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'{{Nofootnotes|date=August 2010}} {{Infobox person | name = Alastair McIntosh | image = AlastairMcIntosh.jpg | caption = by Dominique Carton, Oct 2010 | birth_date = 1955 | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | education = Universities of [[University of Aberdeen|Aberdeen]] (BSc), [[University of Edinburgh|Edinburgh]] (MBA), [[University of Ulster|Ulster]] (PhD) | occupation = Writer, academic and activist | religion = Quaker | spouse = Vérène Nicolas | parents = }} '''Alastair McIntosh''' is a Scottish writer, academic and activist. He was brought up in [[Leurbost]] on the [[Isle of Lewis]] and is married to Vérène Nicolas. He is involved with Scottish [[land reform]] especially on [[Eigg]] and campaigned successfully against the [[Harris, Outer Hebrides|Harris]] superquarry in [[Lingerbay]]. He is a fellow of the [[Centre for Human Ecology]], an Honorary Fellow of the [[E. F. Schumacher Society|Schumacher Society]], and helped to set up the [[Govan]] based [[GalGael 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 the [[University of Strathclyde]] (Department of Geography & Sociology)<ref>[http://www.che.ac.uk/mambo/content/view/164/44/ CHE Fellow appointed Visiting Professor]</ref> - the first such post in [[Human ecology]] in a [[Scottish university]]. Alastair also features on [[Nizlopi]]'s mini album 'Extraordinary' on the track titled 'Homage To Young Men'.<ref>[http://www.alastairmcintosh.com/articles/2006-homage.htm Homage to Young Men - with Nizlopi]</ref> == Education == 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 the [[University of Ulster]] approved the award of PhD by Published Work based on ''Soil 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'.<ref>[http://www.che.ac.uk/mambo/content/view/396/44/ Alastair McIntosh earns a PhD by publication]</ref> Parts of this were published in 2008 as Schumacher Briefing No. 15: 'Rekindling Community: Connecting People, Environment and Spirituality'. == Publications == His best-known work is his 2001 book ''Soil and Soul: People Versus Corporate Power''. In 2006 he published his collected poetry, ''Love and Revolution''. His 2008 book on the psychology and spirituality underlying [[climate change]] "Hell and High Water: Climate Change, Hope and the Human Condition" was described by [[Michael Russell (politician)|Michael Russell]] MSP, Minister for the Environment in the Scottish Government as "a profoundly important book, just as ''Soil and Soul'' was a profoundly important book."<ref>[http://galgael-2008.blogspot.com/2008/07/hell-and-high-water.html Hell and High Water] Book launch, 25 June 2008</ref> === Bibliography === *''Healing Nationhood: Essays on Spirituality, Place and Community'', Curlew Productions, May 2000, ISBN 1-900259-95-8 *''Soil and Soul: People versus Corporate Power'', [[Aurum Press]], Oct 2001, ISBN 1-85410-942-1 *''Love and Revolution: Collected Poetry'', Luath Press, September 2006, ISBN 1-905222-58-0 *''Hell and High Water: Climate Change, Hope and the Human Condition'', [[Birlinn]], June 2008, ISBN 1-84158-622-6 * ''Rekindling Community: Connecting People, Environment and Spirituality'', by Alastair McIntosh and colleagues, published by Green Books in association with [[WWF (conservation organization)|WWF International]] and the Centre for Human Ecology, October 2008, ==See also== *[[Human ecology]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.alastairmcintosh.com/ AlastairMcIntosh.com] - includes most writings and links to Soil & Soul and Love & Revolution *[http://www.alastairmcintosh.com/general/interviews.htm Sunday Herald & Sunday Times Profiles] *[http://www.resurgence.org/resurgence/issues/mcintosh219.htm The Power of Love (Nonviolence)] *[http://www.che.ac.uk/ Centre for Human Ecology] - including MSc degree course *[http://www.verenenicolas.org/ Vérène Nicolas's website] {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME = Macintosh, Alastair | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = 1955 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Macintosh, Alastair}} [[Category:1955 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from the Outer Hebrides]] [[Category:Alumni of the University of Aberdeen]] [[Category:Green thinkers]] [[Category:Non-fiction environmental writers]] [[Category:Scottish political writers]] [[Category:Scottish Quakers]] {{Scotland-writer-stub}}'