Solutions to modern crises are often elusive and complex, and the job of leading in this area is highly challenging. Margaret Wheatley speaks in a recent paper: One of my friends works tirelessly as a CEO of a major non-profit that provides relief and leadership in areas of natural devastation. She said: “Everyday I have to choose not to give up.”…I hope we realize that we too have a choice to make every day. We can choose to be in this together. Or not. (Are We All In This Together? Margaret Wheatley, 2009)
This summer we welcome a number of teachers who will explore solutions to the real crises facing leaders. This will involve participants in deeply challenging yet satisfying and practical experiences.
As leaders, we need to understand the deep and conflicting dynamics of our role and make choices about who we choose to be for this ahistoric and deeply troubled time. We look forward to welcoming Margaret Wheatley to the College in May for Leadership in Times of Chaos: Exploring Old and New Wisdom.
Helping children choose who they want to be is a responsibility for us all. Richard Louv’s celebrated text Last Child in the Wood helps bring in the focus the need to help the next generation feel less alienated from nature. Richard Louv comes to Schumacher in June to teach Children and Nature: Rediscovering a sense of wonder.
Each of us has our own journey to make towards understanding our place in the world. How does perceiving our planet as a living entity in its own right affect our relationship to the natural world? In June, Sean Kelly, Rupert Sheldrake and Stephan Harding will give participants the opportunity to gain a deep understanding of the science underlying Gaia theory and to set this within the context of the evolution of consciousness.
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This is the fundamental question being explored during Mobilising Democracy to Tackle Climate Change which takes place in central London 19-20 April, 2010. The seminar is a collaboration between Salzburg Global Seminar together with the Dartington Hall Trust, Schumacher College – the International Centre for Sustainable Living, and the Foundation for Democracy and Sustainable Development. It is being hosted in central London by Goodenough College. Priced at just £75/ 85 Euro, this seminar is designed for leaders and change makers in central and local governments, businesses, non-governmental organisations and communities, and anyone concerned with mobilising democracy to tackle climate change.
To read more about Mobilising Democracy to Tackle Climate Change (including the full programme, venue details and how to register), click here
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Tracking the Past, Meeting the Future: Rediscovering our indigenous roots
When we think of indigenous wisdom these days, we tend to associate it with tribal societies in distant locations. And yet all of us are rooted in cultures which at one time honoured the earth and what it offered us materially and spiritually. In this course, participants will create their own journeys back to their roots – wherever they may be – and reflect on the way forward. Tim ‘Mac’ Macartney | June 2010
Awakening our Relationship with Food
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. Incorporating insights from Zen philosophy as well as discussions of what a sustainable diet these days might be, this course may well change the way you think about your food for ever! Edward Espe Brown, Carolyn Steel | September 2010
Whose Land is it Anyway? Empowerment and community of place
More and more communities are demanding the right to have their own land, whether it be urban groups wanting to grow food or have a green recreational space, or traditional societies reclaiming rights to land they have lived on for generations. The process of gaining community ownership or control of land involves working within a legal framework which has not in the past been friendly to community rights, and also can present that group with a whole new set of responsibilities and challenges. This course will address both aspects of the process. Alastair McIntosh, Iain MacKinnnon, Million Belay | September 2010
Wild Nature, Human Nature: Deep sustainability through Ecotherapy
This course is run by Footprinting Consulting in association with Schumacher College. This is a retreat-style course set on the banks of the Fowey river in the rural heart of Cornwall. It is designed for anyone wishing to encourage sustainable living through a deeper level of psychological awareness. The course weaves together theory and personal experience to provide powerful inspiration for home and work. Mary-Jayne Rust, Dave Key | September 2010
Wild Plants as Food and Medicine
This course is for those that want an introduction to plant medicine and wild food for vocational or individual interest. Time will be spent both indoors and out using the land, classroom and kitchen as spaces for plant identification and collection, foraging techniques and the processing of plants into teas and tinctures. Erin Smith, Simon Mills | October 2010
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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 in relation to funding, and skills and training. For more from this editorial, click here
We have extended the application deadline to Friday 16 April 2010 in order to recruit additional students to this programme. The student group remains small with less than 20 students. For more details on this pioneering programme click here.
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Economic growth no longer possible for rich countries, says new research. Growth ‘drowns-out’ efficiency gains. Environmental ‘tolerance thresholds’ being pushed too far making a growing economy and a safe climate incompatible according to new modelling from nef (the new economics foundation) and Schumacher College.
Ecological Facilitation: A gritty and creative approach to leadership
Jenny Mackewn and Toni Spencer
April 6 – 10, 2010
Leadership in Times of Chaos: Exploring Old and New Wisdom
Margaret Wheatley
May 10 – 14, 2010
Creativity, Perception and the Modern Mind: Leonardo and the Search for Holism
Fritjof Capra, Peter Adams with guest lecturer: Iain McGilchrist
May 17 – 28, 2010
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Tracking the Past, Meeting the Future: Rediscovering our indigenous roots
Tim ‘Mac’ Macartney
June 7 – 11, 2010
Pilgrimage and Discovery: Further explorations with the Earth Pilgrim
Satish Kumar, Chris Lloyd and others
11 – 18 June, 2010
Gaia and the Evolution of Consciousness
Sean Kelly, Rupert Sheldrake and Stephan Harding
June 21 – July 2, 2010
Regenerative Design and Living Systems
Bill Reed, Ben Haggard, Bill Rees, Michael Pawlyn
July 5 – 16, 2010
Awakening our Relationship with Food
Edward Espe Brown, Carolyn Steel
September 13 – 17, 2010
Wild Nature, Human Nature: Deep sustainability through Ecotherapy
Mary-Jayne Rust, Dave Key
September 18 – 24, 2010
Whose Land is it Anyway? Empowerment and community of place
Alastair McIntosh, Iain MacKinnnon, Million Belay
27 September – 1 October, 2010
Wild Plants as Food and Medicine
Erin Smith, Simon Mills
11 – 15 October 2010
Growth, Prosperity and the Human Spirit A talk by Jonathon Porritt and launch of the new book GreenSpirit: Path to a New Consciousness by Marian Van Eyk McCain (Ed), Foreword by Satish Kumar
6:00pm on Wed 14th July | St James’s Church, Piccadilly, London, UK
Earth Pilgrims Retreat | Satish Kumar, Sebastian Burch
31 September – 6 October, 2010 | Hotel Posada del Valle, Asturias, Spain
Ariadne’s Thread | Tchenka Sunderland, David Peat
8 – 12 October, 2010 | Pari Centre for New Learning in Tuscany, Italy
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