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Hello,
and a warm welcome to the website of Alastair McIntosh. Thank you for
visiting my homepage. Located in Glasgow, Scotland, I am an independent scholar, activist, writer, speaker and broadcaster from the Isle of Lewis; a Fellow of the Centre
for Human Ecology
(CHE), a director of the GalGael Trust
and Visiting Professor of Human Ecology at the
University of Strathclyde. See below for contact
details. Use the tabs above for main themes, and the links to the
left for a classified index and items that might be of particular
interest.
What I Do and Why this Website (updated
January 2010)
The purpose of
this website is to represent myself professionally and to share with
others the material that I have unearthed over more than three decades
of exploration, action and reflection.
It is a self-maintained amateur website that lacks the
fancy bells and smells, but it does the job.
The material you'll find here is a constantly growing range of work representing my field of
human ecology - the study of and participation in the relationships
between the natural environment and the social environment.
Some would
define human ecology as simply being the relationships between
population, environment, resources and technology (PRET). I don't think
this goes far enough. We need also to incorporate the psychological and
spiritual context of what it means to be human beings. I therefore do
human ecology with attitude. It is linked together by always asking such questions as, "Is what
I'm doing now feeding the hungry?", "Is it relevant to the poor or to
the broken in nature?", "Does it contribute to
understanding and meaningfulness?", and the central spiritual
question, "Does it give
life?"
When you take an interest in major
issues of
our time, it's like pulling on a tangled ball of string.
You can't unravel one loop until you've understood the interconnections
with all the rest. As such, my work is extremely varied, but what
joins it all up is a
fundamental passion for that
which gives life - with community that is social, ecological and even
spiritual.
The backbone of what's here is my published work.
You'll find the chronological listing of this on the "Published Articles"
tab above, and an index classified by subject area in the column to the
left. As these aren't always bang up
to date, also check the "New Here" listing at the top of this page where I
show what's been posted over roughly the past year.
This site is not a blog. Nearly all of what's on it
has previously been published in print media elsewhere.
It has therefore been through third party peer reviewing or editing
processes. It ranges from items
that appeared in small local newspapers and national press
features, academic papers in refereed scholarly journals,
magazine contributions, published letters, reports and broadcast scripts
(sometimes with audio).
There is also a section of
3rd party resource material where
I've scanned or digitised important but documents, mostly out of print,
that are essential to my work or for
my students. I regret that I cannot accept unsolicited 3rd party material
for this or requests for reciprocal web links.
Education,
Writing, Campaigns & Activities
My school education was all on the Isle of Lewis
(1960-73), I have a BSc in geography from the University of Aberdeen
(1977), submajoring in psychology and philosophy, a financial MBA from
the University of Edinburgh (1981) and a PhD by published works in
liberation theology, land reform and community empowerment from the
Academy of Irish Cultural Heritages, University of Ulster (2008). For a
summary CV click here.
My major books are
Soil and Soul: People versus Corporate
Power (2001),
Love and Revolution: Collected Poetry
(2006), Hell and High Water: Climate
Change, Hope and the Human Condition
(2008) and Rekindling Community:
Connecting People, Environment and Spirituality. These have
variously been described as "world-changing" by George Monbiot,
"inspirational" by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and "truly mental" by Thom
Yorke of Radiohead ... but ask my wife for a more prosaic assessment.
My
best-known work includes Scottish land reform especially with the Isle of
Eigg (1990 - present), the Harris superquarry battle (1992 - 2004), the
spirituality of community, identity, belonging and place (1986 - present),
nonviolence and understanding war (1976 - present), the psychospirituality
of climate change (2006 to present) and the development of
human ecology in Scotland (1990 - present). For further information on my
current work and campaigns
click here.
Less well-known is my work
with South Pacific education, development and ethnography (1980-91), sustainable tropical forestry (1984-95), micro-hydro electric and
alternative energy (1978-86), the depth psychology of cigarette advertising (1995-96),
the "Glasgow Two" release campaign with TC Campbell (1994 -
2000), NGO
marketing, PR, finance & management (1980 - 1990), parapsychology and the psychology of
consciousness (1973 - 1980), cultural psychotherapy, conflict and power analysis
(1994 - present) and the GalGael Trust, urban poverty and cultural renewal
(1997 - present).
Livelihood,
Availability for Events and Travel Issues
Since 1996 I've made my living on an entirely self
employed basis - writing, teaching courses and guest lecturing, giving
keynote talks at events, broadcasting and consultancy.
For a rough idea of when I might be available, see my
public itinerary. For information on how I charge
and what my approach is to travel in the face of climate change,
click here.
Sometimes I work with very unlikely bedfellows including
corporations and military institutions. As
transparent financial accountability can be
important for an activist under such circumstances, I annually state who
pays me what at this
link.
Places at which I have spoken or taught in recent years include
the universities of
Strathclyde, Edinburgh,
Liverpool, Bath, Cape Breton, Saskatchewan and Florida, the Russian
Academy of Sciences (Economics Dept), INSEAD European Management School,
the British Council, the Irish School of Ecumenics at the
University of Ireland, the World Council of Churches, Groupe Credit
Mutuel, Shell plc, Nokia Research Centre, Lafarge SA (where I sit on
their Sustainability
Stakeholders' Panel), the Edinburgh International Festival, the
Schumacher Lectures and Schumacher College, Greenbelt Festival, the
Society for Ecological Regeneration, Friends of the Earth, WWF
International and UK, Australia's Rainforest Information Centre,
Transition Towns, the Diocese of Liverpool, the Iona Community, the
Scottish Crofting Foundation, IUCN, the Learning and Skills Council, the
Economic and Social Research Council, the Scottish Government, the
Defence Academy's Joint Services Command & Staff College (since 1997, on
nonviolence), the Irish Military College and the Geneva Centre for
Security Policy.
My Work as of 2010
My main work other than what is explicit on my
itinerary will continue being on the spirituality
underlying key current issues in the world, especially climate change, land
reform, war and the roots of violence. While much of this has an
international focus, I shall be maintaining grounding in the local community
with the GalGael Trust,
the Centre for Human Ecology
and as a Commissioner on Scotland's
Poverty Truth Commission.
New writing during
2010 is likely to include:
 | Co-editing with colleagues at the University of
Saskatchewan the Human Ecology Research Companion for Ashgate. |
 | A Foreword for Future Ethics:
Climate Change and the Apocalyptic Imagination, forthcoming from Continuum and
edited by University of Manchester scholars. |
 | Finalising a chapter, "The Nonviolent
Challenge to Conflict", in a forthcoming collection from Palgrave
Macmillan on military strategy and ethics, edited by UK Defence Academy staff. |
 | A research paper with an ex-student on food
security and resilience on the Isle of Lewis, 1966 to present. |
 | A research paper with an ex-student on land
ownership and power. |
 | Various book reviews and short articles. |
 | If creative space permits, possibly starting a
book on traumatic violence and spirituality as
explored through the lens of a 12-day pilgrimage made through the isles
of Lewis and Harris in 2009 and J.M. Barrie's 1920 play Mary Rose,
inspired by the remote terrain through which I trekked. |
Life & Work with Vérène, and the
Centre for Human Ecology
I live with my wife, Vérène
Nicolas, in Drumoyne in the Greater Govan area of Glasgow - directions
etc. here. This is the former shipbuilding area
and has many social problems but great cultural richness. We have lived
here since 2004 because of my links as a founding director of the
locally-based GalGael Trust.
Vérène is also a Fellow of the
Centre for Human Ecology and she co-ordinates the MSc degree in human
ecology that is in its final year of partnership with Strathclyde University.
Unfortunately, although it has attracted some 15 students a year, we
cannot cope with the radically increased overhead cut from student fees
that the university's revised financial basis would henceforth require.
As such, it will be having to wind down in 2010 but we may continue some
sort of connection with the Department of Geography and Sociology where
we have had a good relationship - not least through my visiting
professorship there, which has been renewed until December 2012.
Vérène and her colleagues on the CHE
Board are currently looking at new ways to conduct a programme of
transformative learning that can maintain standards but bypass mainstream
institutional strictures. What happens on this front will depend on funding,
and please contact us if anybody reading this has suggestions.
As a couple we work in parallel but
very closely together. Although her background is in agriculture, economics
and rural development her work these days focuses on learning that aims at
the transformation of consciousness, conflict resolution, dance (she is a
qualified Biodanza teacher), activist mentoring and popular education based
around the Training for Transformation approach
from South Africa in which she is qualified and closely connected to
its founders. More at
her website.
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here for back to Top of Page
Contact
Information:
Alastair
McIntosh
26
Luss Road
Drumoyne
Glasgow
G51
3YD
Scotland
/ Ecosse
Tel:
0141 445 8750 (+44 141 from overseas)
(Please
try to avoid phoning outside weekday working hours, and remember
timezones)
Email
- see special instructions below
Directions to our home/office:
Public Transport:
If coming from central
Glasgow, the easiest way if not coming by taxi (which costs around
£10 from the city centre) is to take the subway (underground train)
to Govan. Once there the bus station is right beside the subway. We're on the
No. 90 or 289 bus routes - a five minute ride costing about £1.Ask to get off at
the stop on Craigton Road, just past the Crossloan Road Post Office
and opposite Elderpark Workspace. Luss Road
is the next street on the right if you continue about 100 yards up
Craigton Road, and we're at no. 26, about half way along Luss Road
on the right. To get to our bus stop from other parts of Glasgow see
the Social Work Services website
here.
Alternatively, when you
get to Govan subway station, take a taxi either from the stand
diagonally opposite the subway station near the Pearce Institute, or
from the taxi office which has a buzzer on the door beside the Brechin
Bar. Or call for one on 0141 440 0001. Taxis up from Govan Cross to
our place cost about £3.
If walking from the subway, the
route is easier to describe if you get out at Ibrox station, which is one mile from our house.
On exiting turn right
onto Copland Road. Up to the lights and turn right. Pass alongside the Rangers
football stadium, go straight on over the first roundabout, straight
over the second roundabout, on to the lights, turn right down
Craigton Road, and Luss Road is the 5th exit on the left (depending
on what you count as an exit).
By Car: If
coming on the M8 from east or west, exit at junction 24 (Helen Street), signposted for Govan.
Head downhill and over the lights to a roundabout, as if heading to
the Clyde Tunnel. Turn left at the roundabout then right at the
lights into a residential area, Craigton Road (signposted to "Elderpark
Workspace"). Luss Road is the 3rd on the left (or 4th depending
on what you count).
If
coming by car from the North via the Clyde Tunnel, as you exit the
tunnel prepare to take the first left just at the tunnel's end. Be
careful - it comes on you very quickly and it's easy to overshoot.
This brings you out onto Govan Road with a very large roundabout.
Turn right at this, onto Drive Road, passing a Elder Park on your
left. At the end of Drive road, keep the park on your left by
turning left onto Langlands Road. Take the 3rd right, just before
you lose the park, onto Arklett Road, then 2nd right is Luss Road.
Avoid
the M8 approaches if you can when there's a football match on at
Ibrox. There may also be parking congestion at such times. Taxi
drivers from outwith this area do not know it well. Tell them that
you want Luss Road which is off Craigton Road, and to take
the Helen Street exit if coming from the M8.
Contacting me by Email: mail@AlastairMcIntosh.com
.... important
instructions .... Make sure you spell it
right - the capitals don't matter here, but I get loads of people
who understandably spell my name wrong and then wonder why they
never hear back. And I'm really sorry, but as my email
address is all over the web I am forced to use the SpamArrest "Accept List" system.
The first time you email me from any given sender address you'll get
a bounceback that asks you to type in some wavy letters. This is to
prove you're a real human being and not computer-generated spam.
Once registered you won't have to do it again. However, if you think
your message might have got trapped in the works, and I may not have
seen it, please try phoning if it's urgent.
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social justice, ecological justice, cultural regeneration, liberation
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combating Islamophobia, Quakerism, Quakers, transpersonal psychology,
parapsychology, individuation, C.G. Jung, development, democratic
intellect, GulfWatch, activist training, Training for Transformation, the
Scottish constitution, St Andrew, saltire, Declaration of Arbroath, Isle
of Eigg Trust, GalGael Trust, Iona Community, Isle of Lewis, Leurbost,
Liurbost, Luirbost, Liurboist, Líurboist, Lurebost (does our
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tradition of Scots mythopoesis ... the faeries, fairies and faerie out
from under the fairy hill.
Name
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Alastair
McIntosh's Itinerary of Main Events
This
table shows roughly which dates I'm booked up for. It also
shows what sorts of events I take on. Gaps in the timetable do not
necessarily signify availability, especially over weekends. Dates marked for delivery of Thought for the
Day mean that I have to be near a BBC studio early that
morning and have time on the previous day for preparation -
though these dates can sometimes be swapped with another
presenter. Information shown here on public events may be subject
to change, so please check if you're thinking of turning up. Events marked
"s.t.c." are "subject to consent/confirmation". |
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Last
Year - 2009 |
This Year - 2010+ |
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GalGael Trust Board away day, Mon 19 Jan.
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Spiritual Activism
MSc human ecology workshop 1 at Strathclyde University,
20-21 Jan 2009.
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Talk to Royal Scottish Geographical Society on
Climate
Change, Macbeth and the Inner Life, Renfield Church
Centre, Glasgow, 2.15pm, 22
Jan 2009.
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MSc student tutorial 1 evening Thur 29 Jan.
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Workshop on environment and spirituality with Edinburgh
Quakers' "Living Witness", morning of Sat 7 Feb 2009.
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Lecture to the Scottish Social Research Association on
Social
Methodology and Some Challenges of Climate Change, 1715,
Tue 10 Feb 2009, Friends' Meeting House, Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh.
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Iona Community Board, Edinburgh, Thur 12 Feb morning.
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Geography & Sociology guest lecture (Dinan), Strathclyde
Uni, 10 - 12, Thur 19 Feb.
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MSc student tutorial 2 evening Thur 19 Feb.
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Keynote address at WWF/IUCN/IIED/UNEP
'Coalition for a Green Economy' thinktank, Rolle, Switzerland, 1-3 March.
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Staff seminar on Spirituality
of Climate Change at the World Council of Churches,
Geneva, morning of 2 March.
-
Presentation on Sustainability
for Quaker
General Meeting, Edinburgh, 2pm, Sat 7 Mar 2009.
-
"Perspectives in Placemaking" presentation to Young Planners
annual conference, Royal Town Planning Institute, Edinburgh,
afternoon, 11 March.
-
A sharing with A Greener Hawick
on the theme, Transition, Community of Place and the Challenge of
Belonging, 8pm, 11 March, Tower Mill, Heart of Hawick.
-
Lecture and panel discussion on
Gilgamesh and Siduri's
Wisdom: a Study of Climate Change and the Ancients, Edinburgh International Festival of Middle East Spirituality
and Peace, 7pm Fri 13 March 2009.
-
Spiritual Activism workshop 2 at Strathclyde University,
17-18 Mar 2009.
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Commissioner at Poverty Truth Commission,
Glasgow City Chambers, 2pm Sat 21
March.
-
Lafarge Sustainability
Stakeholder Panel, London, 23 - 24 March.
-
BBC
Radio Scotland Thought for the Day, 0720ish, 26 March
(changed date).
-
MSc student tutorial 3 late
afternoon Thur 26 March.
-
Speaking after Scottish Premier
showing of Blue Gold, Strathclyde Uni, 7pm Thur 26 March.
-
Gaia Foundation talk, London, evening Fri 27 Mar,
Hell
and High Water: Climate Change as a Spiritual Challenge
and workshop Sat 28 Mar - Climate Change,
Consumerism and the Decolonisation of the Soul.
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BBC
Radio Scotland Thought for the Day, 0720ish, 9 April.
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BBC
Radio Scotland Thought for the Day, 0720ish, 16 April.
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MSc student tutorial 4 evening Thur 16 April.
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Guest lecture MSc students
Strathclyde, am 24 April.
-
Debate on ethics underlying the
budget, BBC Ulster, 9 am 26 April.
-
Presentation to the Irish Command & Staff School,
Irish Military College,
on Violence, Nonviolence and True Security, 28 April.
-
Presentation to senior PfP military
& diplomats on Violence and Nonviolence as a
Spiritual Challenge,
Geneva Centre for Security Policy, 3-4 May.
-
Inservice training
presentation for LSC London, Thur 7 May.
-
Evening talk at Pillars of Hercules, Fife, Fri 8 May
organised by the Wrekin Trust: Rekindling Community:
Towards a Spirituality of Place.
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Lone pilgrimage in Hebrides
a.k.a. gone fishing, 9 - 23 May, s.t.c..
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Sharing on Hell and High
Water, Glasgow Quaker Meeting, noon, Sun 24 May.
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BBC
Radio Scotland Thought for the Day, 072ish, 26 May.
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Sharing with panellists on
spiritual journey, Quaker Quest, Glasgow Quaker Meeting,
6.30-9.30pm, Wed 27 May.
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CHE MSc student end-of-year
party, 29 May.
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Address at
Climate Change Conference for Communities, Comrie,
Perthshire, 10 am, Sat 6 June.
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GalGael Trust Board, 5.30pm,
Thur 11 Jun.
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Address to Climate Camp
Scotland, Phoenix Centre, Glasgow, 1pm 14 June.
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Examinations board, MSc human
ecology, Strathclyde Uni, morning, 19 June.
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SNH/Speygrian meeting,
Edinburgh, Mon 22 June 12-3pm.
-
International Conference on Human Ecology, Manchester,
29 June - 2 July. Presenting papers: Towards a Pre-modern
Communitarian Human Ecology Curriculum (Tue) and If
it's Not Serving the Poor or the Broken in Nature, it's Not
Authentic Human Ecology (Thur).
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BBC
Radio Scotland Thought for the Day, 0720ish, 16
July.
-
Industrial ecology study
tour/meetings of Lippendorf Gypsum plant (Lafarge Panel),
Leipzig, 21 - 22 July.
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On holiday with Verene in France
(no email or phone), 22 July - 6 Aug.
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Speaking at Edinburgh
International Book Festival, 2pm, Mon 17 Aug.
-
Speaking at
Greenbelt Festival, Cheltenham, 28-31 Aug
2009. Provisional theme: Signs of the Times with 3 lectures
- The Violence of Our Times (on war etc.); The Climate of
Our Times (climate change); the Love of Our Times (cultural
healing). For free audio of 2007 presentation
click here.
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GalGael Board, 5.30pm, Thur 3
Sep..
-
BBC
Radio Scotland Thought for the Day, 0720ish, 8
Sept.
-
Bardic rendition by
James
Lafferty at GalGael Trust, 6.45pm Thur 10 Sept - all
welcome.
-
Castle Espie Green Living Fair,
Belfast - presentation on
"Facing Come-what-may in the Come-to-pass: the Spiritual
Challenge of Climate Change", weekend 13 Sept, s.t.c..
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BBC
Radio Scotland Thought for the Day, 0720ish, 15
Sept.
-
Training on WWF International's
One Planet Leaders programme, Zurich, 21 - 22 Sept.
-
In conversation after showing of
Nauru: an Island Adrift, Take One Action Film Festival,
Edinburgh Filmhouse, 8.15pm, Wed 23 Sept.
-
Sharing with students at the Guildhall School of Music &
Drama, London, Activism: a Question of Theatre, or mere
Theatricals? 3pm, Fri 25 Sept 2009.
-
Talk on
Land Reform: Creating the Resiliance to Face Climate Change for
Hove Greenspeak and Transition Brighton, 7pm, Fri 25 Sept, Friends Meeting House,
Ship St, Brighton - all welcome.
-
Address at Quaker Peace & Social Witness conference,
A Zero Growth Economy, Friends House, London, Sat 26
Sept 2009.
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Researching on Lewis 1 - 6
October.
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Speaking at
Inverness Book Festival,
6.30 Wed 7 Oct, Empire Theatre.
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BBC
Radio Scotland Thought for the Day, 0720ish, 9 Oct.
-
Meeting with Swedish
sociologists, GalGael, 4pm Wed 14 Oct.
-
Poverty Truth Commission with
police Violence Reduction Unit, Glasgow, 2pm, Mon 19 Oct.
-
Talk on "Community Empowerment",
Art of Living Club, Pearce Institute, Govan, 6pm, Mon 19 Oct
(with RSNO musical support).
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Keynote address at
Finding Our Place
conference with Bob Jickling - Knowing our
Place: Climate Change and Belonging - Scottish Natural Heritage, 20-21 Oct.
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Copenhagen climate change
meeting, Royal Society Edinburgh, 22 Oct.
-
Green Economy Coalition, IIED/IUCN,
Gland, Switzerland, G20 preparation, 25-28 Oct.
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PhD external examining, School
of Fine Art, Dundee
Uni, 28-29 Oct.
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Address to Scottish Green Party
conference, Dumfriesshire, 1 Nov.
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Guest lecture, Dept Geography &
Sociology, Uni of Strathclyde, on Scottish identity &
social change, 2 pm, Tue 3 Nov.
-
GalGael auditor meeting,
morning, 4 Nov.
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Keynote address to British-American Project conference, Edinburgh, Fri 6 Nov.
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Iona Community Board, Edinburgh,
11 am Thur 12 Nov.
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Panel discussion with
international mediator Ken Cloke chaired by John Sturrock QC
on Climate Disruption and Dealing with Conflict: a Role
for Scotland? Core Solutions & Scotland's Futures Forum,
Scottish Parliament, 6pm 12th Nov.
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Presentation on violence and
nonviolence, Advanced Command & Staff Course, Defence
Academy, Shrivenham, 15-16 Nov.
-
Workshops on community and
conflict at Church of Scotland
conference, Christianity, Conflict and the Soul of the
Nation, Aviemore, 16-18 Nov.
-
GalGael Board, 5.30 Thur 19
Nov. followed by AGM.
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Leeds Peace Summat,
20-21 Nov, keynote on
Climate Change,
Violence and the Spiritual Imperative, morning of 21st;
workshop on Inner Change in Troubled Times in the
afternoon. Verene (my wife) is also running a workshop on
biodanza.
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Recording series of BBC Radio 4
Prayer for the Day, Tue 24 Nov (for broadcast 28 Nov -
4 Dec)
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Lafarge
Sustainability
Stakeholders' Panel - 25-27 Nov 2009, Paris.
-
GalGael Birlinn Conference 28
Nov.
-
Keynote address to Nokia
on sustainability, Helsinki, 4 - 5 Dec.
-
Informal sharing with members of
Scottish Government climate change team, Mon 7 Dec.
-
Social science research seminar
presentation, Q Data, Meaning and 'Discernment
Methodology', Dept. of Geography & Sociology, Uni of
Strathclyde, 3pm, Wed 9 Dec.
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BBC
Radio Scotland Thought for the Day, 0720ish, 31 Dec.
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Panellist at C of S Society,
Religion & Technology Project conference, What is the
Social Economy For? Pearce Institute, Govan, Wed 13 Jan
2010.
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Teaching MSc Human Ecology
session 1 in Spiritual Activism, Strathclyde University,
19-20 Jan (also open as a professional
development course - see www.che.ac.uk
-
MSc student tutorial evening Tue
26 Jan.
-
BBC Radio Scotland Thought for the Day, 0720ish, 28 Jan.
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BBC Radio Scotland Thought for the Day, 0720ish, 4 Feb.
-
Keynote address to WWF
International staff, Gland, 4 - 5 Feb.
-
MSc student tutorial evening Tue
9 Feb.
-
Sharing with the executive team of Lothian & Borders Police, Edinburgh, 10 Feb.
-
Iona Community Board,
Edinburgh, 11 Feb
-
Sharing about spiritual
activism at Wiston Lodge, 6pm, 11 Feb.
-
GalGael Trust visit of Johann
Lamont MSP, morning, Fri 12 Feb.
-
Bristol Ecoshows talk,
Engaging the Powers, 15 Feb. 7.30pm
-
Teaching course on MSc in
Responsibility & Business Practice, Uni of Bath, Folly
Farm Bristol, 16-17 Feb.
-
Lafarge meeting in Paris on
community engagement,
s.t.c., 18th Feb.
-
Poverty Truth Commission,
morning Mon 22
Feb, morning, Glasgow.
-
GalGael Trust annual planning,
Plane Castle, Stirling, 22-23 Feb.
-
Teaching on WWF
One Planet
Leaders, Zurich, away possibly 28 Feb - 4 March.
-
Glasgow Book Festival
with
Madeline Bunting of The Guardian, Mon 8 March.
-
Talk at Greyfriars Church,
Edinburgh, in series on Identity Matters on A
Hebridean Pilgrimage, evening of Tue 9 March.
-
The
Hexham Debates - The Roots of Climate Change in
the Violence of Hubris, St Mary's Church Hall, Hexham, 11am, Sat. 13 March.
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Teaching MSc Human Ecology
session 2 in Spiritual Activism, Strathclyde University,
16-17 March.
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Keynote address on climate
change at Eco-congregations conference, Stirling, Sat 20
March.
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Teaching doctoral students
in education, National University of Ireland Maynooth,
Wed 24 - Thu 25 March.
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Lafarge
stakeholders' sustainability panel report review,
London, Thu 25 - Fri 26 March.
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Presentation to the Irish
Command & Staff School,
Irish Military College, on
Violence, Nonviolence
and True Security, Sun 28 - Mon 29 March.
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Keynote to annual conference of
All Ireland Postgraduate Ecology Forum, University of
Ulster, Derry, Mon 29 - Tue 30 March.
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MSc student tutorial evening Tue
30 Mar.
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Keynote at conference:
"Inspired Action: The Planetary Effect of Inner Work",
Findhorn Foundation, 3-9 April.
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MSc student tutorial evening Tue
13 Apr.
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Keynote to Corporate Register's
corporate reporting awards
ceremony, s.t.c., London, 19-20 April.
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GalGael Board, Govan, 5pm Thur
22 Apr. s.t.c.
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Poverty Truth Commission,
Glasgow, morning Mon 26 Apr.
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BBC Radio Scotland Thought for the Day, 0720ish, 5 May.
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BBC Radio Scotland Thought for the Day, 0720ish, 12 May.
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Speaking at Dark Mountain
gathering, Llangollen, Wales, 28-30 May.
-
Keynote address to European
Christian Environmental Network, Conference of European
Churches, Prague, 9-13 June.
-
Keynote to conference of
Development Trusts Association Scotland, Aviemore, 13-14
June.
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BBC Radio Scotland Thought for the Day, 0720ish, 25 June.
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Keynote at
Solas Festival, Wiston Lodge, Biggar, 25-27 June.
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Hosting session of
International
Theological Summer School, Scottish
Churches House, at GalGael Trust, Govan, 1015 Tue 29 June.
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BBC Radio Scotland Thought for the Day, 0720ish, 2 July.
-
Presentation of Harris
superquarry case study to World Commission on Protected
Areas / IUCN, Delos3 Workshop, on ‘Conserving the integrity
of sacred natural sites in technologically developed
countries’, Inari, Finland, 30 June - 4 July, s.t.c..
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GalGael Board, Govan, 5pm 9 July,
s.t.c.
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Keynote on theme of 'food'
at annual conference of
National Justice and Peace Network of the Catholic
Church in England and Wales, Derbyshire, 16 - 18 July - s.t.c.
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Speaking at Big Tent, Falkland,
23-25 July, Facing the Future: Outer Resilience and Inner
Depth, t.b.c.
-
On holiday in France, s.t.c., 31
July - 15 Aug.
-
GalGael Board, Govan, 5pm, Thu
23 Sept. s.t.c.
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Teaching course on Land &
Community Empowerment,
Schumacher College,
27 - 30 Sept, with Iain MacKinnon from Skye.
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Iona Community Board, Edinburgh,
11am, Thu 14 Oct.
-
GalGael AGM, Govan, evening, Fri 22 Oct,
s.t.c.
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Teaching on WWF
One Planet Leaders
course, Zurich, 25-27 Oct.
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Lafarge
Sustainability Stakeholders meeting with executive,
22-23 Nov, Paris.
-
GalGael Trust Board, Govan, 5pm,
26 Jan 2011, s.t.c. -
Iona Community Board, Edinburgh,
11am, 10 Feb 2011. -
Keynote address
at International Society for Ethnography and Folklore
conference on
People
Make Places: Ways of Feeling the World, Lisbon,
18-21 April 2011; also possible Lisbon city lecture -
both s.t.c..
GalGael Trust Board, Govan, 5pm,
21 April 2011, s.t.c.
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