Over the last decade Dave has designed and led hundreds of transformative outdoor programmes, including working at the National Outdoor Training Centres of both Scotland and New Zealand.
He holds National Governing Body qualifications in variety of outdoor pursuits, as well as an MSc (with distinction) in Human Ecology from the Centre for Human Ecology (CHE).
His special interest is in the transformative power of wild places to shift people towards sustainable lifestyles. His most recent work is The Natural Change Project (www.naturalchange.org.uk) with WWF-Scotland.
He’s a director of Footprint Consulting which he founded in 2003. Footprint work with organisations and communities, through strategy and culture-change programmes, to help them become more sustainable.
As a Teaching Fellow of the CHE since 2004, he co-leads the post-graduate course in Ecopsychology at the University of Strathclyde with Mary-Jayne Rust. Dave and Mary-Jayne also collaborate on an Ecotherapy short course and have several other projects in development.
Dave’s been a rock climber since he was 11 years old, although has now semi-retired to easy climbs with good views! He’s a passionate Telemark skier and loves running wild rapids in his Canadian Canoe. He’s also a keen sailor, cook, sometime poet, and (bad) guitarist. He lives in Cornwall with his partner Libby and four year old daughter, Maia Rose.
For more information: www.footprintconsulting.org