Findhorn Ecovillage is an experimental architectural community project based at The Park, in
Moray, Scotland, near the village of
Findhorn.
[1] The project's main aim is to demonstrate a
sustainable development in environmental, social, and economic terms. Work began in the early 1980s under the auspices of the
Findhorn Foundation but now includes a wide diversity of organisations and activities.
[2][3] Numerous different ecological techniques are in use, and the project has won a variety of awards, including the
UN-Habitat Best Practice Designation in 1998.
[4]
In 2002, a
local currency for the village, called the Eko, started operation. Launched by Ekopia, the community’s
development trust, it is accepted by almost all Ecovillage organizations. The Hygeia Foundation supported the launch. There are roughly £20,000 of notes in circulation and issuing them has enabled Ekopia to make low interest loans and donations to support various initiatives including an ecological guest facility, the wind park (above) and the local Youth Project.
[35][36] The current issue, launched in November 2017, is at par with sterling i.e. 1 Eko = £1, and notes are in one, five, ten and twenty denominations.
[37]
1 EKO = 1 GBP
VERY FINE + CONDITION, THESE BANKNOTES ARE REALLY BEING COMMERCIALY USED IN THE FINDHORN ECOVILLAGE
VERY UNUSUAL, NONE OFFERED ON DELCAMPE
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