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Mary Mellor, a leading figure in developing alternative models of money, finance and economic development, outlines how we could use money to create an economy that meets our needs.
Jonathan Dawson, co-Head of Economics at Schumacher College, gives a hopeful account of the diversity of innovative movements that are contributing towards social transformation.
Bill McKibben talks about the importance of activism to meet the environmental problems we face today.
Jonathan Dawson, co-Head of Economics at Schumacher College, talks about his involvement in the Global Ecovillage Network.
Kate Pickett & Richard Wilkinson, authors of The Spirit Level, make the case for why we all do better when we’re equal.
Ann Pettifor on the current European financial crisis and the new MA in Economics for Transition at Schumacher College.
David Orr discusses the importance of Ecoliteracy and the value of Ecological Education.
David Orr talks about the US-based Oberlin Project and how it can inspire communities in the UK to work collaboratively with other groups to create a greener future.
Iain McGilchrist suggests that the bipartite structure of the brain helps us to understand why the world so often seems paradoxical, and why we so often end up achieving the opposite of what we intend.
Rob Hopkins explains how doing transition is like baking a cake.
Deepak Chopra talks about how we can be liberated from stress, burn out, depression, immune dysfunction, relationship pressures and other emotional and physical illnesses.
Deepak Chopra argues that Rabindranath Tagore’s contribution to our understanding of spirituality is deeply needed to repair our soul and heal our planet.
Mary-Jayne Rust talks about the importance of facing the personal and collective shadow of the ecological crisis. In a dark time the eye begins to see.
Dave Key presents the WWF Natural Change Project as a successful case study of applied Ecopsychology.
Aruna Roy is a recipient of Magsaysay award – valued as the Asian Nobel prize – for community leadership and international understanding. Sanjit “Bunker” Roy is an Indian social entrepreneur who, in 1972, established the Social Work and Research Centre, now known as the Barefoot College.
Allan Kaplan talks about Facilitation as the art of anticipation.
Robert Chambers is a research associate at the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex and author of the influential book, Rural Development: Putting the Last First
Gunter Pauli presents fascinating examples of new innovations and business models that can offer simple solutions to many global challenges.
Jean Boulton makes the link between Complexity Theory, Buddhism and Taoism and shows what a worldview based on the learnings from Complexity Theory could look like.
Hardin Tibbs is a specialist in strategic thinking. In this talk he explores future prospects for the global system.
A series of interviews and stories recounting the unique experience of day-to-day life at Schumacher College.
Polly Higgins is a lawyer who has dedicated her life to one client – the Earth.
Carolyn Steel, author of ‘Hungry City’, explores the relationships between food and cities. Can food production be central to town life and urban planning?
Rhamis Kent tells the story of the urban agriculture movement in Detroit to illustrate the role of permaculture in the transformation of post-industrial urban America.
Rupert Sheldrake explores the fascinating domain of telepathy, and its potential impact on our scientific understanding.
Sean Kelly presents five principles to place human existence into a holistic, ecological context.
Helena Norberg-Hodge talks about the growing worldwide movement for economic localization.
Fritjof Capra outlines the lessons we can learn from Leonardo da Vinci’s scientific approach. “In my view, what we need today is exactly the kind of science that Leonardo da Vinci outlined 500 years ago.”
Vandana Shiva explains the science of biotechnology (genetic engineering), and the dangers it poses to the world’s food supplies.
Part 2 of this 2 part lecture series explores the human impact on the earth’s climate in the past, present and future.
This is part 1 of a 2 part lecture series which outlines the basic concepts for understanding climate change.
Philip Franses talks about Complexity and Emergence in our Economic system.
Tim Kasser presents his compelling psychological research on materialism and its alternatives.
Ravi Ravindra poses the question: “What is God that we are mindful of him?”
Bernadette Brady explores the Idea of Soul and shows how our personal beliefs around Soul reveal our attitude to life on Earth.
Dr. Elisabet Sahtouris shows how insights from evolutionary biology can lead us to a better future on an ever changing planet.
Thomas Moore, author of the bestselling book Care of the Soul talks about the Soul of the Gospels.
