Four Alternative Weekly newsletter reports on our SOLD-OUT #PowerShift “ceilidh theatre” event at @ccfest last Sunday—as well as clean energy biz beating Trump; effectively tackling dis/misinformation; blueprints for impact crowdfunding—and much more. Please sign up and share! https://mailchi.mp/6efdd9474b2a/the-alternative-weekly-no-300-making-it-easy-19228139

We had a SELL-OUT gig for #PowerShift at Celtic Connections this Sunday—a whirl of song, improvisation, facilitation, poetry and expertise, around the topic of communities and renewables. Let’s take it forward here: https://www.spring.site/powershift

For digital idealists, Grok’s “undressing” AI software is dispiriting. But if we reconfirm our human community—like we suggest at Sunday’s @ccfest #PowerShift event [www.spring.site]—can we put this computation to better use? My @scotnational col https://www.thenational.scot/news/25773422.learn-horrors-ai-can-still-used-good/

Democratise Energy, Liberate Technology - some thoughts ahead of our #PowerShift “ceilidh theatre” event at Celtic Connections this Sun 3pm, 18 Jan, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/01/15/democratise-energy-liberate-technology/

LAST shout for #PowerShift, our “ceilidh theatre” event @ Celtic Connections this Sun 3pm, 18th Jan, Green Room, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall [Tickets: https://www.celticconnections.com/event/1/talk-power-shift-the-real-energy-question/] Where we dare 2b idealistic & creative about renewable energy again…thru poetry, tech, riffs, improv…

Final tickets shout for #PowerShift, our “ceilidh theatre” event at @ccfest—on Scottish community empowerment & renewables revolution. A space to recover our idealism, amidst the tensions & errors… This Sun 3pm, 18th Jan, Green Room, Glasgow RCH. Tickets: https://spring.site/blog/power-shift-the-real-energy-question-at-celtic-connections

My @scotnational col today is about Scotland facing the oligarchs—& how communities generating their own energy defy the gangsters’ diktat https://www.thenational.scot/politics/25754917.gangsterism-donald-trump-throws-gauntlet-indy-minded/ Our #PowerShift event at @ccfest next Sunday deep dives into all this. For more, & tickets: www.spring.site

Big States & Big Carbon drives us to war & destruction—so we need a #Powershift, towards communities that seize the renewable energy revolution. But can we imagine it? Let’s try at @ccfest Jan 18th, 3.00pm, Green Room, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall https://spring.site/blog/power-shift-the-real-energy-question-at-celtic-connections Pls share!

Be part of the #PowerShift at Celtic Connections. Come & imagine better stories of a clean energy future for Scots communities. The crew’s gathering… & now with Scotland’s Makar, Peter Mackay. 3pm, Sunday 18th Jan, Green Room, Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow https://spring.site/blog/power-shift-the-real-energy-question-at-celtic-connections