Craig Holdrege

Craig is Director of the Nature Institute in upstate New York. He has taught Life Sciences for many years in Germany and the USA and is the author of Genetics and the Manipulation of Life: The Forgotten Factor of Context. Craig is passion is to develop what Goethe called “delicate empiricism” — an approach that learns from nature to understand nature and is infused with a cautious and critical awareness of how intentions and habits of mind affect human understanding. His research work takes two directions: He carries out studies of animals and plants that tell the story of these organisms as dynamic and integrated beings within the larger web of life. This comprehensive and holistic understanding of organisms provides the basis for his second area of focus—researching genetics and genetic engineering in relation to the broader context of internal and external ecology of living organisms.

Schumacher College is part of the Dartington Hall Trust, a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and as a charity (company no. 1485560, charity no. 279756). Registered office: The Elmhirst Centre, Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon TQ9 6EL, UK.