Schumacher College :

Green Design in Practice: Building an Earthship

Monday, 21 March 2011 11:00pm

Two week course | Kevan Trott | Participants will work on the construction of a small earthship structure in the grounds of the Sharpham Estate, enabling them to learn the theory and experience the practice of all parts of the construction process. read more…

Ecopsychology: Exploring the roots to change

Monday, 07 March 2011 3:58pm

March 7th – 25th, 2011 | one, two or three-week course | Dave Key, Mary-Jayne Rust, Jerome Bernstein, Alida Gersie, and Sophie Banks | Ecopsychology has a fundamentally important role to play in responding to current social and ecological challenges. This three-week course explores the many layers of this role. From denial to inspiration for action, our motivations are governed by our emotional responses and what we believe about our place in the web of life.

Purpose and Profit: How holistic thinking can remake business

Monday, 21 February 2011 12:56pm

February 21 – 25, 2011 | Chris Nichols, Chris Seeley | Recent economic events have told us that our present economic system is vulnerable. Can organisations be successful and genuinely sustainable – in the broadest sense? read more…

Transformative Development

Monday, 31 January 2011 1:33pm

one, two or three-week course | Allan Kaplan, Bunker Roy, Aruna Roy | January 31 – February 18, 2011 | This course will explore the changing face of development, beginning with a discussion of the broader global context within which any development work must take place, moving on to look at the process by which individuals facilitate change within communities, and finally examining different examples of radical grassroots community activism and empowerment.

Systems Thinking in a Complex World

Tuesday, 04 January 2011 9:19am

one, two or three-week course | Hardin Tibbs, Philip Franses, Jean Boulton, Gunter Pauli | January 4 – 21, 2011 | Consider any of the problems or challenges facing our modern world and it will quickly become apparent that they are part of a whole complex system which we ignore at our peril. This course provides an introduction to systems thinking and its application to sustainability, ecodesign, organisational and social change, industry, business and enterprise.

Redeeming Darkness

Monday, 13 December 2010 9:52am

December 13-16, 2010 | Tchenka Sunderland, Lindsay Clarke & Chris Salisbury | At this, the darkest time of the year, it seems appropriate to seek the redemption of the Dark. Building on last year’s course, Darkness and Transformation, this course will enable participants to reflect on how we can renew our relationship with the creative mysteries of darkness and come to understand and appreciate its powers and gifts.

Transformational Change: Business inspired by nature

Monday, 22 November 2010 12:13pm

22 – 26 November 2010 | On this programme, 20 people from business and change organisations will work collaboratively on developing a template for change that they can take back to their organisations to catalyse transformational thought, innovation and action.

The Art of Feminine Leadership: Values, vision and success

Friday, 19 November 2010 3:13pm

November 19 – 21, 2010 | Teacher: Lynne Franks | How can we create and embed a more sustainable feminine style of values-based leadership in all areas of business and society? How do we redefine success for the individual as well as for business?

Using Living Roofs and Walls: A macro and a micro perspective

Monday, 15 November 2010 3:40pm

November 15 – 19, 2010 | Teachers: Dusty Gedge, Gary Grant, John Little | By the end of the course, participants will have an overview of the benefits and challenges of green roofs and walls, how they are designed and the practical skills necessary to build your own.

Leadership, Education and the Closed Loop Economy

Monday, 08 November 2010 1:10pm

November 8 – 12, 2010 | Ellen MacArthur, Ken Webster, Steve Martin | How do we educate for sustainability? What new skills and ways of thinking can help young people and the institutions that work with them prepare for a challenging – and unpredictable – future? What qualities of leadership can inspire a new generation of engaged citizens?

Ecoliteracy: First principles for radical change

Monday, 25 October 2010 9:54am

October 25 – November 5, 2010 | One or two-week course | Fritjof Capra (by videolink), Gustavo Esteva (by videolink), Stephan Harding, Philip Franses, Gill Wyatt, Julie Richardson, Mark Burton, Satish Kumar, Jon Rae, Terry Irwin (by videolink), Toni Spencer, Bethan Stagg, Anne Miller, Emily Ryan (course facilitator) | Changing the way we live and work on the planet is vital, and to do that we need a whole new set of skills to enable us to act effectively – and urgently. Understanding Ecoliteracy will help students to appreciate and act with a greater ecological awareness in both local and global situations.

Ecological Facilitation: A gritty and creative approach to leadership

Sunday, 17 October 2010 1:09pm

October 17 – 23, 2010 | Jenny Mackewn and Toni Spencer | Whether you are an experienced facilitator seeking a fresh approach or improved ecological awareness, or new to this field but wanting skills to lead and facilitate change in others – this course brings together the radical thinking that will enable you to be part of leading this transition.

Wild Plants as Food and Medicine

Monday, 11 October 2010 3:56pm

11 – 15 October 2010 | Erin Smith, Simon Mills | Today many of us have forgotten how vital interaction with the natural world is to our wellbeing. This experiential course will explore how cultivating our relationship to plants can improve our physical and emotional health on many different levels.

To Buy or Not to Buy? Consumption, Growth and Prosperity

Monday, 04 October 2010 7:42pm

October 4 – 8, 2010 | Tim Jackson, Ed Mayo, Julie Richardson | Unless we can radically lower the environmental impact of our economic activity – and there is no evidence to suggest that we can – we will have to devise a path to prosperity that does not rely on continued growth.

Whose Land is it Anyway? Empowerment and community of place

Monday, 27 September 2010 4:20pm

27 September – 1 October, 2010 | Alastair McIntosh, Iain MacKinnon, Sulemana Abudulai | This course will address important and complex challenges in combining land, human and Earth rights, as well as the fun and inspirational ways communities can live, work and learn together. It will help you in taking the next step in your relationship with the land, and within the rich community of Earth as a whole.

Creativity and Social Innovation

Monday, 20 September 2010 12:53pm

20 – 24 September, 2010 | Kate Davies, Jonathan Robinson | How can we create sustainable human systems – social, organizational, political and economic? What methods and processes help generate innovative social change? What are the skills of successful change agents?

Why food is vital to a sustainable society? Talk with Carolyn Steel

Wednesday, 15 September 2010 4:42pm

8pm, Wednesday 15th September | Totnes Methodist Church | Carolyn Steel is author of ‘Hungry City’, which explored the relationshipsbetween food and cities. Can food production be central to town lifeand urban planning? What might this mean for Totnes?

Awakening our Relationship with Food

Monday, 13 September 2010 8:38pm

September 13 – 17, 2010 | Edward Espe Brown, Carolyn Steel | This course steps back from asking what to eat and how to cook it and reflects on our relationship to food as a whole, and what it can tell us about how we relate to the natural world and our inner world.

Land Matters – Documentary Screening

Thursday, 09 September 2010 4:02pm

5pm | The Barn Cinema, Dartington | A special screening of the documentary following the Land Matters Co-operative as it sought planning permission to create a low-impact permaculture holding in South Devon.

Seeing through paradox, believing through difference

Thursday, 22 July 2010 8:13pm

Thursday July 22nd – Sunday July 25th | Henri Bortof, Ilan Pappé, Philip Franses | Past, present and future come together in a new synthesis: scientific, historical and spiritual. Process and pilgrimage is a forum for intellectual and practical inquiry, where exploring another way of being in the world is significant in creating renewal.

Practical Skills for Sustainable Local Food

Tuesday, 20 July 2010 1:53pm

19, 20, 21 July | We are offering a series of Taster Days alongside our Practical Skills for Sustainable Local Food course so that it’s possible for you to come and learn some new skills while sampling what Schumacher has to offer in an affordable and accessible way.

Gaia's Garden: Summer in the Schumacher grounds

Sunday, 18 July 2010 1:11pm

July 18 – 22, 2010 | Practical skills for sustainable local food – A short course | Dyane Osborne, Martin Crawford, Rhamis Kent, Nick Gooderham | The course provides the opportunity to learn a range of garden-related skills as well as hearing from practitioners at the cutting edge of sustainable and community-based food production activities.

Gaia and the Evolution of Consciousness

Monday, 21 June 2010 3:58pm

June 21 – July 2, 2010 | One or two-week course | Sean Kelly, Rupert Sheldrake and Stephan Harding | This course will explore the scientific basis of Gaia theory and its implications for human consciousness. How does the fact that we can think of our planet as being a living entity in its own right affect our relationship to the natural world?

Pilgrimage and Discovery: Further explorations with the Earth Pilgrim

Friday, 11 June 2010 11:05am

11 – 18 June, 2010 | Friday – Friday Course | Satish Kumar, Chris Lloyd and others | By popular demand, our Earth Pilgrim course is being both lengthened and deepened to enable participants to have more time to explore and experience a deep connection with the land. As well as days walking on Dartmoor, spending time in sacred sites and hidden beauty spots, there will also be visits to the South Devon coast and the varied and fascinating landscapes on the Dartington estate itself.

Children and Nature: Rediscovering a sense of wonder

Monday, 31 May 2010 11:00am

31 May – 4 June 2010 | Richard Louv, Kathy Louv, Jan van Boeckel | This course looks at why nature is important for children’s development and creativity, and how the “nature gap” can be bridged. It includes outdoor arts-based workshops and experiential exercises which can be used in many environmental education contexts.

The Engaged Artist: An Open Evening with Peter Adams

Wednesday, 26 May 2010 9:10pm

Wednesday 26 May , 2010 | 8pm | This Open Evening is being run alongside the Schumacher College course Creativity, Perception and the Modern Mind: Leonardo and the Search for Holism

Creativity, Perception and the Modern Mind: Leonardo and the Search for Holism

Monday, 17 May 2010 4:42pm

May 17 – 28, 2010 | A two-week course | Fritjof Capra, Peter Adams | At the root of the major problems of our time lies a crisis of perception: basing our understanding of the world on reductionist science. The experience and understanding of human creativity — in art, design, and in the realm of ideas — will be a major focus of the course. With Iain McGilchrist as Guest Lecturer

The Be-wildered Leader: An Open Evening with Tim 'Mac' Macartney

Wednesday, 12 May 2010 9:40pm

Wednesday 12 May , 2010 | 8pm | Tim ‘Mac’ Macartney is the founder of Embercombe, a published author, a trustee with two other charities, and an associate with Leaders’ Quest

Leadership in Times of Chaos: Exploring Old and New Wisdom

Monday, 10 May 2010 11:32am

May 10 – 14, 2010 | One-week course | Margaret Wheatley | Leadership has never been as difficult and perplexing as it is today. This course is an inquiry into how we, as leaders, can understand the deep and conflicting dynamics of our role and make choices about who we choose to be for this a historic and deeply troubled time.

Sustainable Development for Business

Monday, 26 April 2010 4:57pm

3-day practitioner workshop 26 – 29 April 2010 | Run by the IEM programme at the University of Bath at Schumacher College | Make sense of the conflicting views of Sustainable Development. Find out what is expected of business and learn how to make your organisation effective.

Ecological Facilitation: A gritty and creative approach to leadership (1)

Tuesday, 06 April 2010 11:50am

April 6-10, 2010 | One-week course | Jenny Mackewn and Toni Spencer | This practical skills based course will engage with questions of how to facilitate groups engaged in the challenges of creating a sustainable future. Key themes to be explored are: working with uncertainty, relational practice, creativity, and facilitation as leadership.

Ecoliteracy: First principles for radical change (2)

Monday, 22 March 2010 11:55am

One or two week course | Teachers in person and via video link include: Fritjof Capra, Stephan Harding, Philip Franses, Satish Kumar, Anne Miller, Oliver Greenfield | Transforming the way we live on the planet is vital, and to do that we need a whole new set of skills that enable us to act effectively in a complex world. This course brings together the key components of our established courses to offer a solid foundation to those wanting to make a real difference in their lives and work.

Miriam Kennet: Gender and Climate

Wednesday, 17 March 2010 7:00pm

Miriam Kennet explores the role of women in climate change.

Alex Randall: Inside Copenhagen

Wednesday, 10 March 2010 7:00pm

Alex Randall shares his experience of being part of the delegation of one of the most vulnerable countries in the world at COP15.

Vandana Shiva: Biotechnology and World Food Supplies

Wednesday, 03 March 2010 11:46am

Vandana Shiva explains the science of biotechnology (genetic engineering), and the dangers it poses to the world’s food supplies.

Responsible Business: Caring for the Earth, Serving Society and Making Profit

Wednesday, 03 March 2010 11:25am

3 March 2010 in Hong Kong | Satish Kumar will speak on how business can respond to the crises of climate change and poverty and reshape business in such a way that it works for the wellbeing of all. Jointly presented by the ‘Schumacher in China’ Programme; Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden; and the Business Environment Council | Part of the Schumacher in China Programme

After Copenhagen: Opportunities and challenges

Monday, 01 March 2010 12:09pm

March 1 – 19, 2010 | One, two and three week options | Vandana Shiva, Malini Mehra, Ian Christie, Clare Short MP, Rob Hopkins, Miriam Kennet, Nigel Topping | The teachers on this course will share their insights into what was achieved at the Copenhagen climate change summit and what the implications are for efforts to build a fairer and more sustainable global community.

Screen Talk: Equipping our children to thrive in the 21st Century

Wednesday, 24 February 2010 3:52pm

Wednesday 24th February, 8pm | At the South Devon Steiner School | Carl Honore, award winning international journalist and author of Under Pressure and In Praise of Slow | Presented by The South Devon Steiner School and Schumacher College

Open Evening with Per Espen Stoknes

Wednesday, 17 February 2010 7:00pm

8pm | Schumacher College | Per Espen Stoknes is an organisational psychologist, senior lecturer at BI Norwegian School of Management where he is Co-Director of Centre for Climate Strategy.

Complexity, Emergence and Economics

Wednesday, 10 February 2010 7:00pm

8pm | Schumacher College | Philip Franses studied mathematics at New College Oxford from 1976 to 1980. Academia’s dull explanation of the world inspired Philip on a counter-journey into the depths of experience, travelling and a re-sensitisation to quality.

The Economics of Happiness

Monday, 01 February 2010 3:38pm

February 1 – 19, 2010 | One, two and three week options | Tim Kasser, Dasho Karma Ura, Per Espen Stoknes, Nic Marks & Andrew Simms | This course looks at the connection between money and happiness at a psychological and a systemic level. What can we as individuals do to combat the dominance of materialism, and how can our economic system be reformed so that it promotes well-being rather than economic growth?

The Idea of Soul – From Egypt to Hillman

Wednesday, 13 January 2010 7:00pm

8pm | Schumacher College | Open Evening with Bernadette Brady | Our personal beliefs around Soul reveal our attitude to life on Earth – are we referees or players in the complex game of life on Earth?

Open Evening with Elisabet Sahtouris

Wednesday, 06 January 2010 7:00pm

8pm | Schumacher College | Dr. Elisabet Sahtouris is an internationally known evolution biologist, futurist, author and professor, teaching sustainable business and globalisation as a natural evolutionary process and organizing international symposia on the foundations of science.

Science Meets Spirit: The search for meaning

Monday, 04 January 2010 11:55am

January 4 – 22, 2010 | One, two and three week options | Elisabet Sahtouris, Arthur Zajonc, Mary Midgley, Bernadette Brady, Ravi Ravindra One of the most significant discoveries of modern science is the discovery of its own limitations. This has led many of the greatest scientists to reflect on how spiritual search and the search for meaning can relate to scientific research.

Schumacher College in Copenhagen

Monday, 14 December 2009 2:38pm

Schumacher College will be highlighting the critical skills and new approaches needed for radical change at next month’s Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. Along with the worlds NGO’s, activists and movement’s like the Transition Network, we will be taking part in Klimaforum09, the civic society conference which is running alongside the UN organised COP15.

100 Days - Countdown to Copenhagen

Saturday, 05 December 2009 12:56pm

Saturday 5 December | Dartington Hall
An evening of artist responses as part of the world-wide effort drawing attention to the Climate Change talks in Copenhagen, which begin December 7th 2009. All events are free.

Open Evening on Localisation of the Food Supply

Tuesday, 01 December 2009 7:00pm

Co-sponsored with Transition Town Totnes Food Group
With Andrew Whitley (Bread Matters), Sheila Dillon (BBC Radio 4 Food Programme) and TTT Food Group members

Darkness and Transformation (Winter Warmer Week)

Tuesday, 01 December 2009 10:19am

December 1 – 4 2009 | Tchenka Sunderland and Jules Cashford | We live in a culture that, in a desire to understand and control chaotic Nature, has deified the Light at the expense of the Dark. The light of reason has banished the dark of superstition; the light of electricity has blotted out the dark of the night sky. The consequences are becoming clear for all to see and at this darkest time of the year, it seems appropriate to seek ways of redressing the balance.

Baking for a New Food Culture (Winter Warmer Week)

Monday, 30 November 2009 1:02pm

One week course | Andrew Whitley, Sheila Dillon | During this course, participants will have the opportunity to explore the process by which food has become an industrial commodity, find out about alternatives and learn how to bake a variety of delicious breads.

Wholeness in Three Panels

Monday, 23 November 2009 3:20pm

Process and Pilgrimage event
particles that dance; stories that fire; language that inspires
Monday 23rd November 2009
The Window, Islington, London (10.00am – 5.00pm)