ECO-Max 7: HOWARD LIDDELL MEMORIAL LECTURE. 2025
James Lovelock (1919 – 2022) : The Ecology of Gaia
“Evolution is a tightly coupled dance, with life and the material environment as partners. From the dance emerges the entity Gaia.”
The event will continue the theme of Eco-Max set out in the 1st Memorial Lecture in 2015 by paying tribute to one of Howard’s eco-pioneers, James Lovelock, chemist, environmentalist and inventor and author of Gaia: A New look at Life on Earth, Gaia - The Practical Science of Planetary Medicine, Healing Gaia and The Vanishing Face of Gaia - A Final Warning
The event will be opened by Sandy Liddell Halliday giving the background to the Eco-max Series.
This will be followed by author and journalist Jonathan Watts discussing his book: The Many Lives of James Lovelock: Science Secrets and Gaia Theory. This will be followed by a Q& A and a focus on contemporary issues. There will be opportunity to purchase signed copies of the book.
Jonathan Watts
Jonathan Watts is an author and journalist based in the Amazon rainforest. He is global environment editor for The Guardian and founder of the Rainforest Journalism Fund and Sumaúma.com
A veteran foreign correspondent previously based in Tokyo, Beijing and Rio de Janeiro, Jonathan covered two tsunamis, three earthquakes, one cyclone, two bombings, a G8 conference, two world cups, three Olympics and interviewed numerous state leaders. He switched to full time environmental reporting after writing the eco-travelogue, When a Billion Chinese Jump. He is now living on the climate and biodiversity frontline in the Amazonian town of Altamira, where he can feel close to Gaia while writing a biography of the brilliant natural scientist James Lovelock. He is also leading a team of writers to finish the book started by his murdered friend, the British journalist Dom Phillips.
The event is in person only and tea/coffee will be provided. Please e-mail us with any questions, dietary and access requiremetns on info@seda.scot
