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Newsletter: Earth Jurisprudence
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Many of you have contacted us asking for more information about the exciting area of Earth Jurisprudence and our forthcoming course by the same title. This email is an introduction to some of the resources now available on our website about Earth Jurisprudence.
This course draws on many topics fundamental to the established teaching at Schumacher College, but will also incorporate new ideas and ways of thinking. We hope many of you, with your range professional and philosophical backgrounds, are able to join us in September for a week of thorough conceptual and practical engagement with this much needed and emerging area of work.
Earth Jurisprudence: Making the law work for nature
This dynamic course, run in association with The Gaia Foundation and UKELA, will address how to radically change culture and society so that all species on Earth have a future. It will provide participants with the unique opportunity to learn in-depth about the theory and philosophy underlying Earth Jurisprudence. They will address the details of its application and its relationship to broader social issues. Leaders in the field will share their experience and thoughts in this radical and innovative approach to law, business enterprise and community governance.
Teachers: Cormac Cullinan, Mellese Damtie, Ng’ang’a Thiong’o, Ian Mason & facilitator, Liz Rivers
New, full course details are now available on our website. To see this information click here.
Reminder: bookings made by 20th July 2008 receive 15% off.
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An article on the philosophy of Earth Jurisprudence by barrister Ian Mason
Here is a fascinating article recently published by Resurgence magazine. Ian Mason looks at Earth Jurisprudence as a philosophy of law which can be taken as a personal code of self-development and as a founding philosophy of law for societies.
Humility, generosity, patience and restraint are the four pillars on which Earth Jurisprudence is founded. They will be the principles at the heart of the transition to climate stability, biodiverse environments and resilient livelihoods.
…Earth Jurisprudence is a philosophy of law that sees the Earth as the proximate teacher of a Great Jurisprudence in which the universe, not humanity, is the primary lawgiver. Where our technological culture and skill have persuaded us that humans are the masters of all things, Earth Jurisprudence invites humanity to engage as rational and loving participants in something much greater than we are.
Ian Mason, a barrister and Head of Law and Economics at the School of Economic Science.
To read more of Earth Jurisprudence by Ian Mason, click here.
New, full course details are now available on our website. To see this information click here.
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Earth Jurisprudence: An introduction
It is clear that our legal and governance systems need to change, and this requires a radical approach. But what should this change of direction consist of and where will it take us? How can we rebuild a healthy relationship with our planet and with each other? And what policy framework and governance structures should we turn to in order to create a more harmonious relationship between humans, non-human species and the Earth?
Thomas Berry calls for us to define a new Earth Jurisprudence, a notion that challenges us to shift our thinking from a humans-only orientation to a more Earth centred approach based on an understanding of ourselves as an inextricable part of the Earth’s living systems.
Earth Jurisprudence is premised on the understanding that law and governance should protect the wellbeing and integral functioning of the planet so that all components of the Earth Community live in healthy ecosystems that sustain the diversity of the natural world.
To read a summary around the concept, philosophy and application of Earth Jurisprudence click here.
New, full course details are now available on our website. To see this information click here.
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Also now available on our site, full details for the following courses
Sacred Activism
14 – 25 July, 2008 | Starhawk, Mary Evelyn Tucker, John Grim
Walking with the Earth Pilgrim
September 15 – 19, 2008 | Satish Kumar
Earth Jurisprudence: Making the law work for nature
September 22 – 26, 2008 | Cormac Cullinan, Mellese Damtie, Ng’ang’a Thiong’o, Ian Mason, Elizabeth Rivers
Sustainability and Leadership: The personal challenge
October 14 – 17, 2008| Richard Olivier
Biomimicry: New directions in sustainable design
October 20 – 24, 2008 | Michael Pawlyn, Julian Vincent, Neil Thomas, Graham Dodd
Sustainability and Leadership: The organisational challenge
October 27 – 31, 2008 | Allan Jones, Gaynor Coley, Nick Robins, Paul Dickinson
Roots of Learning: Educating the whole person
November 3 – 7, 2008 | Jack Miller
For the full Schumacher College short course programme please click here.
Summer deal: 15% off many of our Short Course fees. Applies for bookings made until 20 July 2008 only.
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