
Robert Alcock

Robert Alcock is an eco-designer, builder, writer, father, Zen animist, and activist. He and his partner Almudena created Abrazo House ecological learning centre in northern Spain. If he's not there, he can usually be found in Edinburgh, where he makes mischief with Extinction Rebellion.
He has been writing for Dark Mountain since 2011 and has been published in Issues 3, 6, 10 , 15, and 23 as well as online.
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...