[Video] The Most Sustainable Community In The World?

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Looking to live a more stress-free, simple, and eco-friendly lifestyle? This sustainable community has it mastered!

Would you like to live where sustainability is at the heart of your community? Where you can escape the rat race and enjoy the beauty of nature and the company of your family and friends with similar values? Where clean living takes center stage, and all residents work together to build a healthy and sustainable community that supports the planet?

No, it’s not science fiction. It’s the rise of a new form of community, called an “Ecovillage” by some.

While other similar communities are springing up across the globe, one of the most well-established is the Findhorn Foundation, located in Northeast Scotland.

Founded in 1962, this community offers a more sustainable alternative to the fast-paced and wasteful modern lifestyle in most Westernized countries, and boasts the smallest carbon footprint of any modern Westernized community.

The community is home to a 250 kilowatt biomass boiler – which helps cut carbon emissions by roughly 80 tons annually – solar water heating systems and a car sharing club that uses zero-emission electric vehicles. Findhorn even has its own local currency, the eko.

Wind power is also crucial to life in Findhorn and four turbines – owned by the community – meet all its electricity needs.
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Scotland itself is a big player when it comes to wind energy. In April, wind turbines in Scotland provided 699,684 megawatt hours of electricity to the National Grid, according to data.

WWF Scotland published analysis of data provided by WeatherEnergy, which found that in April Scottish wind turbines provided, on average, enough electricity to supply “the electrical needs of 79 percent of Scottish households.”

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The village’s website says that it is a net exporter of electricity and that the generation of clean electricity is “one of our successful community businesses.”

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Read more here, or watch the short video below to learn more about this forward-thinking sustainable community:

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