It's imaginative, profound, and a reminder that the British Isles still have their own stock of indigenous wisdom to draw on ... written with wit and self-awareness'

the book has made me think quite deeply about these critically important issues. What more could one want?’ 

This should be the end of any Scottish complacency ... Alastair conveys a heartfelt case for doing whatever you can, without succumbing to burnout and toxic indispensability'

McIntosh is no ideologue, he ... manages to hold in balance an exploration of the profound depths of philosophy and spirituality, with well-argued support for consensus science'

Offers a steady, gentle voices, counterbalancing the ones which shout denial and alarm in street protests or down our timelines…McIntosh moves into his stride as a liberation theologian, peace-maker, community activist and poet'

McIntosh sees climate change as a threat which can be met. It presents us with risk and also with opportunity. This is a very good book because it is balanced and positive. There is no despair here'

This is a comforting book, and a wise one: all the more welcome for its calm insistence on asserting the validity of such qualities in a world where apocalyptic scenes seem pervasive and ‘tipping points’ are often presented as resting on a hair trigger'

It's a good moment to pause and consider the power and politics of climate change. Alastair McIntosh's book does just that ... beautifully written and provides the essential introduction to the historical and scientific background, grounded in a deep understanding of climate change in place'

Seriously up to date …always independent-minded ... McIntosh pulls of the scandalous trick of combining the insights of science, academia, poetry and eclectic spirituality ... conveys a heartfelt urgency for doing whatever you can'

Ecologist Alastair McIntosh’s latest work could not be more timely ... Riders on the Storm offers a profusion of ideas, written with insight, honesty and wit'

If you are searching for a well-reasoned, thorough and balanced review of the climate crisis, with Scotland at its core but the future of the world at its heart, you will find it here'

Aims to speak with authority to world leaders and the winter public on the environmental crisis. It stands out from other writing on this subject firstly for the high level of scholarship McIntosh displays, as well as the breadth of his understanding'

[McIntosh] is steeped in the scholarship but at his best on the intangibles ... The age of climate denialism is over: we are now in an era of displacement, dissociation and projection. This book is a great guide'

[a] wonderfully wide-ranging and ultimately hopefilled book, drawing on psychology and spirituality, with a narrative of experiences in the Hebrides of resilience and the recovery of human values'

Solid on the science yet dedicated to the human spirit'