In 1986, at a conference on the global ecological crisis held in Findhorn, Scottish ecologist Alan Watson Featherstone stood before hundreds of delegates and made a public commitment. He promised to begin restoring the ancient Caledonian Forest, one of Britain's last remnants of native pine woodland.

In 1986, ecologist Alan Watson Featherstone initiated a grassroots movement to restore Scotland's Caledonian forest, successfully rallying volunteers to plant 1 million native…

In 1986, at a conference on the global ecological crisis held in Findhorn, Scottish ecologist Alan Watson Featherstone stood before hundreds of delegates and made a public…