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Newsletter: January 2008
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We have news of Satish, talking of India and of Dartmoor on the BBC, of the Schumacher College garden in transition, of the power of the consumer in greening the economy with Julia Hailes and of the new Schumacher College forum which lets YOU do the talking. So without another word…
Earth Pilgrim Satish Kumar, Programme Director at Schumacher College in the media spotlight
Millions tuned in to watch Earth Pilgrim last week, part of the BBC series Natural World, narrated by Satish. This was a beautiful piece combining the story of Satish’s life with a year on Dartmoor. Several high profile press stories surrounded the programme.
Satish speaking in Earth Pilgrim: “Sadly, the human species considers itself as a superior species – and, in that, we try to control nature, manipulate nature. The way we treat our animals… forests… our oceans and rivers, and land and soil – that appears as if we are at war with nature. And in waging war against nature, we create problems for ourselves, because we ARE nature. And global warming, pollution of rivers, depletion of resources, is like cutting the branch upon which we are sitting.”
Get more information about our London Seminar where Satish is speaking
Get more information about the Schumacher College course – Walk with the Earth Pilgrim being taugh by Satish
Read Soul Man a piece about Satish by John Vidal in the Guardian
Listen to Elegant Simplicity and other podcasts by Satish on the Resurgence website
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Schumacher College On-line welcomes visitors and opens its first forum
As part of launching our exciting new website we are delighted to be able to offer you the Schumacher College virtual forum. You can join as an alumnus, short course participant or general browser of our website. Join in with discussions surrounding our courses or about issues connected with sustainability and transformative education. We are very keen to provide our wider global community with the space to discuss what is important to them through our shared home of Schumacher College. Here is the first generation of these activities.
Enjoy the forum and the website as a whole.
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Q: What’s in your wallet? A: Power…
Article by Julia Hailes
Think green consumerism’s the latest thing? Well, we’ve been here before. Back in 1988, the million-selling Green Consumer Guide helped sweep aerosols off a thousand supermarket shelves. Then it all went a bit quiet. So what’s different this time round? And will it last? Julia Hailes, co-author of the original eco-shopper’s bible, has some answers.
Julia will be teaching on our course Tackling Climate Change at Home in April alongside Peter Harper (Centre for Alternative Technology) and Alastair Sawday (Founder of Alastair Sawday Publishing, author of Special Places to Stay series)
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Sharing the work
We wanted to take this opportunity now that the plants have gone to seed or rest in the stillness of their root systems to review some of the amazing happenings of the past year in the Schumacher College garden. Course participants, staff and volunteers have collectively engaged in this transformational process over the past 16 months in attempting to act in the best interests of the land, the soil, and the biodiversity (ourselves included). By way of celebration here is a small gallery of pictures from throughout that year.
Thanks to all of you who have been a part of this journey over the past year.
See the pictures and read more
Read more about our course in May Reconnecting with Nature as Healer
Next Open Evening8pm, 6th February, Ezio Manzini, Professor of Industrial Design, Milan Polytechnic. Satish book signing7pm, 12th February, Satish will be talking about his new book Spiritual Compass at Totnes Bookshop at 7pm. Tickets are free and available in advance from the venue. Seminar in London8th March, Cultures of Sustainability: Reflections from Schumacher College Buy 8 tickets and get one free. Thank you to our funders of 2007Our great thanks to those who have made donations, from our Open Evenings to the anonymous cheque we received last week for several hundred pounds. Our important work relies on course fees, donations, support from the Dartington Hall Trust and funding bodies. Warm wishes to all. |
Programme 2008 – courses open for booking
Almost full Designing for Sustainability: Systems, ethics & beauty
4 – 22 February, 2008
Full Roots of Learning: Educating for community and sustainability
25 – 29 February, 2008
Development: What Next?
3 – 20 March, 2008
Tackling Climate Change at Home
7 – 11 April, 2008
Full Inspired Leadership: Seeing organisations as living systems
21 – 25 April, 2008
Reconnecting with Nature as Healer
5 – 16 May, 2008
Creating Nature: Art in the landscape
26 May – 6 June, 2008
Soul of Science
16 – 27 June, 2008
Sacred Activism
14 – 25 July, 2008
MSc in Holistic Science
Starting September 2008
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