Amazingly, this book is an international bestseller. For me and others who have worked with UK woodlands for decades, it has felt like a benign backwater of our society, but may its time has come. The sign that this could be true is the superb recent BBC TV...
Life and work get more confusing year by year, and that’s unlikely to stop in future. Spending time in Nature is a great way to reduce its stress and find clarity, but what do you do when you have to make a decision, in your workplace or at home, within the next few...
April 20th – 26th 2019 Findhorn, Scotland The future outlook calls for more than resilience – perhaps Deep Adaptation. We’ll explore how to help those most impacted (e.g. resource-poor nations and disadvantaged communities everywhere), through...
What is resilience, and why does it matter? Resilience is the ability to stay calm in high levels of change and challenge, to bounce back when something difficult happens, to face up to a problem and find a good solution. It’s a set of skills to help you maintain your...
Pictured: Alan with a group at Hazel Hill Wood. Recorded levels of stress have grown a lot in recent years, and we’re seeing evidence of more stress in all age groups. One of the best antidotes is an approach I’ve evolved, called Natural Happiness: it’s a range of...