Robert Alcock
Robert is an ecological designer, self-builder and writer based in northern Spain. He and his partner Almudena lived for several years in the post-industrial Zorrozaurre peninsula in Bilbao, where they founded a citizens' forum to promote sustainable alternatives for the area, which was faced with 'regeneration' from a Master Plan designed by the late Zaha Hadid—a story that can be read about in his book The Island that Never Was (2015).
They now live with their two daughters in a small village an hour west of Bilbao, where they have built an ecological home and study centre, Abrazo House.
My Posts
Down the Waterslide
Robert Alcock
6th April, 2020
Latest in our ongoing series on the current pandemic, Robert Alcock writes a darkly humorous tale.
Of Sun, Rain and Anti-Utilitarianism
Robert Alcock
14th May, 2016
So the question is not whether capitalism will survive the technological innovations it is spawning....
The Island That Never Was
Robert Alcock
13th January, 2016
Extracts from the book published in December 2015 From the point, the views were outstanding....
A 2015 Calendar/ Mandala
Robert Alcock
21st December, 2014
The cyclical model of time is ancient and universal. Look at the Celtic wheel of...
Thin Blue Line
Robert Alcock
22nd October, 2014
The ice age is coming, the sun’s zooming in Meltdown expected, the wheat is growing...