http://schumachercollege.org.uk/ http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/ Fri, 16 May 2008 18:13:04 CEST April 2 – 6, 2009 | Ben Stimson, Andy Hobsbawm, Naresh Ramchandani, Antony Turner| Many corporations taking pro-active action on climate change are seeing benefits. More businesses need clear communication strategies in this area to make the most of this opportunity. read more…

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/communicate-climate-change-the-business-challenge Thursday, 02 April 2009 5:18pm http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/communicate-climate-change-the-business-challenge A one, two or three week course | Gunter Pauli, Don Beck, Rob Hopkins, John Wood | A systemic approach is vital if we are to tackle successfully the complex problems facing society and the environment today, from community responses to climate change and social enterprise, to conflict resolution and social development on a global scale. read more…

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/systems-thinking-in-practice Monday, 09 March 2009 5:10pm http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/systems-thinking-in-practice February 23 – 27, 2009 | Kate Davies| Education can play a critical role in helping to transform our society. A key question for educators is: How can we prepare learners to lead the changes that are necessary to achieve social and ecological sustainability? read more…

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/roots-of-learning-strategies-for-creative-social-change Monday, 23 February 2009 5:04pm http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/roots-of-learning-strategies-for-creative-social-change A one, two or three week course | Manfred Max-Neef, Margrit Kennedy, Colin Hines, Wolfgang Sachs | Problems with the global economy are presented in the mainstream media as those that can be managed within existing systems. There is a need for a transformation of economics if human society is to survive and prosper. read more…

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/embedding-holistic-economics-for-a-global-community Monday, 26 January 2009 4:55pm http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/embedding-holistic-economics-for-a-global-community A one, two or three week course | David Peat, Amit Goswami, Peter Fenwick, Chris Clarke | The nature of consciousness has fascinated philosophers and scientists for centuries. Today, different fields of science are generating discoveries and insights which lead practitioners to expand existing theories of what consciousness is and what it can do. read more…

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/exploring-science-matter-and-consciousness Monday, 05 January 2009 4:45pm http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/exploring-science-matter-and-consciousness Two Week Course | Including Chris Nichols, Karen Blincoe, Galahad JD Clark | At this time of great change, how do we create organisations and businesses that engage with sustainability and ethics? This is a unique opportunity to explore these questions and develop your business plan or strategy. read more…

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/ethical-pioneers-an-interactive-masterclass-for-the-new-entrepreneur Monday, 24 November 2008 10:00am http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/ethical-pioneers-an-interactive-masterclass-for-the-new-entrepreneur November 17 – 21, 2008 | Andrew Whitley, Carlo Petrini | The Slow Food movement has gone from campaigning for quality food, to demanding food that as well as tasting good, is produced in environmentally and socially responsible ways. read more…

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/real-food-slow-food-championing-sustainable-food Monday, 17 November 2008 4:32pm http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/real-food-slow-food-championing-sustainable-food November 3 – 7, 2008 | Jack Miller | More and more people are focusing on holistic principles of education as a way of expanding educational experience and attention to the whole person. This applies to both students and teachers. The challenge is to be creative and responsive to the individuality of students, and work with them to develop a curriculum that is relevant to their needs. read more…

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/roots-of-learning-educating-the-whole-person Monday, 03 November 2008 4:22pm http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/roots-of-learning-educating-the-whole-person October 27 – 31, 2008 | Allan Jones, Gaynor Coley, Nick Robins, Paul Dickinson | What models are there of organisations making serious progress towards sustainability and what can be learned from them? read more…

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/the-organisational-challenge Monday, 27 October 2008 3:58pm http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/the-organisational-challenge October 20 – 24, 2008 | Michael Pawlyn, Julian Vincent, Neil Thomas, Graham Dodd | Proponents of biomimicry contend that many of the solutions that we will need during the sustainability revolution are to be found in nature: super-efficient structures, high strength bio-degradable composites, self-cleaning surfaces, zero-waste systems and low-energy ways of creating fresh water. read more…

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/biomimicry-new-directions-insustainable-design Monday, 20 October 2008 4:10pm http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/biomimicry-new-directions-insustainable-design October 14 – 17, 2008| Richard Olivier | Those on this participatory three day Mythodrama workshop will benefit from a unique form of experiential learning that combines theatre practice, psychology and philosophy with organisational development. read more…

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/the-personal-challenge Tuesday, 14 October 2008 3:39pm http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/the-personal-challenge September 22 – 26, 2008 | Cormac Cullinan, Mellese Damtie, Ng’ang’a Thiong’o, Ian Mason | The dominant western industrial legal system is founded on promoting or protecting human interests. There is an expanding debate and practice around assigning rights to the planet and all species. What are the characteristics of a governance system established to protect the rights of all members of a particular ecological community? read more…

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/Earth-Jurisprudence Monday, 22 September 2008 3:16pm http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/Earth-Jurisprudence September 15-19, 2008 | With Satish Kumar, on Dartmoor, participants will visit landscapes pictured in the documentary – woods, rivers, tors, stone circles, and the open moor – walking together, talking and sitting quietly. There will also be talks from resident College staff about Gaia theory, deep ecology and sustainability.

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/walk-with-the-earth-pilgrim Monday, 15 September 2008 4:13pm http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/walk-with-the-earth-pilgrim Venue: Schumacher College, 8pm
Mary Evelyn Tucker is Professor of Religion at Bucknell University, USA and Co-Director of the Forum on Religion and Ecology. She is author most recently of Worldly Wonder: Religions Enter their Ecological Phase.

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/community/open-evening-with-mary-evelyn-tucker Wednesday, 23 July 2008 3:04pm http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/community/open-evening-with-mary-evelyn-tucker In association with Transition Town Totnes
Venue: St John’s Church, Totnes, 8pm
Andrew Harvey is an internationally renowned religious scholar, writer, teacher, and the author of over 30 books, including the critically acclaimed Way of Passion: A Celebration of Rumi, the award winning Journey to Ladakh and the best-selling The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying (co-author).

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/community/open-evening-with-andrew-harvey Wednesday, 16 July 2008 2:59pm http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/community/open-evening-with-andrew-harvey One or Two Week Course (Various start dates) | Participants will develop and understanding of the principals of Sacred Activism. They will discuss visions of the world and how to deal with global crisis through Sacred Activism, sustainable wellbeing, environmental ethics and religion. read more…

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/sacred-activism Monday, 14 July 2008 10:00am http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/sacred-activism Venue: Schumacher College, 8pm
Rupert Sheldrake is a biologist and author of many books, including The Rebirth of Nature and, with Matthew Fox, Nature Grace: Dialogues on Science and Spirituality.

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/community/open-evening-with-rupert-sheldrake Wednesday, 25 June 2008 2:57pm http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/community/open-evening-with-rupert-sheldrake Venue: Schumacher College, 8pm
Arthur Zajonc is Professor of Physics at Amherst College, where he has taught since 1978. In 1997 he served as scientific coordinator of The New Physics and Cosmology, a dialogue with H.H. the Dalai Lama. He is author of Catching the Light, co-author of Quantum Challenge, and co-editor of Goethe’s Way of Science.

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/community/open-evening-with-arthure-zajonc Wednesday, 18 June 2008 2:56pm http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/community/open-evening-with-arthure-zajonc One or Two Week Course (Various start dates) | The practice of modern science has for centuries been divorced from values other than that of “objectivity” and this has done much to alienate us from our direct, intuitive experience of nature. This approach is now being challenged. read more…

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/soul-of-science Monday, 16 June 2008 9:00am http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/soul-of-science In association with Transition Town Totnes
Venue: Schumacher College, 8pm
Lynne Hull has pioneered “trans-species” art, creating sculpture installations as wildlife habitat enhancement and eco-atonement for human impact. She has worked in the American West and eight other countries with a variety of wildlife agencies. Currently she is working on Migration Mileposts, linking communities in the Americas who share migratory birds.

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/community/open-evening-with-lynne-hull Wednesday, 04 June 2008 2:51pm http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/community/open-evening-with-lynne-hull One or Two Week Course (Various start dates) | Nature in all its beauty and complexity has been an integral part of art from the first images and artefacts ever created by humans. Recent years have seen a resurgence of its importance for artists, not just as inspiration but as the actual medium within which they work. read more…

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/creating-nature-art-in-the-landscape Monday, 26 May 2008 9:00am http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/creating-nature-art-in-the-landscape Venue: Schumacher College, 8pm
Mary Aver is a shaman and healer and has trained in many psychotherapeutic approaches, studying Eastern philosophies, teaching meditation and spiritual development. She is also a visiting lecturer at the Cranfield School of Management and a trainer/consultant in personal and professional development.

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/community/open-evening-with-mary-aver Wednesday, 14 May 2008 2:39pm http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/community/open-evening-with-mary-aver In association with Transition Town Totnes, 8pm
Venue: St John’s Church, Totnes (please note venue)
Cathrine Sneed is founder of The Garden Project in San Francisco, USA which offers structure and support to former offenders and at risk youth through job training in gardening, counselling, and assistance in continuing education. She has spoken widely about her work and has been honoured with such awards as the National Caring Award, the Hero for the Earth, and the National Foundation for the Improvement of Justice Award.

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/community/open-evening-with-cathrine-sneed Wednesday, 07 May 2008 7:30pm http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/community/open-evening-with-cathrine-sneed One or Two Week Course (Various start dates) | The industrialised world is rapidly realising the importance of nature as a provider of essential but limited resources including water, soil, and air. But its value for human wellbeing in the broader sense is only beginning to be fully understood. read more…

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/reconnecting-with-nature-as-healer Monday, 05 May 2008 9:00am http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/reconnecting-with-nature-as-healer One Week Course | Today, organisations of all types struggle with issues such as leadership, motivation, accountability, and organisational and cultural change. Much money and dedicated staff time have been applied to these issues. However, these areas of development continue to be problematic. read more…

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/inspired-leadership-seeing-organisations-as-living-systems Monday, 21 April 2008 9:00am http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/inspired-leadership-seeing-organisations-as-living-systems One Week Course | Bookshops and magazines are full of tips on how to live in a more environmentally friendly way and reduce your carbon footprint. This course will take this further, helping participants engage with these practical in-depth issues through understanding and applying solutions to their everyday lives. read more…

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/tackling-climate-change-at-home Monday, 07 April 2008 9:00am http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/tackling-climate-change-at-home Clare Short MP is a UK backbench Labour MP, having resigned from the Government over the Iraq war. She was UK Secretary of State for International Development from 1997 to May 2003. read more…

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/community/open-evening-with-clare-short-mp Wednesday, 19 March 2008 8:00pm http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/community/open-evening-with-clare-short-mp Transformation of societies: Development, what next?
Vandana Shiva is an Indian physicist, philosopher, feminist and tireless environmental activist.
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]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/community/open-evening-with-vandana-shiva Wednesday, 12 March 2008 8:00pm http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/community/open-evening-with-vandana-shiva Saturday, 8 March 2008 Cecil Sharp House, London, NW1 In this satellite event, some of the College’s own faculty will be joined by distinguished visiting teachers to discuss the current situation of global sustainability. Vandana Shiva, Gustavo Esteva, Satish Kumar, Karen Blincoe, Brian Goodwin, David Orr, Stephan Harding

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/events/new-london-seminar-cultures-of-sustainability-reflections-from-schumacher-college Saturday, 08 March 2008 1:30pm http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/events/new-london-seminar-cultures-of-sustainability-reflections-from-schumacher-college Gustavo Esteva is an independent writer and grassroots activist. He works both independently and in conjunction with a variety of Mexican and international NGOs, grassroots organizations and communities. He has been a key figure in founding several Mexican, Latin American and international NGOs and networks. read more…

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/community/open-evening-with-gustavo-esteva Wednesday, 05 March 2008 7:00pm http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/community/open-evening-with-gustavo-esteva One, Two or Three Week Course (Various start dates) | The world has had over half a century of “development” and now has more people living in poverty, more inequality and more ecosystem destruction than it did before the process began. What went wrong? read more…

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/development-what-next Monday, 03 March 2008 9:00am http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/development-what-next One Week Course | Educational institutions are starting to interact more with the communities they exist in, moving away from their “ivory tower” image. This process can be beneficial for all involved, bringing fresh perspectives into academia and new energy and expertise into the community. read more…

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/roots-of-learning-educating-for-community-and-sustainability Monday, 25 February 2008 9:00am http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/roots-of-learning-educating-for-community-and-sustainability Michael Braungart is a chemist and founder of EPEA International Umweltforschung GmbH in Hamburg, Germany and co-founder of MBDC McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry in Charlottesville, Virginia. His work has been published in numerous journals on science, public affairs, design and environment in Europe and the US. read more…

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/community/open-evening-with-michael-braungart Wednesday, 20 February 2008 8:00pm http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/community/open-evening-with-michael-braungart Discount for Schumacher College supporters
Tuesday 19th February, 7pm. Royal Geographical Society, Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2AR
The award-winning author of Wild: An Elemental Journey speaks on behalf of WMF Britain.

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/events/jay-griffiths-wild Tuesday, 19 February 2008 3:10pm http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/events/jay-griffiths-wild Terry Irwin is a designer and design educator. Trained as a graphic designer, Terry received her MFA from the Basel School of Design, Switzerland and worked for many years as a senior designer and brand consultant for large corporations. read more…

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/community/open-evening-with-terry-irwin Wednesday, 13 February 2008 8:00pm http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/community/open-evening-with-terry-irwin Ezio Manzini is a designer, engineer, architect, educator and author. His main research interest is in strategic design and design for sustainability, with a focus on scenario building and solution development. read more…

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/community/open-evening-with-ezio-manzini Wednesday, 06 February 2008 8:00pm http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/community/open-evening-with-ezio-manzini One, Two or Three Week Course (Various start dates) | Design has the potential to create solutions to many of the global problems confronting us in the 21st century. It relates not just to products but to social systems, so environmental, ethical and social concerns need to be placed at the heart of the design process. read more…

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/designing-for-sustainability-systems-ethics-and-beauty Monday, 04 February 2008 9:00am http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/designing-for-sustainability-systems-ethics-and-beauty Peter Barnes is an entrepreneur who has founded and led several socially responsible businesses, including a worker-owned solar energy company and a socially screened unit trust. read more…

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/community/open-evening-with-peter-barnes Wednesday, 16 January 2008 8:00pm http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/community/open-evening-with-peter-barnes Marjorie Kelly is a Senior Associate at the Tellus Institute in Boston and co-founder of Corporation 20/20, a project to create a new vision for corporations. She also co-founded Business Ethics, a national magazine on corporate social responsibility.read more…

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/community/open-evening-with-marjorie-kelly Wednesday, 09 January 2008 8:00pm http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/community/open-evening-with-marjorie-kelly One or Two Week Course (Various start dates) | It has become increasingly apparent that capitalism is environmentally and socially unsustainable. However, the world has yet to find a convincing large-scale alternative economic system. read more…

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/can-the-earth-survive-capitalism Monday, 07 January 2008 9:00am http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/can-the-earth-survive-capitalism http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/sidebar/capitalism-sidebar Tuesday, 27 November 2007 3:48pm http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/sidebar/capitalism-sidebar http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/sidebar/development-sidebar Tuesday, 27 November 2007 3:40pm http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/sidebar/development-sidebar With Alberlardo Brenes, Ed O’Sullivan, Stephen Jones (Principal of KEVICC), Rob Hopkins and Alan Dyer. (In association with Transition Town Totnes) read more…

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/community/education-for-community-powerdown Wednesday, 07 November 2007 7:00pm http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/community/education-for-community-powerdown One Week Course | We are living in a period of history characterised by radical change. Some habitual life patterns that we have inherited from the past have now become dysfunctional. We are being driven, by necessity, to devise new ways of living in order to survive in a manner that gives us a sustainable quality of life. read more…

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/roots-of-learning-approaches-to-holistic-transformative-learning Monday, 05 November 2007 9:00am http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/roots-of-learning-approaches-to-holistic-transformative-learning One Week Course | Universities can play a major role in changing students’ and the wider society’s relationship with food. Large institutions account for about 40% of all food bought, and thus a move towards local procurement can have dramatic effects on the regional food economy. read more…

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/food-for-thought-transforming-the-food-culture-of-universities Monday, 29 October 2007 9:00am http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/food-for-thought-transforming-the-food-culture-of-universities Four Day Course | Some parts of the business world have actively responded to the challenges of climate change, often in advance of government policy. read more…

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/business-responses-to-climate-change Thursday, 18 October 2007 9:00am http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/business-responses-to-climate-change With Craig Sams, founder of Green and Blacks, Kevin Morgan of Cardiff University and Christian Taylor of CSF. (In association with Transition Town Totnes) read more…

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/community/after-the-floods-rethinking-agriculture-with-the-climate-in-mind Friday, 12 October 2007 8:00pm http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/community/after-the-floods-rethinking-agriculture-with-the-climate-in-mind Reducing carbon emissions from food production is a global problem. Nine per-cent of UK carbon emissions come from agriculture and another nine per-cent from the processing and distribution of food. read more…

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/developing-low-carbon-food-policies Thursday, 11 October 2007 9:00am http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/developing-low-carbon-food-policies With the subject constantly in the media and discussed in the corridors of power, future generations may say that this is the year when the world finally woke up to climate change. read more…

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/engaging-with-the-politics-of-climate-change Thursday, 04 October 2007 9:00am http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/engaging-with-the-politics-of-climate-change With a talk by Maggie Brenneke, director of SustainAbility, plus a World Café exercise on retrofitting Totnes. (In association with Transition Town Totnes) read more…

]]> http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/community/retrofitting-totnes-making-the-best-of-what-we-have Wednesday, 19 September 2007 8:00pm http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/community/retrofitting-totnes-making-the-best-of-what-we-have