firrbudi aka Lensahijau @ Glenshee, Scotland : 18 February 2012