Synopsis
The Findhorn Foundation provides an alternative to normality, with safe spaces for young people and humble, low-stress lives for working adults.
- Programme: Growing Up Green
- Channel: BBC Scotland
- Broadcast year: 2022
- PSHE | People, place and environment
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