Mindfulness & nature connection in Edinburgh
I’ve started running monthly 2-hr mindfulness & nature connection sessions in Edinburgh through the Edinburgh Nature meetup group which I now co-organise. The purpose of these sessions is to...
View ArticleDeep Adaptation Dialogue – Sat 15th June 1-4.30pm, Edinburgh
DATE: Sat 15th June, 1 – 4.30pm VENUE: Edinburgh Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace EH1 2JL As more of us consider the possibility of societal collapse due to climate and ecological crisis, there...
View ArticleWithout Growth or Progress: adapting our culture to the new climate reality
Sat 7th Sept, 12.45 – 4pm @ University of Edinburgh Chaplaincy Centre We must do all that we can to limit our descent towards climate breakdown and ecological disaster. But we can no longer deny that...
View ArticleA model of climate justice as a self-regulating system
Two years ago I developed a model for a job interview that represented climate justice as a self-regulating system. I was asked to present on the topic of “Achieving climate justice: what are the...
View ArticleClimate psychology & role of emotions
Here’s a presentation I gave at the Climate Emergency – Raising Ambition conference, in London on 14th Sept 2019, ending the talk with a short guided meditation. The event was organised by the Green...
View Article“Fighting” climate change: an analysis of a metaphor and its problematic...
This article builds upon my previous post which was written in response to an article by the environmentalist Bill McKibben in 2016. In an upcoming post I will draw on these ideas to explain why I...
View Articlenature awareness – audio recordings
I’ve been recording mindful observations of nature in various places around Scotland – I hope you find them interesting/inspiring/relaxing. This first one was broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland ‘Sunday...
View ArticleClimate resilient communities – key design features
As part of my job as a social researcher at the Scottish Government, I was asked to give a scene-setting presentation on for Architecture & Design Scotland’s public sector client forum: Designing...
View ArticleThe Long Return: an essay on belonging
This is an essay about belonging. It is also about connection, identity and shame. A version of this will appear in a new book Birds can Fly by my old school friend, the artist Paul Harfleet. What is...
View ArticleUpcoming talks & events
Coming up in Oct & Nov (all UK time) The Journey from Scientific Insight to Societal Action, COP26 EU Side Event 1.O.2, Monday 1 Nov 2021 11.30am – 12.30pm (I will be talking about the...
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