News
Read The Times Scotland's coverage of an article Carol Craig has written in the current edition of Teaching Scotland. In it she argues that overprotective parents' are unwittingly undermining children's resilience. This is a shorter version of her article in the Postcards book The Golden Mean.
Events
Upcoming event Friday 25th October
Empirical and anecdotal evidence suggests that children and young people are not as resilient as they once were and increasingly suffer from mental health problems.
This event presents the insights from a recent Postcards from Scotland book, the Golden Mean, (edited by Morag Kerr) on young people’s resilience, confidence and well-being.
Postcards blog
Read a new blog in the series:
Different spaces, different needs by Judy Wilkinson and David Lamont
New book
The Dear Wild Place
The Dear Wild Place
Green spaces, community and campaigning
By Emily Cutts
books in the series
The Golden Mean
The Golden Mean:
Fostering young people’s resilience, confidence and well-being
Morag Kerr (Editor) books non-fiction
Right from the Start
Right from the Start:
Investing in parents and babies
Alan Sinclair books non-fiction children
Hiding in Plain Sight
Hiding in Plain Sight:
Exploring Scotland’s ill health
Carol Craig books non-fiction publishing
Tears that made the Clyde Scots Crisis of confidence
Knowing and Growing
Knowing and Growing:
Insights for developing ourselves and others
Alan McLean books non-fiction
Conviction
Conviction:
Violence, culture and a shared public service agenda
John Carnochan books non-fiction Glasgow violence reduction unit knife crime
The Great Takeover
The Great Takeover:
How materialism, the media and markets now dominate our lives
Carol Craig books non-fiction Scotland materialism
Schooling Scotland
Schooling Scotland:
Education, equity and community
Daniel Murphy books non-fiction
She, He, They
She, He, They:
Families, gender and coping with transition
Shirley Young
books non-fiction transgender transistioning
Working for Equality
Working for Equality:
Policy, politics, people
Richard Freeman, Fiona McHardy, Danny Murphy (Editors) books non-fiction
Raising Spirits
Raising Spirits:
Allotments, well-being and community
Jenny Mollison, Judy Wilkinson and Rona Wilkinson books non-fiction growing
Scotland's Local Food Revolution
Scotland's Local Food Revolution
Mike Small books non-fiction publishing
Letting Go
Letting Go:
Breathing new life into organisations
Tony Miller & Gordon Hall books non-fiction
The New Road
The New Road:
Charting Scotland's inspirational communities.
Alf Young and Ewan Young books non-fiction
AfterNow
AfterNow:
What next for a healthy Scotland?
Phil Hanlon and Sandra Carlisle books non-fiction health Scotland
Shaping our Global Future
Shaping our Global Future:
A guide for young people
Derek Brown books non-fiction
About Postcards from Scotland
In the face of huge challenges such as climate change, resource depletion, financial melt-down, globalisation, falling living standards, rising inequality and mental health problems, it is becoming increasingly clear that western societies will have to make huge changes. In short, we cannot go on in the same vein: we need to envision and enact a radically different future.
Scotland is well-placed in some respects to make a significant contribution to this new thinking: we played a major part in the 18th century Enlightenment and many of the factors which facilitated Scotland's leading role are still in place. Namely, we are a small, networked society with strong commitment to social improvement where it is easy to have conversations across subject disciplines.
This period in western culture and Scottish political culture requires outlets for new ideas across a whole range of topics – environmental, social, organisational, political, cultural, psychological, economic and spiritual – as well as new frameworks and ways of conceptualising. Postcards from Scotland aims to help develop this new thinking in a readable and accessible format and publicise, to a much greater audience, some of the projects in Scotland which are already aiming to help bring about a new way of living. books non-fiction