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Tag Archives: deep ecology
Wild Mindfulness Retreat – June 2012
Date: June 26 – July 2, 2012 Location: Holy Isle retreat centre Price: £700 singles £620 twins each £565 dorms. (includes full board and lodging, facilitation, group outdoor equipment and professional indemnity insurance). Facilitators: Margaret Kerr & David Key. Download … Continue reading
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New Natural Change Project Report Published!
I’m very excited to announce that the WWF ‘Natural Change: Catalysing leadership for sustainability’ report was published by WWF Scotland today. The report was launched at an event at the Botanical Gardens in Edinburgh, where project participants talked about their … Continue reading
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No Words
First published by Proboscus as part of there Topographies and Tales project, 2006. ‘On Banks Island, in the Canadian Arctic, environmental shifts are happening so fast that the Inuvialut inhabitants do not have the words to describe what they now … Continue reading
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Beware the Pseudo-Environmentalists!
First published in The Great Outdoors Magazine. One of the first things I do when I run an eco-education course is introduce the “Environmental Spectrum”. One end of the spectrum is ‘grey’, the other ‘deep green’. Points in between get … Continue reading
Education for the Real World
It is time for you to learn how to drive a car. The driving instructor takes you into a room full of tables and chairs, the walls covered in shelves lined with books, at one end of the room is … Continue reading
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Go with the Flow
I am poised leaning backwards out over a 60-foot drop into a roaring abyss. My harness tightens around me, the rope taught between my abseil device and the deeply rooted tree around which it has been wrapped. I take a … Continue reading
Field of Dreams
First published in The Great Outdoors Magazine, Jan. 2004. I am floating on the surface of a warm tropical sea. The burning sun beating down on the skin of my back and shoulders, my face submerged in the tepid rolling … Continue reading
An Act of Prayer
A 13th Century map shows the whole world radiating out from Jerusalem. The holy city of the Judeo-Christian faith positioned dead-centre… the axis of the known universe. Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments … Continue reading
Flight of Fancy
First published in The Great Outdoors Magazine, Jun. 2002. In the 17th Century, women were publicly weighed to assess if they were lighter than they looked. Those who failed this diabolic weight-watching test were, obviously, witches. Recommend on Facebook Share … Continue reading
Dive into the Deep End
In my work running eco-education courses, I often witness intense discussions about ecology. As you can imagine, many of the people who would sign-up for an eco-education course are highly motivated and often passionate about environmental issues. Recommend on Facebook … Continue reading
Less is More
First published in The Great Outdoors Magazine, Jan. 2003. Back in the 1980’s there was a trend to blame the ecological issues facing the world on one simple cause – overpopulation. The story went like this… Current environmental problems are … Continue reading
Zen and the Art of Minimum Impact
There’s something beautiful about the simplicity of a wild camp. Fetching water from a stream, lighting the stove, making a bed and preparing food. The well-planned wild journey will include plenty of time for such camp craft – for the … Continue reading
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