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Alastair McIntosh

Alastair McIntosh is a Fellow of Edinburgh’s Centre for Human Ecology, and author of Soil and Soul: People versus Corporate Power (Aurum Press, £12.99).

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Soil and soul: lessons from Ireland

The way we think of the landscapes we live among is deeply influenced by the meanings – practical, symbolic, even spiritual – given to them by successive generations. Travelling to Ireland from his native Scotland, a teacher of the human ecology of place finds a more holistic understanding of landscape that has its roots in ancient wisdom.