Ninian Stuart
2024
Ninian Stuart is a community worker to trade who was “landed” with a Scottish Estate when his father died in 1981. For 40 years, he’s been dancing with questions around ownership, stewardship and relationship with the land. Now he and his children are exploring how best to transfer Falkland Estate into a form of steward-ownership beyond their family line – with the intention of restoring a more regenerative life to the land and community. A wonderful challenge…and not always easy…
My Sessions
Opening Up Land Holding
Jackie Thoms
Joanna Bowen
Ninian Stuart
Fergus Lyon
Alastair MacKenzie
How can existing landowners adopt more responsible and progressive approaches to ownership that enable greater benefits and wider access? This session will explore the opportunities and challenges of different approaches to owning, holding, stewarding and sharing land in ways that strengthen the connection between people and land in times of transition. The panel will share […]