Executive Director

Grian has a PhD in Education Sciences and a BA and MA in Psychology. In addition, he is translator, communicator and author of 15 books (fiction and essay), translated into 12 languages, with an international bestseller, The Gardener. Social and environmental activist in Spain and Scotland, he actively participated in the Indignados Movement (forerunner of the Occupy Movement) and the People’s Climate March, and has been one of the initial drivers of Extinction Rebellion in Spain and Mexico. Founder of the educational and activist NGO The Avalon Project – Initiative for a Culture of Peace, his research has given rise to The Earth Stories Collection.