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Hands-On at Schumacher

Tuesday, 15 May 2012 10:15am

Hands-On vocational courses at the College are proving incredibly popular and successful. Read more here about the courses and the new vocational work that is transforming people’s lives and the College. Read more…

Newsletter - April 2012

Tuesday, 17 April 2012 12:13pm

April Newsletter In this edition of the College newsletter we are pleased to announce details of our new part-time and postgraduate programme routes. Plus we have a special interview with Jonathan Balcombe and Marc Bekoff who teach on the forthcoming short course Animals and Us, and details of courses, special offers, blogs and other news from around the College. Read more…

Newsletter - March 2012

Tuesday, 06 March 2012 1:08pm

March Newsletter In this issue read about new short courses, Springtime in Gaia’s Kitchen, Harmony, Ecology, Scarcity and The Gift Economy and Conflict, Change and Reconciliation plus new articles from Jonathan Dawson, Philip Frances and Judy Allen Read more…

Newsletter - February 2012

Monday, 06 February 2012 3:18pm

February Newsletter In this issue read about our new short courses, a pioneering new Certificate in Holistic Science and Economics, an update on the College restructure from Head of School Jon Rae, plus new articles from Jonathan Dawson and Patricia Shaw Read more…

Schumacher College student awarded job with BTCV on supported housing projects in Torbay

Monday, 30 January 2012 11:50am

Carole Stocker, a student attending the Certificate in Sustainable Horticulture at Schumacher College, chose to look at edible landscapes in urban areas. Her studies have now secured a new role with BCTV. Read more…

Job Opportunity: Short Course Programme Manager

Monday, 23 January 2012 5:00pm

We are looking for a pioneering, creative and dedicated individual who can design and deliver our public programme of internationally acclaimed short courses.

Newsletter - January 2012

Wednesday, 04 January 2012 9:42am

January Newsletter | Warm greetings for 2012 to all our newsletter readers. In this newsletter: News from our Masters courses; New short courses; Articles by Jean Boulton, Emily Ryan, Julie Richardson, Peter Reason, Satish Kumar, Joanna Brown, Tim Malnick and Stephan Harding; plus details of our Open Evenings and many other events.

Open Evenings for 2012

Thursday, 22 December 2011 10:51am

Make a note in your diary! We are pleased to announce the dates and teachers who will take part in our Open Evenings for the early part of 2012.

The Earth Talks - 2012 Programme announced

Monday, 05 December 2011 3:04pm

Details of next years Earth Talks are now here. The hugely popular Earth Talks continue into 2012 with three events that incorporate learning and wisdom from the land and the sea!

November Newsletter

Wednesday, 30 November 2011 10:18am

November Newsletter How should we respond to the turmoil around us as markets crash, energy prices increase and climate change becomes an ever present reality? Some respond with denial, some shout ‘The End of The World’ and others look for solutions that identify a future of possibility and hope. Read more here…

Richard Douthwaite

Tuesday, 15 November 2011 2:23pm

Richard Douthwaite co-founder of Feasta, visiting teacher and friend of the College died yesterday on November 14th 2011 after a long illness.

Animate Earth - A New Film by Stephan Harding

Monday, 31 October 2011 3:05pm

Schumacher College is proud to announce the first screening of the forthcoming film ‘Animate Earth’, a documentary film written and presented by the College’s resident ecologist Dr Stephan Harding.

Newsletter October 2011

Friday, 28 October 2011 4:11pm

For this month’s newsletter, we focus in on our postgraduate programmes which are now open for applications. Alongside our MSc Holistic Science and our MA Economics for Transition which started this academic year, we are excited to announce a pioneering programme – MSc Sustainable Horticulture and Food Production – which is currently in development for 2012.

A Learning Journey to India - in association with Schumacher College

Thursday, 06 October 2011 9:31am

January 29 to February 13, 2012 Travel with Links to India to visit and build bridges with some of the pioneering projects and people making sustainable living a reality

Newsletter September 2011

Friday, 30 September 2011 4:29pm

Clearly it’s time for new thinking on the future of economics, but what solutions are available to us? What forms of enterprise can replace the unsustainable businesses of today and what models of organisation could lead to healthier and more resilient enterprises that can weather economic storms whilst treading more lightly on the planet?

Green Entrepreneur Competition

Thursday, 01 September 2011 4:15pm

Green Entrepreneur Competition, 2011. To encourage and support budding green entrepreneurs from around the world the College is offering a place on the course at half price (£375 for one week, or £600 for two weeks). The prize will go to the Green Entrepreneur/s who impresses them most with their new or existing green business idea.

Newsletter August 2011

Tuesday, 30 August 2011 12:20pm

How can we find the energy and enthusiasm for sustainable living if we don’t take care of our own health and wellbeing? To see you into the autumn with renewed vitality, we start the academic year with some great opportunities for rest, reconnection, reading and rethinking.

Can you help?

Tuesday, 02 August 2011 7:55pm

We are delighted to announce a new study programme from Schumacher College that offers you the chance to become fully immersed in an ecological way of looking at the world which will transform your life and work. Cultivating an Ecoliterate Worldview: Person, Place and Practice. Can you help us promote this exciting new opportunity?

Newsletter July 2011: Building Change for Sustainability – Are you organised?

Monday, 18 July 2011 7:36pm

For many of us, sustainability is a dynamic and active process of changing the environmental, social and economic components of existence that we simply cannot sustain. However, building changes in our communities and in the wider world can be a complicated and difficult task without the knowledge and skills to help drive them.

Newsletter June 2011: What are the credible alternatives to the existing financial system?

Tuesday, 14 June 2011 4:31pm

Governments across the globe have gone to enormous lengths to prop up failing financial institutions on the understanding that these interventions will bring about stability and end the threat of further financial collapse. But is the economic crisis really over? Is this ‘business as usual’ mentality destined to produce more of the same instability?

Pioneer of Oberlin Project, David Orr, shares ideas and practice at Schumacher College

Monday, 30 May 2011 9:13pm

David Orr’s approach to sustainability is an essential, rich dialogue on how we integrate responses to crisis and environmental challenge – where there is a role for every voice from industry and science to art and music. The Oberlin Project has already been heralded as having the potential to be an international model for change and development.

Imagine a Masters in Horticulture

Tuesday, 10 May 2011 4:06pm

Help us imagine a Masters in Horticulture that explores the role of natural biological and ecological processes in productivity, meets the treble challenges of peaking natural resources, environmental change and rising populations, and asks the question of what a resilient and sustainable local food system might look like.

Newsletter April 2011: How much is enough?

Thursday, 28 April 2011 12:47pm

As the resources we’ve depended on our whole lives are in decline (cheap oil, stable climate, and a growing economy), and as looming government cuts have yet to fully impact, there has never been a more obvious time for us to take stock of our lives and reassess our lifestyles in terms of our emotional and spiritual connection with ‘stuff’.

Earth Talks

Wednesday, 13 April 2011 3:37pm

Two free events are open to the public, as part of Schumacher College’s Earth Talks programme. Booking essential.

Schumacher College to expand at the Old Postern site

Friday, 08 April 2011 1:22pm

We are pleased to announce that Schumacher College will be expanding its campus at the Old Postern site to deliver its new programmes. The College’s expanded campus will include refurbishing nearby buildings and the construction of a cycle track from Dartington Hall.

Newsletter March 2011: Taking our inspiration from nature

Friday, 11 March 2011 4:37pm

Taking our inspiration from nature to address this question points us towards all that can be learned from the amazing innovations and creative coping strategies that organisms have developed to minimise their use of resources – the world of biomimicry.

Exploring ecoliteracy, learning and radical change: From the Schumacher College perspective

Sunday, 06 March 2011 6:41pm

There is an urgent and unprecedented task in enabling learning around the many complex issues involved in sustainability.

Bruce Lipton comes to Schumacher College

Thursday, 03 February 2011 4:17pm

We are delighted that the award winning Bruce Lipton will be coming to Schumacher College in September to teach a course named after his bestselling book Biology of Belief.

Happy Birthday Schumacher College

Monday, 31 January 2011 7:54pm

If you were at Schumacher College 20 years ago today you would have been involved with the first ever course we ran, taught by James Lovelock: The Health of Gaia. We have run over 250 transformational courses since then. Thanks to all of you who have made the last twenty years so wonderful.

Job opportunity: Marketing Assistant at Schumacher College

Monday, 24 January 2011 10:37pm

Schumacher College’s successful course programme is developing fast. We are looking for an experienced marketer with a commitment to communicating our work to new and established audiences.

What is needed for Transformative Development?

Thursday, 20 January 2011 4:03pm

We acknowledge that the field of Development is ever-shifting and increasingly complex. When the rest of the world wants to stop and take stock, Development must keep moving forward in new and creative directions.

Satish Kumar presents Thought for the Day

Monday, 27 December 2010 2:58pm

Satish will be presenting Thought for the Day on Radio4, between 7.45am and 7.50am on 28th December 2010. The theme of Satish’s presentation will be peace, and the convergence of Buddhist wisdom and indigenous intelligence.

Newsletter December 2010

Monday, 20 December 2010 9:47am

These are exciting times for us here at Schumacher College, as we prepare the ground for two new strands of practically-based courses to complement our existing curriculum in the area of sustainable land use and ecological design, build and refurbishment. We need your input in designing the right courses at this time.

20th Anniversary Appeal

Wednesday, 15 December 2010 3:05pm

As you may already be aware, 2011 marks the 20th anniversary of Schumacher College. It is also the centenary of the birth of E.F. Schumacher whose work was inspirational in the founding of the College. This 20th Anniversary marks an important milestone in the College’s history. Thank you if you have been part of creating these first amazing 20 years.

Help us design the right practical course for you

Tuesday, 30 November 2010 2:28pm

We are now working with like-minded people and organisations to develop a new practically based strand to our curriculum. This will include new short courses, and an undergraduate and postgraduate programme on ecological design, build and refurbishment for the HOME, and human-scale sustainable LAND use. We are currently seeking input from you to help us design this new area of work.

Exploring Purpose and Profit

Thursday, 25 November 2010 2:58pm

Recent economic events have told us that our present economic system is vulnerable. Can organisations be successful and genuinely sustainable – in the broadest sense? Is business capable of taking a different path?

Masters Programmes Open for Application

Monday, 22 November 2010 11:34am

We are delighted to announce that our postgraduate programme are now open for application for entrance September 2011. This includes the first of its kind MSc in Holistic Science, run in association with the University of Plymouth and our new programme Masters in Economics for Transition, Achieving low carbon, high well-being, resilient economies.

Job opportunity: Marketing and Publicity Assistant

Wednesday, 17 November 2010 1:31pm

Schumacher College’s successful course programme is developing fast. We are looking for an experienced marketer with a commitment to communicating our work to new and established audiences.

Influencing change on a human scale

Friday, 05 November 2010 4:14pm

Running through each of the programmes we offer, the tasks we perform and the values we observe, is the same thread of belief that we, as individual people or small groups and communities, have the capacity for great change.

Roderick James Architects to design new Schumacher College campus

Friday, 05 November 2010 3:55pm

Local architects firm Roderick James Architects have been chosen to undertake the design work for the new Schumacher College campus on the Dartington estate. The project will include the refurbishment of building previously used by the Dartington College of Arts as well as new features and structures to improve the learning space, energy conservation and aesthetics of the campus.

Newsletter September 2010

Thursday, 16 September 2010 1:38pm

Are there alternatives to the current model of consumerism? If you believe a radical re-think of economic growth and consumption is needed, then you need to look at what alternative narratives might support new social structures and enterprises for this generation and the next.

Opportunity for Transformational Change: Business Inspired by Nature

Thursday, 09 September 2010 9:25am

We are looking for leaders and open-minded thinkers who are looking for a place to explore opportunities, co-create solutions and learn from the experience of others.

The Horse Chestnut tree

Friday, 03 September 2010 9:15pm

There has been concern regarding the future of the Horse Chestnut tree that stands outside Schumacher College. The tree has shed significant boughs in recent weeks, which led to an assessment of the health of the tree and the possible risk to those around the tree, by internal and external experts.

Sustainability is growing at Schumacher College

Friday, 03 September 2010 3:48pm

In 2011 Schumacher College will be moving to Higher Close with dramatic views of the River Dart and parkland. The College’s grounds will be gradually redesigned to demonstrate urban food production and ‘edible landscaping’.

Ellen MacArthur launches educational foundation to promote sustainability

Thursday, 02 September 2010 9:08pm

Never have I got involved in a challenge before which is so exciting, and so testing, but together with the talented and motivated team a the Foundation I am absolutely loving it.

Dartington Commissions Architect for Schumacher College campus

Thursday, 02 September 2010 8:38pm

The Dartington Hall Trust will be commissioning an architect to design an inspirational new reception and teaching facility at the new campus site for Schumacher College built to high environmental standards.

Excellent results for students of the Dartington Certificate in Sustainable Horticulture

Friday, 27 August 2010 4:38pm

Of the seventeen students who sat their Level 2 National Certificate for the Dartington Certificate in Sustainable Horticulture, twelve students received distinctions, two students were awarded merits and two students received a pass, giving a 100 per cent pass rate. Applications are being accepted for level 3 of The Dartington Certificate in Sustainable Horticulture

Newsletter July 2010

Friday, 30 July 2010 10:32am

Seeing and doing things differently: Introducing ecoliteracy

Thursday, 29 July 2010 9:14am

Most of us accept that we need to re-think the way we live on this planet – but how do we go about it? And, will it make a difference anyway? _ …our lives have great impact and meaning and the choices we make now will affect the lives of each generation to come._

Imagine a Masters in Economics: An invitation to co-create

Friday, 09 July 2010 12:57pm

We invite you to help co-design this programme by telling us what you imagine it to be like. What inspiration, knowledge and skills are needed to support a new generation of leaders and activists in creating an economy fit for the future?