Eve Annecke, co-founder and director of the Sustainability Insitute in South Africa has been an occasional short course participant at Schumacher College. Seven other members of the Sustainability Institute team recently attended Ecoliteracy: First principals for radical change. Hundreds of miles away from the Sustainability Institute in both distance and context, she talks about the work at Schumacher College as being deeply influential. “In all the creative work we have done in the last 10 years the work we have done with Schumacher has been one of the highlights.”
With over 10,000 copies already in circulation, Schumacher College’s cookbook Gaia’s Kitchen, has been re-printed for the third time since it was first published in 2000. Gaia’s Kitchen author Julia Ponsonby talked to Anna Lodge about why the cookbook remains popular.
Christina Hurst-Prager
July 2008
We are 17 people assembled in the library of an 18th century English country estate in Devon in the Southwest of England. Looking around, we couldn’t be much more different from each other. As it turns out, we come from various countries, from England, Scotland to Belgium, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine as well as Columbia, Mexico and the USA; our age range is from 27 to late sixties.
We are proud to announce the establishment of a scholarship fund in support of our MSc in Holistic Science by the Italian company ABOCA.
For those of you who have waited for the new print of the sell-out Gaia’s Kitchen by Schumacher College’s Julia Ponsonby can now purchase copies from Green Books.
Just before Easter, I accepted an invitation to contribute to a course on development at Schumacher College which is situated in the grounds of Dartington Hall, near Totnes. The college is famous for its commitment to environmental sustainability as is the Dartington Trust.
The Certificate in Education was established at Schumacher College in 2007 to provide a platform for participants to develop their professional practice in adult education for sustainability. The aim is to broaden the reach of the ‘Schumacher educational experience’ whilst bringing in other ideas to create new models. It is also hoped that in empowering participants to create similar centres or projects in their local communities, people can find this inspiration and learning within their own region rather than needing to fly across the world; a global education with a smaller carbon footprint.
15 to 19 September, 2008, A Schumacher College Course
Those who enjoyed watching Earth Pilgrim on BBC2’s Natural World can now have the opportunity to walk on Dartmoor in the company of Satish Kumar, who will share with them his reverential approach to nature and lead them on a pilgrimage into the tors, valleys, woodlands and other hidden corners of this beautiful landscape.
David Nicholson-Lord
The point of deep ecology is that all life has intrinsic value. Even a small and seemingly insignificant creature has a purpose and a role in the scheme of things. Hence, we need to consider the importance of all life forms.
Rajni Bakshi
Open evenings at Schumacher College always begin with a peaceful silence. The gathering of about a hundred people pauses for five minutes of meditative quiet before delving into a variety of contemporary issues.
After a year at the College, Karen takes a moment to reflect on the College, how it was, how it is and how it will be.
