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Open Evenings
Each month some of the tutors from our Short Course programme kindly share their knowledge and views at our regular public Open Evenings – usually held on Wednesdays at 8pm at the College or in Totnes. Everyone is welcome to attend. Entrance per person is £4 from April 2008.
Note: Guest speakers and venues are subject to change – please call in advance to confirm the latest details. Tel: 01803 865934.
Open Evening with Lynne Hull
Wednesday June 4, 2008
In association with Transition Town Totnes
Venue: Schumacher College, 8pm
Lynne Hull has pioneered “trans-species” art, creating sculpture installations as wildlife habitat enhancement and eco-atonement for human impact. She has worked in the American West and eight other countries with a variety of wildlife agencies. Currently she is working on Migration Mileposts, linking communities in the Americas who share migratory birds.
Open Evening with Arthur Zajonc
Wednesday June 18, 2008
Venue: Schumacher College, 8pm
Arthur Zajonc is Professor of Physics at Amherst College, where he has taught since 1978. In 1997 he served as scientific coordinator of The New Physics and Cosmology, a dialogue with H.H. the Dalai Lama. He is author of Catching the Light, co-author of Quantum Challenge, and co-editor of Goethe’s Way of Science.
Open Evening with Rupert Sheldrake
Wednesday June 25, 2008
Venue: Schumacher College, 8pm
Rupert Sheldrake is a biologist and author of many books, including The Rebirth of Nature and, with Matthew Fox, Nature Grace: Dialogues on Science and Spirituality.
Open Evening with Andrew Harvey
Wednesday July 16, 2008
In association with Transition Town Totnes
Venue: St John’s Church, Totnes, 8pm
Andrew Harvey is an internationally renowned religious scholar, writer, teacher, and the author of over 30 books, including the critically acclaimed Way of Passion: A Celebration of Rumi, the award winning Journey to Ladakh and the best-selling The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying (co-author).
Open Evening with Mary Evelyn Tucker
Wednesday July 23, 2008
Venue: Schumacher College, 8pm
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.
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