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[Engagements itinerary]

[Short CV and media pictures]

[Published articles - chronological]

Published articles - classified index:

  1. Community

  2. Globalisation

  3. Nonviolence

  4. Sustainability & Climate

  5. Land Reform

  6. Superquarries

  7. Epistemology

  8. Psychology

  9. PNG & Pacific

  10. Spirituality

  11. Consciousness

  12. Mythology

 

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[Index of rare third party resources]

[Links to other websites]

[Spiritual Activism MSc module]

[Letters to the Press]

[BBC Thoughts for the Day]

[BBC interview 2006 Magnusson (9MB)]

[BBC interview 2010 Ricky Ross (25MB)]

[Video interview climate change]

[Press interviews]

[Bookings and accountability ethos]

New This Past Year:  [On Sacred Natural Sites, abstract for IUCN Delos3 (Jul 10)] [Popping the Gygian Question: power, invisibility, Truth, Dark Mountain Journal  (May 2010]  [A Short Course in Liberation Theology (May 10)]  [BBC interview by Ricky Ross of Deacon Blue (55 mins, 25 MB, Apr 10)] [ECOS paper on Climate Change (Dec 09)]  [JSRNC paper, The Political Theology of Modern Scottish Land Reform (Nov 09)]  [Piscator economics article, The Guardian (Oct 09)] [Book Reviews - Montford's Hockey Stick Illusion ...  Dark Mountain Journal ... Hennessey's Junior Officers' Reading Club ... Peter Taylor's Chill and Shiva's Rainbow with ensuing ECOS public debate on climate change]  [BBC Thoughts for the Day (to date)]

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:

bulletA Kandinsky 2011 Prospective review/manifesto for a possible conference in Govan on the spiritual in art.
bulletCo-editing with colleagues at the University of Saskatchewan the Human Ecology Research Companion for Ashgate.
bulletA Foreword for Future Ethics: Climate Change and the Apocalyptic Imagination, forthcoming from Continuum and edited by University of Manchester scholars.
bulletFinalising chapter, "A Nonviolent Challenge to Conflict", in  Ethics, Law and Military Operations, edited by UK Defence Academy staff, due summer 2010 from Palgrave Macmillan.
bulletA research paper with an ex-student on food security and resilience on the Isle of Lewis, 1966 to present.
bulletA research paper with an ex-student on land ownership and power.
bulletVarious book reviews and short articles.
bulletIf 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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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.

The following newly added links to rare 3rd party resource material  are placed on the home page for Google to crawl:

 

  1. Brian McQuade of Govan

  2. Liberation Theo

  3. Climate change

  4. Alexander Carmichael Napier Commission testimonies

 

 

Website keywords: Centre for Human Ecology - Action for Transformation Programme with Verene Nicolas - working with spirituality, community empowerment project, land reform, social justice, ecological justice, cultural regeneration, liberation theology, ecofeminism, deep ecology, interfaith, multiculturalism, 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 village have an identity crisis?), North Lochs, Isle of Harris, Papua New Guinea, Highlands, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, Lingerabay superquarry, Lingerbay, Lafarge, Redland, People & Parliament, Embracing Multicultural Scotland, Carbeth Hutters, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Orthodox Church, Schumacher Society, appropriate technology, micro-hydro electric, indigenous values, indigenous technologies, music, penny whistle, poetics, geopoetics, bard, bardic school and, of course, in the full Celtic tradition of Scots mythopoesis ... the faeries, fairies and faerie out from under the fairy hill.

 

Name spelling variants: Alastair Iain McIntosh, Alastair I. McIntosh, A. I. McIntosh, A. McIntosh, Alistair MacIntosh, Alastair MacIntosh, Alistair MacIntosh, Alastair Mackintosh, Alistair Mackintosh, Alasdair Mackintosh, Alistair McIntosh, Alasdair McIntosh, Mc Intosh, AlastairMcIntosh, Alisdair, Alister, Alligator (well, that's what Microsoft's spell-check suggests!).  .

 

 

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 (and doubles as a diary back-up). 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". 

Last Year - 2009

This Year - 2010+

 

 

  1. GalGael Trust Board away day, Mon 19 Jan.

  2. Spiritual Activism MSc human ecology workshop 1 at Strathclyde University, 20-21 Jan 2009.

  3. Talk to Royal Scottish Geographical Society on Climate Change, Macbeth and the Inner Life, Renfield Church Centre, Glasgow, 2.15pm, 22 Jan 2009.

  4. MSc student tutorial 1 evening Thur 29 Jan.

  5. Workshop on environment and spirituality with Edinburgh Quakers' "Living Witness", morning of Sat 7 Feb 2009.

  6. 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.

  7. Iona Community Board, Edinburgh, Thur 12 Feb morning.

  8. Geography & Sociology guest lecture (Dinan), Strathclyde Uni, 10 - 12, Thur 19 Feb.

  9. MSc student tutorial 2 evening Thur 19 Feb.

  10. Keynote address at WWF/IUCN/IIED/UNEP 'Coalition for a Green Economy' thinktank, Rolle, Switzerland, 1-3 March.

  11. Staff seminar on Spirituality of Climate Change at the World Council of Churches, Geneva, morning of 2 March.

  12. Presentation on Sustainability for Quaker General Meeting, Edinburgh, 2pm, Sat 7 Mar 2009.

  13. "Perspectives in Placemaking" presentation to Young Planners annual conference, Royal Town Planning Institute, Edinburgh, afternoon, 11 March.

  14. 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.

  15. 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.

  16. Spiritual Activism workshop 2 at Strathclyde University, 17-18 Mar 2009.

  17. Commissioner at Poverty Truth Commission, Glasgow City Chambers, 2pm Sat 21 March.

  18. Lafarge Sustainability Stakeholder Panel, London, 23 - 24 March.

  19. BBC Radio Scotland Thought for the Day, 0720ish, 26 March (changed date).

  20. MSc student tutorial 3 late afternoon Thur 26 March.

  21. Speaking after Scottish Premier showing of Blue Gold, Strathclyde Uni, 7pm Thur 26 March.

  22. 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.

  23. BBC Radio Scotland Thought for the Day, 0720ish, 9 April.

  24. BBC Radio Scotland Thought for the Day, 0720ish, 16 April.

  25. MSc student tutorial 4 evening Thur 16 April.

  26. Guest lecture MSc students Strathclyde, am 24 April.

  27. Debate on ethics underlying the budget, BBC Ulster, 9 am 26 April.

  28. Presentation to the Irish Command & Staff School, Irish Military College, on Violence, Nonviolence and True Security, 28 April.

  29. Presentation to senior PfP military & diplomats on Violence and Nonviolence as a Spiritual Challenge, Geneva Centre for Security Policy, 3-4 May.

  30. Inservice training presentation for LSC London, Thur 7 May.

  31. Evening talk at Pillars of Hercules, Fife, Fri 8 May organised by the Wrekin Trust: Rekindling Community: Towards a Spirituality of Place.

  32. Lone pilgrimage in Hebrides a.k.a. gone fishing, 9 - 23 May, s.t.c..

  33. Sharing on Hell and High Water, Glasgow Quaker Meeting, noon, Sun 24 May.

  34. BBC Radio Scotland Thought for the Day, 072ish, 26 May.

  35. Sharing with panellists on spiritual journey, Quaker Quest, Glasgow Quaker Meeting, 6.30-9.30pm, Wed 27 May.

  36. CHE MSc student end-of-year party, 29 May.

  37. Address at Climate Change Conference for Communities, Comrie, Perthshire, 10 am, Sat 6 June.

  38. GalGael Trust Board, 5.30pm, Thur 11 Jun.

  39. Address to Climate Camp Scotland, Phoenix Centre, Glasgow, 1pm 14 June.

  40. Examinations board, MSc human ecology, Strathclyde Uni, morning, 19 June.

  41. SNH/Speygrian meeting, Edinburgh, Mon 22 June 12-3pm.

  42. 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).

  43. BBC Radio Scotland Thought for the Day, 0720ish, 16 July.

  44. Industrial ecology study tour/meetings of Lippendorf Gypsum plant (Lafarge Panel), Leipzig, 21 - 22 July.

  45. On holiday with Verene in France (no email or phone), 22 July - 6 Aug.

  46. Speaking at Edinburgh International Book Festival, 2pm, Mon 17 Aug.

  47. 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.

  48. GalGael Board, 5.30pm, Thur 3 Sep..

  49. BBC Radio Scotland Thought for the Day, 0720ish, 8 Sept.

  50. Bardic rendition by James Lafferty at GalGael Trust, 6.45pm Thur 10 Sept - all welcome.

  51. 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..

  52. BBC Radio Scotland Thought for the Day, 0720ish, 15 Sept.

  53. Training on WWF International's One Planet Leaders programme, Zurich, 21 - 22 Sept.

  54. In conversation after showing of Nauru: an Island Adrift, Take One Action Film Festival, Edinburgh Filmhouse, 8.15pm, Wed 23 Sept.

  55. Sharing with students at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London, Activism: a Question of Theatre, or mere Theatricals? 3pm, Fri 25 Sept 2009.

  56. 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.

  57. Address at Quaker Peace & Social Witness conference, A Zero Growth Economy, Friends House, London, Sat 26 Sept 2009.

  58. Researching on Lewis 1 - 6 October.

  59. Speaking at Inverness Book Festival, 6.30 Wed 7 Oct, Empire Theatre.

  60. BBC Radio Scotland Thought for the Day, 0720ish, 9 Oct.

  61. Meeting with Swedish sociologists, GalGael, 4pm Wed 14 Oct.

  62. Poverty Truth Commission with police Violence Reduction Unit, Glasgow, 2pm, Mon 19 Oct.

  63. Talk on "Community Empowerment", Art of Living Club, Pearce Institute, Govan, 6pm, Mon 19 Oct (with RSNO musical support).

  64. Keynote address at Finding Our Place conference with Bob Jickling - Knowing our Place: Climate Change and Belonging - Scottish Natural Heritage, 20-21 Oct.

  65. Copenhagen climate change meeting, Royal Society Edinburgh, 22 Oct.

  66. Green Economy Coalition, IIED/IUCN, Gland, Switzerland, G20 preparation, 25-28 Oct.

  67. PhD external examining, School of Fine Art, Dundee Uni, 28-29 Oct.

  68. Address to Scottish Green Party conference, Dumfriesshire, 1 Nov.

  69. Guest lecture, Dept Geography & Sociology, Uni of Strathclyde, on Scottish identity & social change, 2 pm, Tue 3 Nov.

  70. GalGael auditor meeting, morning, 4 Nov.

  71. Keynote address to British-American Project conference, Edinburgh, Fri 6 Nov.

  72. Iona Community Board, Edinburgh, 11 am Thur 12 Nov.

  73. 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.

  74. Presentation on violence and nonviolence, Advanced Command & Staff Course, Defence Academy, Shrivenham, 15-16 Nov.

  75. Workshops on community and conflict at Church of Scotland conference, Christianity, Conflict and the Soul of the Nation, Aviemore, 16-18 Nov.

  76. GalGael Board, 5.30 Thur 19 Nov. followed by AGM.

  77. 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.

  78. Recording series of BBC Radio 4 Prayer for the Day, Tue 24 Nov (for broadcast  28 Nov - 4 Dec)

  79. Lafarge Sustainability Stakeholders' Panel - 25-27 Nov 2009, Paris.

  80. GalGael Birlinn Conference 28 Nov.

  81. Keynote address to Nokia on sustainability, Helsinki, 4 - 5 Dec.

  82. Informal sharing with members of Scottish Government climate change team, Mon 7 Dec.

  83. Social science research seminar presentation, Q Data, Meaning and 'Discernment Methodology', Dept. of Geography & Sociology, Uni of Strathclyde, 3pm, Wed 9 Dec.

  84. BBC Radio Scotland Thought for the Day, 0720ish, 31 Dec.

  1. Panellist at C of S Society, Religion & Technology Project conference, What is the Social Economy For? Pearce Institute, Govan, Wed 13 Jan 2010.

  2. 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

  3. MSc student tutorial evening Tue 26 Jan.

  4. BBC Radio Scotland Thought for the Day, 0720ish, 28 Jan.

  5. BBC Radio Scotland Thought for the Day, 0720ish, 4 Feb.

  6. Keynote address to WWF International staff, Gland, 4 - 5 Feb.

  7. MSc student tutorial evening Tue 9 Feb.

  8. Sharing with the executive team of Lothian & Borders Police, Edinburgh, 10 Feb.

  9. Iona Community Board, Edinburgh, 11 Feb

  10. Sharing about spiritual activism at Wiston Lodge, 6pm, 11 Feb.

  11. GalGael Trust visit of Johann Lamont MSP, morning, Fri 12 Feb.

  12. Bristol Ecoshows talk, Engaging the Powers, 15 Feb. 7.30pm

  13. Teaching course on MSc in Responsibility & Business Practice, Uni of Bath, Folly Farm Bristol, 16-17 Feb.

  14. Lafarge meeting in Paris on community engagement, s.t.c., 18th Feb.

  15. Poverty Truth Commission, morning Mon 22 Feb, morning, Glasgow.

  16. GalGael Trust annual planning, Plane Castle, Stirling, 22-23 Feb.

  17. Teaching on WWF One Planet Leaders, Zurich, away possibly 28 Feb - 4 March.

  18. Glasgow Book Festival with Madeline Bunting of The Guardian, Mon 8 March.

  19. Talk at Greyfriars Church, Edinburgh, in series on Identity Matters on A Hebridean Pilgrimage, evening of Tue 9 March.

  20. The Hexham Debates - The Roots of Climate Change in the Violence of Hubris, St Mary's Church Hall, Hexham, 11am, Sat. 13 March.

  21. Teaching MSc Human Ecology session 2 in Spiritual Activism, Strathclyde University, 16-17 March.

  22. Keynote address on climate change at Eco-congregations conference, Stirling, Sat 20 March.

  23. Teaching doctoral students in education, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Wed 24 - Thu 25 March.

  24. Lafarge stakeholders' sustainability panel report review, London, Thu 25 - Fri 26 March.

  25. Presentation to the Irish Command & Staff School, Irish Military College, on Violence, Nonviolence and True Security, Sun 28 - Mon 29 March.

  26. Radio Scotland recording "Sundays with Ricky Ross", 1000 Fri 2 Apr, Govan (for transmission Sun 18th Apr, 0805 - 0900).

  27. Keynote address and workshops at conference: "Inspired Action: The Planetary Effect of Inner Work", Findhorn Foundation, 3-9 April.

  28. MSc student tutorial evening Tue 13 Apr.

  29. Keynote to Corporate Register's corporate reporting awards ceremony, s.t.c., London, 19-20 April. 

  30. GalGael Board, Govan, 5pm Thur 22 Apr. s.t.c.

  31. Poverty Truth Commission, Cranhill, Glasgow, pm Mon 26 Apr.

  32. Keynote Rant at the Doon of May Beltane Bash, Tinne Beag Workers Cooperative, Wigtownshire, 30 Apr - 1 May, s.t.c..

  33. BBC Radio Scotland Thought for the Day, 0720ish, 5 May.

  34. BBC Radio Scotland Thought for the Day, 0720ish, 12 May.

  35. A Short Course in Liberation Theology, GalGael, Govan, 3pm Wed. 12 May - 1. What Harms our Lives?

  36. A Short Course in Liberation Theology, GalGael, Govan, 3pm Wed. 19 May - 2. What Heals our Lives?

  37. Visit of Lord High Commissioner & Lord Provost of Glasgow to GalGael Trust, 2.30pm, Sat 22 May.

  38. A Short Course in Liberation Theology, GalGael, Govan, 3pm Wed. 26 May - 3. What Are our Lives?

  39. Speaking at Dark Mountain Festival Llangollen, Wales, 28-30 May, on theme, "Finding Hope in Getting Real".

  40. Keynote address to European Christian Environmental Network, Conference of European Churches, Prague, 9-12 June.

  41. Keynote to conference of Development Trusts Association Scotland, Aviemore, 13-14 June.

  42. MSc human ecology examinations board, Strathclyde Uni, morning 17 June.

  43. BBC Radio Scotland Thought for the Day, 0720ish, 25 June.

  44. Keynote at Solas Festival, Wiston Lodge, Biggar, 25-27 June - Talks on The Challenge of Our Times is Spiritual and Doing Liberation Theology in Scotland. Also eco-panel debate.

  45. Poverty Truth Commission violence sub-group, meeting with Justice Minister, morning Mon. 28 June.

  46. BBC Radio Scotland Thought for the Day, 0720ish, Tue 29 June.

  47. Hosting session of International Theological Summer School, Scottish Churches House, at GalGael Trust, Govan, 1015 Tue 29 June.

  48. Presentation on The Recovery of Sacred Natural Sites in Modern Scotland to the World Commission on Protected Areas / IUCN, Delos3 Workshop, on ‘Conserving the integrity of sacred natural sites in technologically developed countries’, Inari, Lapland, 30 June - 4 July.

  49. GalGael Board, Govan, 5pm 9 July, s.t.c.

  50. BBC Radio Scotland Thought for the Day, 0720ish, Wed 14 Jul.

  51. 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.

  52. BBC Radio Scotland Thought for the Day, 0720ish, Tue 20 Jul.

  53. Speaking at Big Tent, Falkland, 23-25 July, Facing the Future: Outer Resilience and Inner Depth, and a sharing on poetry of place.

  54. GalGael Dorna Project boats event, Cumbrae, 13 - 15 Aug.

  55. Speaking at Festival of Politics, Climate Change: Spiritual, Ethical and Moral Dilemmas, 11 am, Thu 19 Aug, Committee Room 3, Scottish Parliament.

  56. On holiday in France, 20 Aug - 5 Sept..

  57. Poverty Truth Commission, morning, Mon 13 Sept..

  58. BBC Radio Scotland Thought for the Day, 0720ish, Thu 23 Sept.

  59. GalGael Board, Govan, 5pm, Thu 23 Sept.

  60. Teaching short course at Schumacher College: Whose Land is it Anyway? Empowerment and Community of Place, 27 Sept - 1 Oct 2010, with Sulemana Abdulai from Ghana.

  61. Keynote to conference of Irish educators, Dublin, Sat 9 Oct, t.b.c.

  62. BBC Radio Scotland Thought for the Day, 0720ish, Tue 12 Oct.

  63. Iona Community Board, Edinburgh, 11am, Thu 14 Oct.

  64. Guest lecture on Art, Environment & Spiritual Activism to Year 2 Fine Art & Design students and staff, Glasgow School of Art, 11.30 am  Thur 21 Oct., Glasgow Film Theatre 1 (tied in with the 2011 Kandinsky in Govan conference).

  65. GalGael AGM, Govan, evening, Fri 22 Oct, s.t.c.

  66. Teaching on WWF One Planet Leaders course, Zurich, 25-27 Oct.

  67. International executive staff training course on faith groups and the spirituality of climate change, World Student Christian Federation, Beirut, 27 - 30 Oct.

  68. Poverty Truth Commission, morning, 15 Nov.

  69. GalGael Trust board meeting, 5.30pm Thu 18 Nov.

  70.  BBC Radio Scotland Thought for the Day, 0720ish, Fri 19 Nov.

  71. Lafarge Sustainability Stakeholders meeting with executive, 22-23 Nov, Paris.

  72. Presentation on The Case Against Weapons of Mass Destruction (the Nuclear Deterrent), Advanced Command & Staff Course, Defence Academy of the UK, JSCSC Shrivenham, 8 - 9 Dec.

  73. GalGael Trust Board, Govan, 5pm, 26 Jan 2011, s.t.c.

  74. Iona Community Board, Edinburgh, 11am, 10 Feb 2011.

  75. Talk to TweedGreen, Peebles, evening of 10 Feb 2011.

  76. Training/Speaking on WWF One Planet Leaders alumni event, Eden Project, Cornwall, 24 - 25 March 2011 (plus travel time either side).

  77. Address to confernece of Quakers in Business, Sat 2 April 2011.

  78. Keynote address

    79. 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..

  79. GalGael Trust Board, Govan, 5pm, 21 April 2011, s.t.c.

  80. Speaking at Arts & Humanities Research Council event, Environmental Writing and Action, Depts of Geography & Earth Sciences and English Literature, University of Glasgow, 17 June 2011.

  81. Teaching course on the psychospirituality of community dynamics for the Psychosynthesis & Education Trust, Devon, 5 - 6 July 2011 (with possible public lecture in Totnes on the 5th).

  82. October 2011, dates to be confirmed, Pearce Institute, Govan, Glasgow, curating weekend conference: Kandinsky in Govan: Art, Spirituality and the Future.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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