Alastair McIntosh
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Alastair McIntosh (born 1955) is a writer, academic and activist, his most well known work is Soil and Soul: People Versus Corporate Power (Aurum Press, 2001). In 2006 he published his collected poetry, Love and Revolution (Luath Press).
He was brought up in Leurbost on the Isle of Lewis and is married to Verene Nicolas. He is involved with Scottish land reform especially on Eigg and campaigned successfully against the Harris superquarry in Lingerbay. He is a fellow of the Centre for Human Ecology, an Honorary Fellow of the Schumacher Society and helped to setup 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) - the first such post in Human ecology in a Scottish university.
Alastair also features of Nizlopi's mini album 'Extraordinary' on the track titled 'Homage To Young Men'.
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- AlastairMcIntosh.com Includes most writings and links to Soil & Soul and Love & Revolution
- Sunday Herald Profile
- The Power of Love (Nonviolence)
- Homage to Young Men BBC interview and text
- Centre for Human Ecology - including MSc degree course
- Verene Nicolas's website
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