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Talks & Events

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The SCHed Talks ask: What if?…

Friday June 21, 2013

June 21 – 23 | 12:30 pm – 7:00 pm | The SCHed Talks travel to Bristol’s BIG Green Week this year. A bright orange shed and soap box sets the stage outside Colston Hall. Stretch out in a deckchair amongst the flowers, sip a drink in the sun and soak up the atmosphere as our earth-loving world-changing speakers and performers ask: What if?… Read more…

Earth Talk: Theory U – Leading from the Future

Wednesday June 26, 2013

Wednesday 26 June 2013 | If we over-celebrate the role and power of the brain, we risk neglecting the other faculties of intelligence, insight and inspiration, namely, the Open Heart and Open Will. During this evening conversation, Jane Corbett and Martin Kalungu-Banda will demonstrate the added value that comes with re-learning the art of tapping into our other faculties of knowing. Read more…

 

Forthcoming Short Courses at Schumacher

Leading from the Future: Using Theory U to facilitate change and innovation

Starts: Monday June 24, 2013

24-28 June 2013 | With Martin Kalungu-Banda, Jane Corbett and Otto Scharmer (video-link) | How can we shape change to move to a society that lives within planetary limits and brings the social, economic, ecological and spiritual dimensions of our lives into a better alignment? In this experiential workshop we will work with Theory U, a method of learning from the future as it emerges and growing the capacity for deep innovation and collaborative action. Read more…

Walking Dartmoor: History and Heart

Starts: Monday June 24, 2013

24 – 28 June | Inga Page Tom Gloyns and Chris Salisbury | Join Inga Page, Dartmoor guide and founder of Dartmoor Walks This Way along with composer Tom Gloyns and storyteller Chris Salisbury on a course where you will explore the many dimensions to this wild and beautiful landscape and the history embedded within its hills and valleys. Read more…

Living Soil: An holistic perspective

Starts: Monday July 1, 2013

1 – 5 July 2013 | Bethan Stagg, Stephan Harding, Patrick Whitefield, Charles Dowding and Satish Kumar | This course is for anyone wishing to understand the alchemy of soil and the pivotal role the soil ecosystem plays in the balance of nature. There will be practical and experiential soil sampling and composting, as well as discussion about soil and spirituality, soil ecology and managing soils for a ‘low carbon’ future. Read more…

A Wild Land Dreaming: Living Language and the Erotics of Place

Starts: Monday July 1, 2013

1-7 July 2013 | With David Abram and Martin Shaw | Join renowned author and geophilosopher David Abram, and master storyteller Martin Shaw, for a venture into the heart of the ecological imagination. Awaken your creaturely senses to experience, through the power of story and word magic, our wild land dreaming. Read more…

Complexity and Collaboration: Applying Complexity Theory to Organisational Transformation

Starts: Monday July 15, 2013

July 15-19 2013 | Eve Mitleton-Kelly | Successful organisations no longer operate in a “top-down” fashion, and benefit from empowering their employees to work collaboratively. This course will introduce you to some key principles of complexity theory and learn how they can be applied collaboratively with the aim of transforming an organisation by co-creating a new culture, structure and way of working. Read more…


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