Mike Small (author)

Mike Small is an activist, writer & publisher originally from Aberdeen. He is a social ecologist, Scottish socialist and republican. He was the founder of [Product magazine]^[1] (first launched as Red Herring in 1998) as well as one of the group behind Indymedia Scotland.^[2]

He worked with Murray Bookchin in Vermont in the mid 1990s before returning to Scotland. He is a specialist in generalism and has written and taught widely on civics and generalism, particularly the work of the polymath Patrick Geddes (1854–1932).

Published work includes: A Vigorous Institution: The Living Legacy of Patrick Geddes', Luath Press (2007), Universalism and the Genus Loci: Geddes in Cyprus, Italy, Catalonia and Japan . 'Systemic Complexity and Eco-Sustainable Development' Edited by Ivano Spano and Dario Padovan (2001), Padua, Italy - June 2001, Local Development as a Strategic Alternative.

He was behind the Fife Diet local eating experiment, which aims to relocalise food production and distribution on a regional basis as a response to globalisation and climate change. He has written for Lobster magazine^[3] and Variant magazine^[4] is currently a columnist for The Guardian newspaper and Open Democracy as well as teaching at Torino University^[5] and other freelance projects. He previously worked with Gus Abraham and is currently co-editor of Bella Caledonia with Kevin Williamson.

References

1. ^ "Product Magazine". Product Magazine. http://www.productmagazine.co.uk/. Retrieved 2010-01-12. 
2. ^ "Indymedia Scotland". Indymedia Scotland. http://www.indymediascotland.org/. Retrieved 2010-01-12. 
3. ^ "Lobster Issue 58 Winter 2009/2010". Lobster-magazine.co.uk. http://www.lobster-magazine.co.uk/issue58.php. Retrieved 2010-01-12. 
4. ^ "On the Night Shift | Mike Small | Variant 21". Variant.org.uk. http://www.variant.org.uk/21texts/nightshift.html. Retrieved 2010-01-12. 
5. ^ "l'Università di Torino on line: English UniTo". u n i t o . i t. http://www.unito.it/index_english.htm. Retrieved 2010-01-12. ^{[dead link]}

External links

• http://www.productmagazine.co.uk/
• http://www.indymediascotland.org/
• http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2006/aug/08/guardianobituaries.usa
• http://fifediet.co.uk/
• http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom
• http://bellacaledonia.wordpress.com/

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