In this booklet Alastair McIntosh, the well-known writer, scholar, broad-caster, and activist, sets out some ypically provocative and insightful views on climate change and the need for a massive shift in human behaviour if a catastrophe is to be avoided, he argues that - paradoxical though it may appear - the ethos, spritual, and community values of small and seemingly remote islands from as far apart as South Pacific and the Hebrides could provide the insiration and hold a key to the sort of change required much more widely to address this pressing global challenge. in doing so, Alastair brings themes which are central to his own philosophy and life-long campaigning.