Schumacher College : Blog

A Dual Agenda by Satish Kumar

Monday, 13 February 2012 4:37pm

Satish Kumar, Visiting Fellow, writes about the need for the environmental movement to recognise the plight of animals and the importance of adding the rights of animals to the welfare of animals. read more…

Building an economy on gift and generosity - Jonathan Dawson

Friday, 03 February 2012 8:37am

Jonathan Dawson, co-Head of Economics at Schumacher College writes about the growing wave of social innovation that foster generosity and sharing and the potential this has for the new economy. Read more…

Real Farming … a people’s take-over of the world’s food supply with Colin Tudge

Tuesday, 29 November 2011 4:41pm

Colin Tudge, Biologist and writer will teach on the new MSc Sustainable Horticulture and Food Production and talks to us about the future of food production and the importance of developing resilient and sustainable forms of farming in the face of increased population and

Economics for Transition - with Rob Hopkins

Monday, 28 November 2011 3:49pm

The Transition Network is one of the primary partners in our MA Economics for Transition. We ask Rob Hopkins, the co-founder of Transition and one of our visiting teachers, about the partnership itself and the wider economic goals of Transition.

Wellbeing Is Our Birthright by Satish Kumar

Thursday, 27 October 2011 4:54pm

Satish Kumar, Visiting Fellow, has kindly allowed us to reproduce his welcome to the November/December 2011 issue of Resurgence Magazine, where he outlines his understanding of ‘wellbeing’ and its importance for sustainability.

Cultivating An Ecoliterate Worldview - by Emily Ryan

Friday, 21 October 2011 5:49pm

Emily Ryan, facilitator and co-designer of the new programme: Cultivating An Ecoliterate Worldview, Person, Place and Practice, talks about how this exciting course came into being.

Schumacher Centenary Festival, by Inga Page

Tuesday, 18 October 2011 4:26pm

Inga Page writes about the recent Schumacher festival which celebrated the centenary of EF Schumacher. Speakers at the weekend long event included Rob Hopkins, Satish Kumar, Polly Higgins and Diana Schumacher

Green Entrepreneurship and the World Wide We, by Dr Joanna Brown

Wednesday, 28 September 2011 1:54pm

Dr Joanna Brown who co-manages the College’s Open learning, was amongst the first cohort of students who graduated last year from the Devon School of Social Entrepreneurs programme. She writes about the path that took her to creating the World Wide We (WWWe) Foundation which is developing an exciting new Social Networking website to empower people all over the world who are working for social and environmental change.

Schumacher and the beginning of my Himalayan trajectory, by Hari Pant

Friday, 23 September 2011 10:18am

Hari Pant, founder of the Himalayan Farm Project writes about his journey from a career in the military, to establishing a new farming initiative in the Lower Himalayas.

Dartington Land Use Review, by Charlie McConnell

Wednesday, 07 September 2011 4:18pm

Charlie McConnell, Director of Schumacher College, writes about his involvement in the Dartington Land Use Review, and the possibilities that low carbon farming and land use will have for the Dartington Estate and the College.

Wisdom and awareness in the workplace, by Tim Malnick

Wednesday, 17 August 2011 12:19pm

Tim Malnick, co-director of the MSc in Sustainability and Responsibility at Ashridge Business School writes about the potential that the workplace has for transforming our lives – leading to greater awareness, deeper wisdom and wider benefit to the world.

Ann Pettifor on New Economics and The Current Financial Crisis

Wednesday, 13 July 2011 2:00pm

Video: This week we were fortunate to talk with visiting teacher Ann Pettifor following her recent contribution to the short course Rethinking Finance:Good Servant, Bad Master.

EF Schumacher: A 21st Century legacy

Monday, 04 July 2011 7:09pm

Charlie McConnell, Director of Schumacher College, recaps his recent talk on E.F. Schumacher, after whom the College is named.

A transformation in how homes, businesses and communities generate their heat

Monday, 14 March 2011 8:38pm

The long awaited Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) will drive a transformation in how homes, businesses and communities generate their heat. It is an ambitious initiative, the first of its kind in Europe, and the previous and current governments must be applauded for seeing it through.

Schumacher Contributes to the Joint UK Ministerial and Third Sector Task Force

Wednesday, 24 March 2010 4:22pm

DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs , UK), have recently released a report, Shaping our future: the joint ministerial and third sector Task Force on climate change, the environment and sustainable development. The report makes positive references to Schumacher College and our submission to the Task Force.

World Conference of the People on Climate Change

Thursday, 14 January 2010 9:18am

Bolivia, one of a handful of poor countries which openly opposed the deal in Copenhagen, has invited countries and non-governmental groups which want a much stronger climate deal to the World Conference of the People on Climate Change.

The Copenhagen Accord

Monday, 21 December 2009 10:12am

We could spend time wishing the agreement was stronger and the process different. But now, more than ever, we need to direct our activities… The failure at Copenhagen should galvanise us all to work for positive outcomes in new and creative ways.

Schumacher in Copenhagen- Sustainable Living, Localism and Resilience

Tuesday, 15 December 2009 9:16pm

Schumacher College and the Transition Network deliver a joint participatory session on Sustainable Living, Localism and Resilience to an audience of several hundred Klimaforum09 delegates.

Schumacher in Copenhagen- The March

Sunday, 13 December 2009 10:33pm

An estimated 100,000 people marched through the streets of Copenhagen yesterday from Christiansborg Palace in the centre of the city to the Bella Centre, site of COP15.

Schumacher in Copenhagen- The Declaration

Saturday, 12 December 2009 10:19pm

Klimaforum09 has released a global climate declaration expressing the hopes, ideas, and visions of citizens groups and social movements from all corners of the planet.

Needed: Government investment, political leadership and delivery

Friday, 11 December 2009 10:07am

The first week of the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit coincides with the UK governments pre-budget announcements. Meeting the challenge of the ‘triple crunch’ of the current financial, energy and environmental crises. News from the Green New Deal and Green Alliance.

The Most Inconvenient Truth of All

Friday, 04 December 2009 11:22am

Ahead of the Copenhagen Summit Survival international publishes a new report which reveals how tribal people, who have done the least to cause climate change, are being affected by attempts to stop it.

Human rights, exploitation and ecology collide

Friday, 20 November 2009 1:56pm

Kumi Naidoo (the new International Executive Director of Greenpeace) has been one of the leading proponents in forging a broader civil society alliance that embraces environmental, social justice and international development ngos. When Kumi talks we should listen.

Will Copenhagen climate summit succeed?

Thursday, 12 November 2009 2:30pm

In the lead up to December’s crucial climate conference in Copenhagen, The World Tonight (BBC) co-hosted a conference of experts with Royal Society and the Royal Institute for International Affairs at Chatham House.

Ecological Shift in the North Sea

Friday, 06 November 2009 12:07pm

Dr Stephan Harding, MSc Co-ordinator and Resident Ecologist, Schumacher College: This terrifying news highlights what many of us have know all along – that our maintream economy is putting ecosystems, and indeed the entire Earth, under great strain.