Here's a CV, but first a couple of mug shots in case you need to meet
up with me at a conference, airport or other place! The first was taken at a hands-on event I
ran at Cornwall Geological Museum in 2000, the second (eyeless?) was towards the
end of a day promoting geoconservation in the Cornwall Wildlife Trust tent at
the Royal Cornwall Show 2002. (Prince Charles liked my tie when he visited
us a little later. You - and he - might be able to buy one at the American Museum of
Natural History in New York, but maybe the design is extinct.)
tel/fax: +44 (0) 1208 72578
mobile: 078 999 45 870
email: john@earthwords.co.uk
web 1: www.earthwords.co.uk
web 2: www.johnmacadam.co.uk
web 3: www.owg.org.uk/profiles/John_Macadam/
educated:
Cambridge (M.A.), Keele (PGCE), Open University (continuing).
CPD:
Many petroleum geology and education short courses.
Interpretation schools (run by US Fish & Wildlife Service / National Parks
Service, Scottish Natural Heritage, and Snowdonia National Park) and led by
John Veverka, Mike Gross & Ron Zimmerman, Sam Ham and others.
industry:
4 years as petroleum geologist in Libya, and short-term contracts on North Sea
and Somalia.
educating:
20 years teaching at Bodmin Community College, including 1 year on exchange in Norfolk,
Virginia.
Also taught primary, FE, WEA, extramural, teachers, and at a field centre.
Associate Lecturer Open University (1995-2006), and p/t lecturer at
University of Exeter (Camborne
School of Mines) (since 1996).
Guest lecturer (2002, 2004, 2006) on geoconservation and geo-interpretation for MSc on Protected
Area Management (U. of London).
writing for the general public:
South West Coast Path: Padstow to Falmouth, 1990, 1996, 2000, 2002,
2005, 2007. Aurum
Press/Natural England/Ordnance Survey. Over 26k sold.
A Geology Guide to North Cornwall
, 1995. North Cornwall District
Council. 5k sold.
A geological trail between Pendower and Carne
, 1997. Cornwall County
Council. Reprinted.
The Two Moors Way
, 1997. Aurum Press/Ordnance Survey. 3k sold.
A Geological Guide to South East Cornwall
, 1999. Caradon District Council.
Saltern Cove Local Nature Reserve – A guide to its wildlife and geology
,
2000. Torbay Coast and Countryside Trust.
Strangers on the Shore? - pebbles on Charlestown beach
, 2001. Cornwall
County Council.
EXPLORE the Landscape & Rocks of the St Austell area
, 2001. Cornwall County
Council.
Bodmin Moor - 400 million years in the making
,
2003, 2005. Caradon and North Cornwall District Councils (printed
in English, French, Spanish, German and Dutch
editions, and web published in 5 languages).
Plus leaflet, map for schools, and bookmarks.
Discovering Brown End Quarry
(leaflet), 8 interpretation panels, education pack (on CD), and other materials, 2004.
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust.
Roche Rock and the Tresayes Trail
(leaflet), and 3 interpretation panels, 2006. Cornwall Wildlife Trust.
Plus articles in assorted magazines.
writing for more specialised audiences, and commissions:
INSET Activities for Environmental Education, 1993. Curriculum Council for
Wales/Countryside Council for Wales. (Official document for CCW, in all schools
in Wales, in English or Welsh as Gweithgareddau HMS ar gyfer Addysg
Amgylchedd).
Educational Strategy for the Cornwall Geological Museum
, 1997. For the Royal
Geological Society of Cornwall.
"Welcome to the Devonian" - Interpreting Devon’s Geology through the Road
Network
, 1998. For Devon County Council/ English Nature Roads & Geological
Conservation Pilot Project.
Geological and Geomorphological Audit, Cornwall
, 1999. For the National
Trust.
NOT A GREY END! – bringing the grey rocks of Brown End Quarry back to
colourful life
, 2001. For Staffordshire Wildlife Trust.
WHITE GOLD, TORS & RIAS - interpreting the landscape and rocks
of Restormel, 2001.For Cornwall County Council.
ROLLING BACK THE MILLIONS OF YEARS - interpreting the geology of West
Devon,
2004.
For Devon County Council. With Kevin Page.
THE VIEW FROM AN SLC? - promoting Earth Science at the new Science Learning
Centres - with West Midlands & London as case studies, 2005. For
ESTA - Earth Science Teachers' Association (funded by English Nature).
Contributor to:
A Dictionary of the Environment (Macmillan, 1977; Papermac, 1979; 2nd ed,
Macmillan Reference & New York University Press, 1983; Macmillan p/b,
1985; 3rd ed, Macmillan Reference Books, 1988; Macmillan p/b, 1988; 4th ed, Macmillan
p/b, 1994;
Spanish ed, 1984, Ediciones Pirámide, UK &
US).
The
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Earth Sciences (OUP, 1990; OUP Paperback, 1991; OUP
US Paperback, 1991; 2nd ed, 1999; Chinese
edition , 1996; Spanish edition, 2000, UK & US; web published)
The
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Ecology (OUP, 1994; OUP p/b, 1994; 2nd ed, 1998; Japanese edition,
undated; web published).
Plus various papers in conference volumes, proceedings, etc.
other media:
Consultant for BBC Natural History Unit (Cornwall's story and locations for
Natural World’s Postcards from the Past, 1997).
Presenter/expert for one programme of The Experimenter, Diverse
Productions for BBC Education, transmitted 1996, ’98, ’00, ’01, ’02, '03,
Pieces for Radio 4 (Open Country), Radio Cornwall, CoI.
training:
Co-ran course: Selling Geology to the Public for Scottish Natural
Heritage ('Sharing Good Practice' programme) at Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh, March
2000.
Keynote Speaker and workshop leader at ProGEO Conference in Slovenia (funded by
Slovenian Govt and British Council), September 2007.
awards:
Awards for Excellence, Outdoor Writers' Guild, 1996: Highly Commended.
Halstead Medal, 1997. Geologists’ Association.
COPUS Grant, 1998. The Royal Society. (COPUS = Committee on the Public
Understanding of Science).
Awards for Excellence, Outdoor Writers' Guild, 1999: Highly Commended.
Millennium Award, 1999. The Royal Society / British Association.
Cornwall Tourism Awards, 2004. Highly Commended in the Cornish
Distinctiveness category.
Cornwall Tourism Awards, 2006. Bronze Award in the Cornish
Distinctiveness category.
international co-operation:
Involved in GRECEL (EU geoconservation and education project run by IGME,
Greek Geological Survey) and initiated CEOS Project between Cornwall, Northern
Ireland, Germany, Greece and Cyprus. Colleagues from Greece, Slovenia, Romania,
France, Cyprus and UNESCO. Educators from Iceland, Finland, Croatia, Italy,
Portugal, Norway, etc.
Spoke from the floor at III International Symposium on the Conservation of the
Geological Heritage, Madrid, 1999, and read papers at 1st European
Geoparks Conference, Molinos, Spain, 2000, 2nd Conference in
Lesvos (& chaired session), Greece, 2001, and presented poster at 4th conference (Crete). Read
a paper at 1st World Geoparks Conference in Beijing, 2004, at IV
International Symposium on the Conservation of the Geological Heritage, Braga,
Portugal, 2005, and at 2nd World Geoparks Conference in Belfast, 2006.
Developing a Grundtvig Project with Slovenian, and other, colleagues. Scientific Committee for V International Symposium on the Conservation of the
Geological Heritage, Rab Island, Croatia, 2008.
currently working on:
Development of education and interpretation, following completion of Geodiversity audit for South Penquite Farm, Bodmin Moor (funded by ALSF)
.
Recording the geology of Cornish hedges, and writing educational material
on them (funded by HLF).
Interpretation for Capel Horeb quarry - where the earliest land plants
have been found.
Bookmark and other material for North Cornwall District Council.
Geological consultancy for Caradon Hill Are Heritage Project.
voluntary activities include:
Member of Cornwall RIGS Group (geoconservation).
Former chair of Cornwall RIGS Group (9 years - 2002), former council member of
Cornwall Wildlife Trust (2000-2002), former committee member for Ussher Society (geologists &
geomorphologists working in SW England), member Cornwall Derelict Land Advisory
Group (now wound-up) and co-editor of 1999 conference proceedings.
Council member British Institute for Geological Conservation (the UK group of
ProGEO, the European Association for the Conservation of the Geological
Heritage).
