Alastair McIntosh | |
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.jpg) Alastair McIntosh, in 2010. | |
| Born | 1955 (age 69–70) |
| Education | Universities ofAberdeen (BSc),Edinburgh (MBA),Ulster (PhD) |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, academic and activist |
| Spouse | Vérène Nicolas |
Alastair McIntosh is a Scottish writer, academic and activist.
He was brought up inLeurbost on theIsle of Lewis and is married to Vérène Nicolas. He is involved with Scottishland reform especially onEigg and campaigned successfully against theHarris superquarry inLingerbay. He is a fellow of theCentre for Human Ecology, an Honorary Fellow of theSchumacher Society, and helped to set up theGovan basedGalGael Trust of which he is Treasurer and a non-executive director. In 2006 he was appointed to the honorary position of Visiting Professor of Human Ecology at theUniversity of Strathclyde (Department of Geography & Sociology)[1] – the first such post inHuman ecology in aScottish university.
Alastair also features onNizlopi's mini album 'Extraordinary' on the track titled 'Homage To Young Men'.[2]
He holds a BSc in geography, submajoring in moral philosophy and psychology from the University of Aberdeen (1977), a financial MBA from the University of Edinburgh (1981), and in 2008 the Academy of Irish Cultural Heritages (of which he is a Visiting Fellow) at theUniversity of Ulster approved the award of PhD by Published Work based onSoil and Soul and twelve supporting publications presented with a short linking thesis, 'Some Contributions of Liberation Theology to Community Empowerment in Scottish Land Reform 1991-2003'.[3] Parts of this were published in 2008 as Schumacher Briefing No. 15: 'Rekindling Community: Connecting People, Environment and Spirituality'.
His best-known work is his 2001 bookSoil and Soul: People Versus Corporate Power. In 2006 he published his collected poetry,Love and Revolution. His 2008 book on the psychology and spirituality underlyingclimate change "Hell and High Water: Climate Change, Hope and the Human Condition" was described byMichael Russell MSP, Minister for the Environment in the Scottish Government as "a profoundly important book, just asSoil and Soul was a profoundly important book."[4]
