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Many of the world’s greatest thinkers and doers come to teach at Schumacher College. They come from all walks of life including business, academia and independent charitable organisations. All are highly experienced in their specialist subject, and several regularly contribute to the Schumacher College programme. Alongside the teachers, in order to create a supportive learning environment and a positive dialogue between teachers and participants, the courses usually have both a facilitator, and an academic course tutor who provides support to people seeking Masters level accreditation.
For Faculty, including Satish Kumar, Stephan Harding, Karen Blincoe and Brian Goodwin click here
July 14-25, 2008
Sacred Activism - course details
Mary Evelyn Tucker is Professor of Religion at Bucknell University, USA and Co-Director of the Forum on Religion and Ecology. She is author most recently of Worldly Wonder: Religions Enter their Ecological Phase.
John Grim is a visiting scholar at the Institution of Social and Policy Studies, Yale University, USA and Co-Director of the Forum on Religion and Ecology. He previously taught courses in Native American and indigenous religions, religion and ecology, ritual, and mysticism in the world’s religions.
Starhawk is the author or co-author of ten books including The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess.
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September 15-19, 2008
Walking With the Earth Pilgrim - course details
Satish Kumar is currently Programme Director of Schumacher College and editor of Resurgence magazine.
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September 22 — 26, 2008
Earth Jurisprudence: Making the law work for nature - course details
Cormac Cullinan is an environmental lawyer based in Cape Town and author of Wild Law: A Manifesto for Earth Justice.
Mellese Damtie is pioneering the research and implementation of Earth Jurisprudence as Dean of the Ethiopian Civil Service College’s Department of Law.
Ng’ang’a Thiong’o is a legal advisor to indigenous communities in central Kenya. He has worked alongside Nobel Peace Prize Winner Professor Wangari Maathai for many years.
Ian Mason is a practising barrister, Director of the Earth Justice Legal Resource Centre, and is also Head of Law and Economics at the School of Economic Science in London.
Elizabeth Rivers (course facilitator) is a former commercial lawyer, now a facilitator and coach who works to enhance creativity in the service of sustainable change.
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October 14—17, 2008
Sustainability and Leadership: The Personal Challenge - course details
Richard Olivier is Artistic Director of Olivier Mythodrama. He is at the leading edge of bringing the world of theatre into the development of authentic leaders. From 1999-2005 he was the Master of Mythodrama at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.
Olivier Mythodrama was formed in 2001 and now works with senior executives and learning institutions across all sectors including; Nokia, Daimler, HSBC, The Cabinet Office, International Atomic Energy Agency, United Nations, Columbia Business School and INSEAD.
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October 20 — 24, 2008
Biomimicry: New directions in sustainable design - course details
Michael Pawlyn is Director of Exploration Architecture Ltd. He was instrumental in the design development of the Eden Project. Julian Vincent is Professor of Biomimetics at the University of Bath. He is Associate Chief Editor of the Journal of Bionic Engineering. He speaks and writes about Biomimetics internationally.
Julian Vincent is Professor of Biomimetics at the University of Bath. He is Associate Chief Editor of the Journal of Bionic Engineering. He speaks and writes about Biomimetics internationally.
Neil Thomas is a structural engineer. Projects of Atelier One, of which he is Director, include the Singapore Arts Centre and Federation Square in Australia.
Graham Dodd is a materials consultant. He is an Associate Director at Ove Arup & Partners and leads teams of facade engineers involved in glazing design and contracting activity on international projects.
Andy Middleton (course facilitator and contributor) is a management consultant and coach. He is Director of Thinking at Work.
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October 27—31, 2008
Sustainability and Leadership: The Organisational Challenge - course details
Allan Jones is CEO of the London Climate Change Agency. He previously worked for Woking Borough Council, reducing CO2 emissions by 77.5% from 1990 levels.
Gaynor Coley is Managing Director and Deputy CEO of the Eden Project.
Nick Robins is Head of HSBC’s Climate Change Centre of Excellence.
Paul Dickinson is CEO and Founder of the Carbon Disclosure Project.
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November 3—7, 2008
Roots of Learning: Educating the whole person - course details
John (Jack) Miller has been working in the field of holistic education for over 30 years. He is author/editor of more than a dozen books on holistic learning and contemplative practices in education which include The Contemplative Practitioner, The Holistic Curriculum and Educating for Wisdom and Compassion. Jack has worked extensively with holistic educators in Japan and Korea for the past decade and has been a visiting professor at two universities in Japan. He teaches courses on Holistic Education and Spirituality in Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto, where he is Professor in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning.
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November 17 — 21, 2008
Real Food, Slow Food: Championing sustainable food - course details
Andrew Whitley founded and ran the Village Bakery, which is famous for its high-quality organic bread baked in wood-fired ovens. In 2002, he founded a new company, Bread Matters, which runs bread-making courses, and he is currently involved in launching, with others, the Real Bread Campaign.
Carlo Petrini founded an association called Slow Food in 1986 which grew out of a protest against the opening of a McDonald’s in Rome, and dedicated itself to the protection of traditional foods and agricultural biodiversity. Since then, Slow Food has grown to become an international organisation with 80,000 members. Carlo is the author of Slow Food: The Case for Taste.
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24 November – 5 December, 2008
Ethical Pioneers: an interactive masterclass for the new entrepreneur - course details
Chris Nichols is a coach, facilitator and workshop leader with 25 years experience in global business development in both the commercial and non-profit sectors.
Guy Watson is founder of Riverford Farm, one of the largest organic vegetable farms in the UK.
Antony Turner is founder and Managing Director of CarbonSense, a consultancy which works with businesses.
Ian Sharp is an account manager at Triodos Bank.
Tim 'Mac' Macartney is the CEO of Embercombe, a social enterprise that seeks to ‘inspire committed action towards a truly sustainable world’.
Jonathan Robinson is a founder and director of The Hub. The Hub has borrowed from the best of a members club, a business incubator, an innovation agency and a think-tank to create a very different kind of institution.
Galahad JD Clark A seventh generation shoe maker runs Terra Plana at the cutting edge of ethical fashion and retail with projects such as Worn Again 99% recycled shoes and accessories.
Emma Jackson works with Catalyst Collective (a workers co-op that helps new worker and housing co-ops register and set up, and runs the legal registration process for housing co-ops on behalf of Radical Routes.
Karen Blincoe is a designer, environmentalist and educationalist and the Founder and Creator of ICIS.
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24 January 5 — 23, 2009
Exploring Science, Matter and Consciousness - course details
David Peat is a theoretical physicist. He is the author of Blackfoot Physics and founded the Pari Centre for New Learning in Italy.
Amit Goswami is Professor Emeritus in the Physics department of the University of Oregon, USA. He is a pioneer of ‘science within consciousness’.
Peter Fenwick is a neuropsychiatrist. He works at a Neuroscience unit in Japan investigating the magnetic fields which change during brain function.
Chris Clarke is Professor Emeritus in the Physics department of the University of Oregon, USA. He is a pioneer of ‘science within consciousness’.
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January 26 — February 13, 2009
Embedding Holistic Economics: For a global community - course details
Manfred Max-Neef is a Chilean Economist. He is author of From the Outside Looking In: Experiences in Barefoot Economics, and Human-Scale Development. He received the Right Livelihood Award in 1983.
Margrit Kennedy is currently working on the implementation of practical examples of complementary currencies in 50 regions of Germany and Austria.
Colin Hines was the Co-ordinator of Greenpeace International’s Economics Unit and is advisor to the Green MEP Caroline Lucas. His most recent publication is Localization – A Global Manifesto.
Wolfgang Sachs is a Fellow at the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Energy and the Environment in Germany. His most recent book is Fair Future: Resource Conflicts, Security and Global Justice.
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February 23 — 27, 2009
Roots of Learning: Strategies for creative social change - course details
Kate Davies has over 25 years experience working for social and ecological sustainability. She is currently Director of the Center for Creative Change at Antioch University.
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March 9 — 27, 2009
Systems Thinking in Practice - course details
Gunter Pauli has created ten companies, including Ecover, and now heads the ZERI Foundation which pioneers initiatives that promote a new, earth-centred economic model.
Don Beck conceived and developed the global applications of Spiral Dynamics. His practical, on-the-ground work in large-scale transformational challenges has included playing a major role in the South African transition from Apartheid.
Rob Hopkins is founder of the Transition Towns movement.
John Wood is Professor of Design at Goldsmiths and author of Design for Micro- Utopias: Making the Unthinkable Possible.
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April 2 — 6, 2009
How to Communicate Climate Change: The business challenge - course details
Ben Stimson is Director of Corporate Responsibility and Reputation at BSkyB. Under his leadership, Sky became the first carbon neutral media company in the world.
Andy Hobsbawm is European Chairman of Agency.com and Co-founder of Green Thing. He has been a weekly columnist for the Financial Times. He is currently writing Small is the Next Big Thing.
Naresh Ramchandani is a creative consultant and columnist for the Guardian. He has won several awards for his work and has been behind advertising campaigns for major UK brands.
Antony Turner is founder and Managing Director of CarbonSense, a consultancy which works with international businesses to develop smart low-carbon strategies.
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