

Critical Mess to Critical Mass: democratic innovation for collective climate action
How democratic innovation can build trust to unlock and mobilise collective intelligence for meaningful collective action. With Prof Oliver Escobar.
Why you should be, and can easily be, a facilitator
Simple, straightforward tools that you can use right away without training to design and run meetings, workshops etc and get radically better results.
Cultivate wellbeing while transforming the food system
Learn from the experience of an urban farm that helps people and nature to thrive right now, while creating a food system fit for the polycrisis.
I eat humble pie after watching the People's Emergency Briefing film
I thought I would be disappointed. But I'm now offering to facilitate pro-bono at screenings in Edinburgh.
How citizen science can help tackle the climate and nature crises
Volunteers are monitoring rivers across Scotland. Their data is catalysing action to improve water quality and biodiversity. Hear what works and why.
A note about working with the positive in the polycrisis
How to focus on the positive to catalyse social and ecological change, without falling into the hopium trap?
Focus on what’s strong, not what’s wrong – if you want people to thrive
What all changemakers can learn from how Asset Based Community Development helps people turn their lives around
A note about fear and survival
Exploring whether fear for survival motivates action to tackle climate change
A note about the work we need
Why good work is central to creating a Scotland where people and nature can thrive