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Scottish Green List directory

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Abbie  Marland

 Campaigner
It's not often that environmentalists win the argument over global oil corporations. Abbie Marland did just that by tirelessly campaigning against the plan for ship-to-ship…

Adam  Watson

 campaigner and researcher
Adam Watson may know more about snow than any other person in Scotland, and has done more to increase the understanding of mountain habitats than most. As a life…

Alastair  McIntosh

 Centre for Human Ecology
Scottish writer and activist, writer of many works including Soil and Soul: People Versus Corporate Power. Alastair has been influential through his writing and…

Allan  Thomson

 wave energy
A pioneer of wave energy since the 1980s, Inverness-based Thomson has been responsible for the development of two wave devices - the Wavegen Limpet and the Aquamarine…

Andy  Wightman

 Author of Who owns Scotland
Writer, researcher and analyst specialising in land reform, land tenure and landownership. Author of Who owns Scotland. Over many years Andy has campaigned tirelessly…

Andy  Goldsworthy

 Land artist
Andy is internationally recognised and celebrated as a leading exponent of land art. A former farm hand now living in the Borders, Andy works around the world using…

Barry  Sinclair

 Fair Isles
Barry would not consider himself a green champion. He was just someone doing something that was needed for the island. The result is that Fair Isles was a renewable…

Bill  Ritchie

 Assynt
When it was first proposed, the original land buyout for Assynt was seen as a lunatic idea by many. But through its success, this pioneering scheme has opened the…

Brendan  Dick

 BT Scotland
As well as leading BT Scotland’s own climate change programmes, Brendan has spent the past year, in his role as the Prince’s CSR Ambassador in Scotland, championing…

Clare  Symonds

 National Planning Framework
Clare has done some pioneering work to improve the consultation process in the planning system and raised it up the political and media agenda. Her work on the National…

Dave  du Feu

 Spokes
Dave is the engine behind Spokes, the longstanding and effective Edinburgh cycle campaign. Through its publications and active campaigning and engagement with the…

Dave Morris and  John Mackay

 Scottish Natural Heritage
The key architects behind the access legislation that made the right to roam a reality across most of Scotland, and for the first time opened up the Scottish countryside…

David  van Alstyne

 Edrington's Glenturret distillery
David is pioneering the use of algae to turn waste products from Scottish distilleries into useful fuel either for electricity, heat or transport. Use of algae has…

David  Cameron

 North Harris Trust
David Cameron was not going to sit back and watch his local community's population dwindle and businesses die. Thanks to the efforts of David and the North Harris…

Duncan  McLaren

 Friends of the Earth Scotland
As Chief Executive of Friends of the Earth Scotland (FoES) since 2003, Duncan McLaren has been a powerful and inspiring voice for the environmental movement, tirelessly…

Elaine  Sheerin

 South side of Glasgow, Community
Elaine has got people walking in their own communities in the South side of Glasgow, improving health, fostering the community spirit and reclaiming the streets…

Eva  Schonveld

 Transition Scotland
Eva is transforming Scotland, one community at a time. The global Transition Town movement works to make communities less threatened by peak oil and climate change,…

Fatima  Uygun

 Govanhill Bath Communities Trust
Fatima is the Director of Govanhill Bath Communities Trust, which has campaigned relentlessly for the reopening of the local swimming pool as an important community…

Frances  McCartney

 Environmental Law Centre Scotland
Frances McCartney founded the Environmental Law Centre Scotland, a not for profit law centre providing community groups, ngos and the voluntary sector advice and…

Howard  Wood

 COAST (Community of Arran Seabed Trust)
As a recreational diver Howard Wood was used to swimming through shoals of fish or small scallops, but when his son started diving in 2003, it was six months before…

Howard Liddell

 Sustainable architecture
For the last 40 or so years, Howard has supported and delivered sustainable architecture throughout Scotland and internationally. He is hugely respected for his…

Hugh  Raven

 Soil Association
Hugh is a passionate advocate of sustainable development in his work managing his family estate in Morvern, in his role as Director of the Soil Association, as an…

Ian  Marchant

 Scottish and Southern Energy
When Ian Marchant took over Scottish and Southern Energy in 2002, he was hailed Ian as the FTSE 100's youngest boss, and he has proved to be very different from…

Jan  Bebbington

 Sustainable Development Commission
Enticed to Scotland by a university colleague, Jan has been at the forefront of research and advocacy on accountancy and sustainable development. Her work using…

Jeremy  Sainsbury

 Natural Power
As Director of Dumfriesshire based Natural Power, Jeremy has been part of a small management team that has grown the business from having 6 staff ten years ago to…

John  Hancox

 Children's Orchard
John Hancox runs the Children's Orchard, planting apple trees around Scotland with schoolchildren. It all began when he was a journalist and couldn't get a satisfactory…

John  Ferguson

 Binn Eco Park
As a champion of practical sustainable waste solutions, John has been very influential in national waste policy discussions and action to improve recycling and better…

Karen and Mike Small

 The Fife Diet
Mike and Karen's idea is so small and so revolutionary - eat local food. It all started as experiment challenging people to only eat food from Fife for a year. The…

Kathleen  Jamie

 Poet
Award winning poet who writes about the relationship with the natural world. Katherine's gift is to be able to evoke the specialness of the environment around us,…

Lubna  Kerr

 Wellbeing, Health and You
Lubna runs Wellbeing, Health and You, mixing alternative therapies and traditional medicine for housing association staff, focussing on lifestyle changes and self…

Lucy  Conway

 Isle of Eigg
Lucy has inspired the residents of the Isle of Eigg to take control of their island's future and to put their ideas into practice. As a result of Lucy's work, Eigg…

Mark  Sydenham

 The Bike Station
Mark has over a number of years built up the Bike Station into an impressive social enterprise, demonstrating sustainability in resource use, transport and social…

Mark Ruskell, Patrick Harvie,  John Swinney and Richard Lochhead

 Climate Challenge Fund
These four people share responsibility for the formation of the Climate Challenge Fund. The idea originated with Mark Ruskell, then a Green MSP, and it was taken…

Mike  Robinson

 Stop Climate Chaos Coalition
Mike sits on the board or similar position of no less than 6 environmental organisations including as Chair of Stop Climate Chaos Coalition (others are Scottish…

Pete  Ritchie

 Organic Farmer
Pete Ritchie is one of Scotland's inspiring organic farmers passionate about what they do and desperate to tell everyone else about it! He has also been responsible…

Philip  Ashmole

 Volunteer
Philip had a vision for the restoration of a native wildwood in an entire valley system in the Southern Uplands. Working with like minded people, this vision has…

Rachel Nunn

 Carbon Neutral Stirling
Rachel is described as a force of nature by many who come across her. Certainly her enthusiasm and determination have seen her lead the creation of Carbon Neutral…

Randy Klinger 

 Moray Arts Centre
An inspiration champion for the sustainable use of materials and social inclusion in an arts setting. Thanks to Randy's work, the Moray Arts Centre has integrated…

Richard  Yemm

 Pelamis
Richard is the driving force behind the Pelamis wave device. This device has been built in Scotland, tested in Orkney and is in operation in Portugal. His company…

Richard Dixon

 WWF Scotland
Richard is an influential figure leading action to encourage more sustainable Scotland, most recently through lobbying on the Climate Change Bill. He has an encyclopaedic…

Rob  Edwards

 Journalist
In many years as a journalist working for the New Scientist and the Scottish media, Rob has shown tenacity and determination in championing environmental issues…

Robin  Gourlay

 East Ayrshire Council
Robin Gourlay, the head of Facilities Management at East Ayrshire Council has revolutionised food by adopting Soil Association Food for Life targets. As a result…

Roger  Parry

 Printing
When asked by a customer if he could supply printing to a high environmental standard, Roger's response was to transform his business. The result is that he runs…

Roley Walton

 Outdoor Classroom
Roley has for many years inspired environmental awareness throught the Outdoor Classroom. She encourages involvement in practical projects aimed at improving the…

Ross  Gazey

 Pure Project
As a recent graduate Ross had the idea for a hydrogen project that would help demonstrate the technology and bring much needed development to the communities of…

Ruth  Dawkins

 Stop Climate Chaos Scotland
As their only staff member, Ruth is single-handedly responsible for the increasing success and profile of the Stop Climate Chaos Scotland coalition over the last…

Sara  MacLennan

 Power Pod project
Sara inspires children and young people to think about the energy they use and how energy production affects climate change. She runs the Power Pod project: a trailer…

Stan  Blackley

 Ethical Communications Consultant
Stan is a full-time influencer - through his day job as the Director of an ethical communications consultancy, and in his spare time as an active volunteer and Board…

Tessa  Tennant

 ICE Organisation
A hugely influential figure in sustainable finance / social investment. Tessa is Executive Chair of The ICE Organisation, a personal carbon management and loyalty…

The Fintry Four:  Bill Acton, Gordon Cowtan, David Howell, Martin Turner

 Fintry Community
Have the Fintry Four created the greenest village in Scotland? Their dream of clean green energy and a zero waste community wasn't given much hope by many, but now…