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Short Courses at Schumacher
Courses range from 4 days across a long weekend to 3 weeks. The College aims to provide courses to suit a range of interests and availability. Information in the following pages will give you an introduction to the courses and help you make the decision about which course or courses are best for you.
The course programme allows exploration of sustainability through a range of complex areas of transdisciplinary study ranging from business issues, art and design to food policies and climate change. The College promotes a unified residential education encouraging participants to acquire new knowledge, learn through doing and engage with this process through all aspects of life. Exceptional and expert teachers lead classroom sessions.
You can read our Short Course Programmes at your leisure – download and print these PDF documents:
2008/09 course programme (September 2008 – April 2009) (PDF)
2007/08 course programme (PDF)
Short Courses
Embedding Holistic Economics: For a global community
Starts: Monday January 26, 2009
A one, two or three week course | Manfred Max-Neef, David Boyle, Colin Hines, Ralf Becker, Wolfgang Sachs | Problems with the global economy are presented in the mainstream media as those that can be managed within existing systems. There is a need for a transformation of economics if human society is to survive and prosper. read more…
Roots of Learning: Strategies for creative social change
Starts: Monday February 23, 2009
February 23 – 27, 2009 | Kate Davies| Education can play a critical role in helping to transform our society. A key question for educators is: How can we prepare learners to lead the changes that are necessary to achieve social and ecological sustainability? read more…
Systems Thinking in Practice
Starts: Monday March 9, 2009
A one, two or three week course | Gunter Pauli, Don Beck, Rob Hopkins, John Wood | A systemic approach is vital if we are to tackle successfully the complex problems facing society and the environment today, from community responses to climate change and social enterprise, to conflict resolution and social development on a global scale. read more…
How to Communicate Climate Change: The business challenge
Starts: Thursday April 2, 2009
April 2 – 6, 2009 | Ben Stimson, Andy Hobsbawm, Naresh Ramchandani, Antony Turner| Many corporations taking pro-active action on climate change are seeing benefits. More businesses need clear communication strategies in this area to make the most of this opportunity. read more…
Nourishing the Soul: Archetypes, myth & meaning
Starts: Tuesday May 5, 2009
A one or two week course | Jules Cashford, Julian David, Thomas Moore, Hari Kirin | In a society where material concerns are so dominant, it is hard to talk about or understand what we mean by “soul” and yet it is an integral part of leading a meaningful life. read more…
Living Networks: From Leonardo to Lovelock & beyond
Starts: Monday May 18, 2009
A one or two week course | Frijof Capra, Stephan Harding | Addressing the ever more complex problems facing us today requires a systemic and multi-disciplinary approach. This course brings together natural, cognitive and social science to develop an understanding of the world based on the unity of life. read more…
Small is Beautiful Revisited
Starts: Monday June 1, 2009
A one week course | George McRobie, Satish Kumar |The ideas expressed in Small is Beautiful are as relevant today as they were 36 years ago – perhaps even more so. As business and technology become ever larger in scale, the need to question this growth becomes more urgent. read more…
Biomimicry: Nature as mentor, model & measure
Starts: Monday June 8, 2009
A one week course | Dayna Baumeister, Michael Pawlyn | Biomimicry is a rapidly developing discipline that finds inspiration in the startling design solutions of the natural world. These solutions can be applied to product design, architecture, engineering and even community development._ read more…
Walking With the Earth Pilgrim
Starts: Monday June 15, 2009
June 15 – 19, 2009 | With Satish Kumar, on Dartmoor, participants will visit landscapes pictured in the documentary – woods, rivers, tors, stone circles, and the open moor – walking together, talking and sitting quietly. There will also be talks from resident College staff about Gaia theory, deep ecology and sustainability. read more…
Science, Cosmology & the Future
Starts: Monday June 29, 2009
A one or two week course | Brian Swimme, Ervin Laszlo, Bernadette Brady | Our appreciation of the nature of the universe fundamentally affects how we understand our role as humans on Earth. New insights in contemporary science allow for a profound and creative interpretation of the universe which challenges earlier mechanistic models. read more…
Valuing Diversity: Learning from ecosystems & cultures
Starts: Monday July 13, 2009
A one or two week course | Gary Martin, Juan Mayr Maldonado, Stephan Harding | The uniformity imposed by globalisation threatens to wipe out indigenous cultures and the ecosystems they depend on. Unchecked, this disaster will affect everyone, as irreplaceable knowledge of how to live in harmony with the natural world is lost forever. read more…
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