The Findhorn Ecovillage endeavours to create a climate and conditions for people to live in greater symbiosis with nature and each other. It provides a tangible demonstration, linking the ecological, social and economic aspects of life and is a synthesis of the best of current thinking on sustainable human settlements. It offers solutions to human and social needs, while at the same time working in partnership with the environment.

Community participation and involvement are integral parts of this human-scale experiment. The ecovillage community has been involved in the erection of buildings, wind turbines and the creation of other physical projects, as well as engaged in the development of community policy. Experiments with alternative monetary systems pay and remuneration, festivals and celebrations, consensus decision-making, conscious governance and leadership, continue to evolve through experimentation and experience of everyday life. A culture of continual learning combined with the intention to help find solutions for a better world, are cornerstones of the community's common ethic developed over four decades of its existence.

The Findhorn Ecovillage is comprised of businesses, non-profit organisations, cooperatives, individuals and families. It includes community-wide, local and international initiatives - all working together as a conscious response to the complex problem of how to transform human settlements so that they are harmlessly integrated into the natural environment. Combining alternative technologies, sympathetic building techniques and organically defined social structures, the Findhorn Ecovillage provides a healthy and sustainable home for its inhabitants within the Scottish landscape and sees itself as a template for living in a modern world.