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Newsletter: May 2008
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Starhawk comes to Schumacher to teach on Sacred Activism course
We are delighted that Starhawk will be teaching on our forthcoming course Sacred Activism this summer. Starhawk is the author or co-author of ten books including The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess, and is internationally known for reviving earth-based spirituality, bringing techniques and creative power of spirituality to political activism.
Starhawk will teach skills and tools that will help participants to remain calm in stressful and chaotic situations, to hold a centre of peace amidst violence, to withstand conflict and to heal from trauma. Her sessions will be experiential, and every day will involve ritual, personal practice, and group support.
Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim will also teach on this course, both bringing a wealth of traching and research experience from some of the most prestigious programmes and universities in the USA.
Sacred Activism, July 14 – 2. Read more information about this course.
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Featured Course 2008 – 09 Roots of Learning: Educating the whole person
Schumacher College is well known for helping people engage with transformative learning. Within this powerful experience is the concept of holistic education and the need to look at both teacher and student as a whole people. Our Roots of Learning series continues to support this type of engagement for all those working in the education sector.
Our next Roots of Learning course will be taught by Jack Miller who has been working in the field of holistic education for over 30 years. An experienced educator and author he teaches courses on holistic education and spirituality in education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto where he is Professor in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning.
During this course, with participants, Jack will focus on how we can teach the whole person. The theory and practice of holistic learning will be explored through experiential learning. The course will also examine how teachers and facilitators can nourish their own wholeness through contemplative practices.
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Featured Teacher 2008 – 09 Earth Jurisprudence: Making the law work for nature – Mellese Damtie
Schumacher College will open its doors to some of the most respected legal professionals from across the world this year during the dynamic course, Earth Jurisprudence. Their collective legal experience from South Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya and the UK will bring this subject to life for course participants. In this newsletter we feature the work of one of the course teachers Mellese Damtie.
Mellese is an Ethiopian lawyer and biologist who has been pioneering research and implementation of Earth Jurisprudence (EJ) from his unique position as Dean of the Ethiopian Civil Service College’s Department of Law, Addis Ababa. He is also Chief Legal Advisor for Ethiopian NGO, Movement for Ecological Learning and Community Action (MELCA), and plays a key role in paralegal training for local communities on their rights and legal opportunities to gain recognition for governing and protecting their territories.
Mellese will be joined by a number of other expert teachers: Cormac Cullinan, Ng’ang’a Thiong’o, Ian Mason and Elizabeth Rivers.
Read more about Mellese Damtie
Clare Short MP talks about her time visiting Schumacher College and Transition Town Totnes
Just before Easter, I accepted an invitation to contribute to a course on development at Schumacher College which is situated in the grounds of Dartington Hall, near Totnes. The college is famous for its commitment to environmental sustainability as is the Dartington Trust.
On the road sign for Totnes someone has painted “Twinned with Narnia”. It is a beautiful part of the world and large numbers of green minded, alternative sorts of people live there. This has made Totnes the ideal place for the birth of the Transition Towns movement….
My question is could we make Birmingham a transition city? Bristol has joined the network as have Brixton and Nottingham and many smaller places. I would love Birmingham to get involved.
Read more of this article from The Birmingham Post.
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Open Day at Dartington: 31st May
For those of you who are local, Schumacher College will be opening its doors as part of Open Day at Dartington. There will be tours of the College at 1, 2, and 4pm as well as other activities listed below:
*2pm Biscuit making for children and parents in Gaia’s Kitchen at Schumacher College
*3pm Stephan Harding at Schumacher College – Stephan will give a fascinating talk on the subject of Animate Earth. Understand more about the science and soul of the planet and how this relates to environmental concerns like climate change and extinction of species.
*3:30pm Karen Blincoe at Schumacher College – Karen, the College Director, will discuss exciting plans for a new education centre at Dartington (currently known as Schumacher 2), for which a feasibility study is being undertaken at the moment.
*4pm Special tour of Schumacher College gardens with resident Applied Ecologist, Justin West
You can read more about the Open Day on the Dartington website.
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Associate’s events
Tai Chi Nation Camp: August 2008
This is a long weekend of relaxed fun and community spirit, sharing food and cooking, bringing people together for a memorable experience. Oh, and lots of opportunity to learn and practice Tai Chi and Qigong with experienced and enthusiastic practitioners. Kids (including ‘big kids’) welcome!. Dates: 22nd to 25th August 2008; Special discount code for Schumacher College friends: SMC001 (10% off!). For further information and booking.
Assisi Institute Summer Conference with Schumacher College’s Brian Goodwin
Evoking the Unexpressed: Healing as an Epiphany
July 8 – 15, 2008, Assisi, Italy
As a place of healing renowned since the 12th century, Assisi is an ideal setting to explore the traditions and mysteries surrounding the field of healing. For further information and booking.
(These are not Schumacher College events)
Promotional literature – thank you for your helpWe have now posted all promotional material to those of you listed on our database. Thank you in advance for your help in distributing and displaying this materials. If you would like to join our publicity list and receive multiple copies of promotional materials or want more copies of what we currently send to you then please contact Anna. We also encourage you to let people know about our website where they can find information about the College, our courses and also may sign up to receive our monthly electronic newsletter. www.schumachercollege.org.uk Animate Earth – a screen adaptation of Stephan Harding’s bookClive Ardagh and Barbara Tam (both MSc students from 2007) are producing a screen adaption of Stephan Harding’s book Animate Earth. In his book, Stephan, resident ecologist and MSc Coordinator at Schumacher College explores how a more holistic scientific process can broaden our perception of the natural world, inform subsequent understanding and result in a deep reconnection with the Earth. The film Animate Earth is combining footage of the universal language of nature with interviews (Jim Lovelock, Fritjof Capra, Stephan Harding, Brian Goodwin) and animation to communicate on both an intellectual and emotional level. Funding and distribution is presently being sought – television/web broadcast, education- and the result will be available on DVD by the end of this year. For more information. Open Evening with Lynne HullWednesday 4th June 2008 |
Programme 2008 and 2009 – courses open for booking
Soul of Science
16 – 27 June, 2008 | Arthur Zajonc, Rupert Sheldrake
Sacred Activism
14 – 25 July, 2008 | Starhawk, Mary Evelyn Tucker, John Grim
Walking with the Earth Pilgrim
September 15 – 19, 2008 | Satish Kumar
Earth Jurisprudence: Making the law work for nature
September 22 – 26, 2008 | Cormac Cullinan, Mellese Damtie, Ng’ang’a Thiong’o, Ian Mason, Elizabeth Rivers
Sustainability and Leadership: The personal challenge
October 14 – 17, 2008| Richard Olivier
Biomimicry: New directions in sustainable design
October 20 – 24, 2008 | Michael Pawlyn, Julian Vincent, Neil Thomas, Graham Dodd
Sustainability and Leadership: The organisational challenge
October 27 – 31, 2008 | Allan Jones, Gaynor Coley, Nick Robins, Paul Dickinson
Roots of Learning: Educating the whole person
November 3 – 7, 2008 | Jack Miller
Real Food, Slow Food: Championing sustainable food
November 17 – 21, 2008 | Andrew Whitley, Carlo Petrini
Ethical Pioneers: an interactive masterclass for the new entrepreneur
November 24 – December 5, 2008 | Including Chris Nichols, Karen Blincoe, Galahad JD Clark
Exploring Science, Matter and Consciousness
January 5 – 23, 2009 | David Peat, Amit Goswami, Peter Fenwick, Chris Clarke
Embedding Holistic Economics for a global community
January 26 – February 13, 2009 | Manfred Max-Neef, Margrit Kennedy, Colin Hines, Wolfgang Sachs
Roots of Learning: Strategies for creative social change
February 23 – 27, 2009 | Kate Davies
Systems Thinking in Practice
March 9 – 27, 2009 | Gunter Pauli, Don Beck, Rob Hopkins, John Wood
How to Communicate Climate Change: The business challenge
April 2 – 6, 2009 | Ben Stimson, Andy Hobsbawm, Naresh Ramchandani, Antony Turner
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