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Board of Directors

Details: Written by Julia Cartwright; Created: 04 July 2020; Hits: 94

Julia Cartwright

Julia qualified first as a chartered surveyor working in commercial property and then as a psychologist. She holds a BSc in psychology and MSc in Cognitive Neuropsychology. She co- authored The BMJ Wiley Blackwell Patient and Public Involvement Toolkit. She has run various coaching and mentoring and skills development programmes in the public and private sector as well as chairing a community involvement project for the government. Her interests are painting and poetry. She currently lives in the Cevennes National Park in France.

email: julia.cartwright [at] btinternet.com

Board of Directors

Details: Written by Anne Winther; Created: 03 July 2020; Hits: 86

Anne facilitates rural community wellbeing, as a researcher, writer, project manager and activist. Her background is diverse as a scientist, analyst, outdoor educator and project and change manager across life sciences, the oil industry, financial services, and the third and public sectors. Anne has an MSc in Environmental Management and a PhD in in Sustainable Development (University of Stirling). She is a Community Councillor, Chair of a local charity and is an active member of CAMINA, Learning for Sustainability Scotland, Participatory Geographies Research Group, Scottish Rural Actionand U.Lab Scotland. After 10 years researching the sustainability of rural communities, Anne is now freelance with a portfolio of projects encompassing action and social research, community transformation, fund-raising, social justice and critical education.

Board of Directors

Details: Written by Stuart Platt; Created: 04 July 2020; Hits: 224

Stuart Platt is a sometimes filmmaker, photographer, journalist & composer based in Scotland.

Board of Directors

Details: Written by Luke Devlin; Created: 03 July 2020; Hits: 105

Luke currently serves as the Executive Director of the Centre. He has a background in crisis response, homelessness, youth and community work. He is a doctoral researcher at the Intercultural Research Centre, Heriot-Watt University. He also works in faith-based community development and facilitates meditation workshops. He carries out participatory action research with communities across the West of Scotland experiencing food poverty and works alongside them to build grassroots community-led projects that increase social and environmental justice. He lives in Govan, Glasgow. His personal website is www.lukedevl.in

Email: mail [at] lukedevl.in

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Details: Written by Paul Stevens; Created: 04 July 2020; Hits: 77

Paul Stevens is a nature-inspired hypnotherapist, writer, and researcher exploring the ecology of Self: the many relationships we each form with our physical surroundings. After a BSc in Astronomy, he went on to complete a PhD in Psychology with the University of Edinburgh in 1997. Since then, he has developed his expertise in ecopsychology, states of consciousness, non-sensory human-environment interaction (e.g., the effects of magnetic fields), and how all these areas relate to wellbeing. Paul’s articles have been published in a variety of scholarly journals, and he both lectures and facilitates workshops on various ecopsychological topics. He lives with his partner in the Peak District.