[Sdpg] New Schumacher College course programme in England September 2004 - July 2005

[Wesley Roe and Marjorie Lakin Erickson]

Below please find the new course programme New Schumacher College course 
programme in England .
Best wishes

Heather Gillard
Administrator "Schumacher College" <admin at schumachercollege.org.uk>

SCHUMACHER COLLEGE
An International Centre for Ecological Studies 
http://www.schumacher.org.uk/schumacher_college.htm

course programme
September 2004 - July 2005
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BUSINESS & SUSTAINABILITY:  LEADERSHIP & NATURAL CAPITALISM
Amory Lovins and Mark Goyder

September 5-9, 2004

Current forms of capitalism defy their own logic by liquidating, not 
valuing, their largest sources of capital - the ecosystem services that 
sustain life and the resource base that supports economic activity.  Amory 
Lovins is at the forefront of the movement towards "natural capitalism" 
which involves radically improved resource productivity, closed loops and 
zero waste, and which reinvests in productive capital - both natural and 
human.  He will show how business benefits when it works with nature rather 
than fighting it.  Mark Goyder will discuss the role of responsible 
leadership in making these big strategic changes, and use the experience of 
successful companies to demonstrate the importance of a focus upon their 
underlying values.

Amory Lovins directs research and finance at the Rocky Mountain Institute, 
and is author of Small is Profitable and Soft Energy Paths, and co-author 
of Natural Capitalism.  Mark Goyder is the author of Living Tomorrow's 
Company, and Director of Tomorrows Company, a think-tank and catalyst, 
researching and stimulating the development of a new agenda for business.


POETRY ON PAPER
Alice Oswald and Paul Johnson

September 19-24, 2004

Inspired by the unique beauty of the Dartington Hall Estate, this 
innovative course will bring together written and visual forms of 
expression, enabling participants to create handmade books of poetry 
written during the course.  Poet Alice Oswald - with the help of the old 
Irish tree alphabet - will explore connections between the Dartington woods 
and the secret life of letters.  Book artist Paul Johnson will focus on 
making beautiful book forms, three-dimensional 'movable' book structures 
and experimental paper boxes and containers designed for presenting 
poetry.  Poetry and the paper forms which hold the words will fuse together 
- each 'language' influencing the construction of the other.

Alice Oswald has published two books of poetry, and her long poem, 'Dart', 
won the 2003 T.S. Eliot award.  She has lived on the Dartington Hall Estate 
for seven years and has taught in schools and on Arvon courses.  Paul 
Johnson is director of the Book Art Project (Manchester Metropolitan 
University) and has an international reputation for pioneering research 
into children learning to write and communicate visually through the book 
form.


HOLISTIC SCIENCE
Brian Goodwin, Stephan Harding, Arthur Zajonc, Craig Holdrege and Francoise 
Wemelsfelder

October 3-22, 2004

Most of Western science has involved taking nature apart and studying the 
resulting parts, be they atoms or rocks, genes or organs.  A great deal has 
been learned this way, but we are only now fully realising the huge cost to 
the environment and to human, animal and plant health.  Organisms, 
ecosystems and even societies operate as living wholes and need to be 
studied as such.  In this course, leading holistic scientists will discuss 
the wide range of issues brought up by their radical new way of 
understanding nature:  Gaia and complexity theories; Goethean science and 
methods of observation; physics, participation and spirituality; issues of 
animal consciousness and welfare; and creativity in nature.

Brian Goodwin and Stephan Harding are the principal teachers on Schumacher 
College's MSc in Holistic Science.  Arthur Zajonc is professor of physics 
at Amherst College, and author of Catching the Light.  Craig Holdrege is 
Director of The Nature Institute in Ghent, New York and author of Genetics 
and the Manipulation of Life: The Forgotten Factor of Context.  Francoise 
Wemelsfelder is a biologist and lectures at the Scottish Agricultural 
College and Edinburgh University on animal welfare, animal consciousness, 
and the principles of qualitative science.

Masters Level Credits Available


ROOTS OF LEARNING:  TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING
Ed O'Sullivan

October 24-29, 2004

This course will explore a form of education that sets the needs of the 
planet over the needs of the market place.  Transformative learning 
involves experiencing a deep, shift in the basic premises of thought, 
feelings, and actions. It is a shift of consciousness that fundamentally 
alters our way of being in the world, affecting our understanding of 
ourselves, our relationships with other humans and with the natural 
world.  The course is intended for both primary and secondary school 
teachers and is designed to help them develop classroom curricula and 
practices that foster education for a sustainable planet.

Ed O'Sullivan is a Professor of Education at the Ontario Institute for 
Studies in Education at the University of Toronto, Director of the 
Transformative Learning Centre and author most recently of Transformative 
Learning: Building Educational Vision for the 21st Century.

This course is only for teachers or others currently working in education.


FUTURE SENSE
Derrick Jensen, Anne Baring, Jules Cashford and John Lash

November 7-26, 2004

What guides us?  Our beliefs shape how we act, and if we are to create a 
better, sustainable world we need to understand them.  The course starts 
with Derrick Jensen asking what beliefs have led us to create a society in 
which the very survival of humanity - and many other species - is 
threatened.  Anne Baring and Jules Cashford see the loss and repression of 
the Feminine as a key part of this process, and they will explore 
traditions that can contribute to healing the resulting rift between spirit 
and nature.  John Lash will discuss the nature of beliefs and take 
participants on a journey to future sense, integrating ecology, psychology 
and mythology.

Derrick Jensen is the author of A Language Older than Words and The Culture 
of Make Believe.  Anne Baring is a Jungian analyst and co-author, with 
Jules Cashford, of The Myth of the Goddess and, with Andrew Harvey, The 
Mystic Vision and The Divine Feminine.  Jules Cashford is also author of 
The Moon: Myth and Image and the translator of The Homeric Hymns.  John 
Lash is a lifelong student of world mythology and his books include The 
Seeker's Handbook: The Complete Guide to Spiritual Pathfinding and The Hero 
- Manhood and Power.

Masters Level Credits Available


RECLAIMING THE WORLD:  CULTURE & EMPOWERMENT IN A GLOBALISED AGE
Winona LaDuke, Jerry Mander and Vandana Shiva

January 9-28, 2005

We are all being compelled to swim in the "ocean of globalisation", and 
it's vitally important that we understand what this means.  Corporate 
globalisation involves more than the free trading of goods - which has gone 
on throughout human history.  It goes beyond economics to affect cultures, 
life styles and the way people see themselves and earn their livings. This 
course will look at the impacts of globalisation on the environment and 
societies worldwide, and the many ways that indigenous people, farmers and 
activists are working to preserve their ways of life   It will explore 
inspiring alternatives to globalisation which empower people to protect 
local economies and ecosystems.

Winona LaDuke writes extensively on Native American and environmental 
issues and is Program Director of Honor the Earth and Founding Director of 
White Earth Land Recovery Project.  Jerry Mander is President of the 
International Forum on Globalization and author of Four Arguments for the 
Elimination of Television and In the Absence of the Sacred.  Vandana Shiva 
is a physicist, environmental activist and feminist.  Her books include 
Staying Alive: Women, Ecology and Survival and Monocultures of the Mind.

Masters Level Credits Available


HEALTHY PEOPLE, HEALTHY PLANET:  HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVES ON HEALTH
Patch Adams, Deepak Chopra, Simon Mills and Mira Shiva

January 30 - February 18, 2005

What makes - and keeps - us healthy?   As we come to understand the 
inseparability of mind and body on the one hand, and of a body and its 
environment on the other hand, the answers to this challenging question 
will encompass much more than drugs and hospitals.  Teachers on this course 
will present some of the radical new approaches that are changing the way 
we understand health and healing, including social, spiritual and 
environmental health.  Themes such as humour as a vital ingredient of 
health, the biology of relationships, the growth in complementary medicine, 
and public health challenges in an age of climate change will be explored.

Patch Adams lectures regularly at medical schools throughout the US and has 
begun building a hospital and health care centre dedicated to providing 
totally free healthcare to the community at large.  Deepak Chopra is 
Director of Education at The Chopra Center, which offers training programs 
in mind body medicine, and is author of more than 35 books, most recently 
Grow Younger, Live Longer: 10 Steps to Reverse Aging.  Simon Mills is Chair 
of the British Herbal Medicine Association and Teaching Fellow at the new 
Peninsula Medical School with responsibility for Integrated 
Healthcare.  Mira Shiva is Director for Women, Health & Development with 
the Voluntary Health Association of India and Co-ordinator of All-India 
Drug Action.

Masters Level Credits Available


IN SEARCH OF EARTH ETHICS
Kate Rawles, Jane Goodall and Stephan Harding

March 6-18, 2005

Most Western thinking considers the non-human world simply as a set of 
resources for people to use as they think best, with ethical considerations 
applying only to other human beings.  But as our concern with environmental 
and animal welfare issues increases, this approach is being challenged from 
many directions.  What would be the implications for the way we live our 
lives if we really had a different ethical relationship to other living 
beings?  Through discussion, outdoor experience and writing, participants 
will explore these challenging issues with leading thinkers and activists 
in the fields of animal welfare, environmental philosophy and sustainability.

Kate Rawles is a freelance consultant and lecturer, teaching at Birkbeck, 
Lancaster and Surrey Universities, and is currently developing an Outdoor 
Environmental Philosophy programme.  Jane Goodall is a primatologist 
renowned for her time living in close contact with chimpanzees in Tanzania, 
and her tireless campaigning to protect them.  Stephan Harding is 
Coordinator of the College's MSc in Holistic Science, specialising in Gaia 
theory and deep ecology.


ROOTS OF LEARNING:  GLOBAL EDUCATION
David Selby

April 3-8, 2005

Global Education is a holistic system of learning which is informed by 
ecological principles.  Much more than just cross-cultural understanding, 
it employs an integrated approach which sees the interconnections between 
lands, peoples, social, cultural and natural phenomena as forming an 
unbroken whole with the self - the cognitive, affective, physical and 
spiritual dimensions of the human being.  It addresses issues of peace, 
social and environmental justice, and sustainability.  This course will 
employ a diversity of interactive, experiential and convivial learning 
approaches, and will offer practical guidance on how these approaches can 
be translated to the primary and secondary school classroom, transforming 
our education paradigm from conflict to cooperation and from parochial to 
global.

David Selby is Professor of Continuing Professional Development in the 
Faculty of Education, University of Plymouth.  He is an international 
authority on the theory and practice of citizenship, global, environmental, 
human rights, and life skills education.

This course is only for teachers or others currently working in education.


PATTERNS AND MYSTERIES:  NEW WAYS OF LEARNING FROM NATURE
Janine Benyus and Rupert Sheldrake

April 17-22, 2005

New methods of scientific inquiry, new ways of watching and learning, can 
transform the way we view nature.  The scientists teaching this course will 
help participants experience this for themselves.  Biomimicry - innovation 
inspired by nature - involves "learning from, not just about" the living 
world, and Janine Benyus will explore the implications of such an approach. 
Rupert Sheldrake's studies have for many years focused on the concept of 
the extended mind, and he will discuss the evidence that has accumulated to 
show that the mind is not just in the head, but is extended - not only in 
space but in time.

Janine Benyus is a life sciences writer and author of six books, including 
her latest--Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired By Nature.  Rupert Sheldrake is 
a biologist and author of 9 books, including A New Science of Life, The 
Rebirth of Nature, and Seven Experiments that Could Change the World.


BUSINESS & SUSTAINABILITY
Janine Benyus and John Elkington

April 24-28, 2005

Once businesses decide to become a restorative part of this living planet 
how do they go about redesigning their products, process, and 
policies?  Where do they turn for ideas that make sense? Janine Benyus 
suggests they start by asking "What would nature do here?" She will 
describe companies that are learning from nature, with beautiful, 
functional and sustainable results.  But how does this creative thinking 
fit into the business landscape? John Elkington will explain how the 
sustainability agenda has influenced business behaviour and how leading 
companies are integrating economic, social and environmental priorities 
into their balance sheets, boards, brands and business models.

Janine Benyus is a life sciences writer and author of six books, including 
her latest--Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired By Nature.   John Elkington is 
one of Europe's leading environmental writers and business consultants, and 
is Director of SustainAbility Ltd.


SOUL IN NATURE
Jonathan Horwitz, Christian de Quincey, and Stephan Harding

May 1-20, 2005

The belief that matter and nature are dead, mindless, and unfeeling is 
pervasive in the modern world - with disastrous consequence we are all 
familiar with.  Indigenous people and their shamans have always seen nature 
very differently, and now some radical philosophers are arguing that 
consciousness is not just in human heads but permeates all of 
existence.  In this course a philosopher, a shamanic teacher and a 
scientist explore what it means to bring together the physical and 
spiritual world.  This will involve philosophical discussions, studying the 
basic principles of deep ecology and Gaia theory, working outside in 
nature, and experiential techniques such as meditation, shamanic 
journeying, and ritual.

Christian de Quincey is professor of philosophy John F. Kennedy University 
and author of Radical Nature.  Jonathan Horwitz was formerly on the staff 
of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies in the USA, and has been teaching 
courses on shamanism for the past fifteen years.  Stephan Harding is 
Coordinator of the College's MSc in Holistic Science, specialising in Gaia 
theory and deep ecology.

Masters Level Credits Available


SUSTAINABILITY IN PRACTICE
David Orr, Margie Ruddick, Matt Dunwell and Tony Kendle

May 29-June 17, 2005

How do the principles of ecological design translate into 
practice?  Sustainability is much talked about these days, but during this 
course we will hear from people who are dealing with what it means in real 
life - constructing buildings, restoring landscapes, creating parks, and 
making a living from the land.  They will discuss the institutional 
challenges associated with designing ecologically and what kind of social 
and economic order could make it easier, the many factors that need to be 
taken into account when working with a piece of land, and how all the 
different functions can be integrated to ensure a whole that is both 
beautiful and efficient in its use of resources.

David Orr is Professor and Chair of the Environmental Studies Program at 
Oberlin College and author most recently of Ecological Design.  Margie 
Ruddick is a landscape architect whose design process offers a 
multidisciplinary approach integrating landscape, environmental systems and 
building systems.  Matt Dunwell is one of the leading permaculture 
designers in the UK and founder of Ragmans Lane Farm which demonstrate a 
wide range of permaculture systems.  Tony Kendle is Foundation Director for 
the Eden Project in Cornwall, coordinating research and scientific 
development, education and sustainability.

Masters Level Credits Available


WOODS AND WORDS:  EXPLORATIONS IN WRITING & NATURE
Roger Deakin

June 19-24, 2005

What do woods and wood, rivers and water mean to us?  And what may we gain 
through a closer relationship with them, physical, spiritual and 
imaginative?   Through practical work with wood, trees and water, 
exploration of some of the wilder reaches of Dartmoor and its many streams, 
pools, rivers, and woods, and imaginative writing workshops, the purpose of 
the course is to explore our relationships with the elements of wood, water 
and the earth, beginning by the banks of the Dart itself, whose name 
derives from "Oak-fringed River".

Roger Deakin is a writer and broadcaster with a special interest in nature 
and the environment.  He is author of Waterlog: A Swimmer's Journey through 
Britain and is working on a new book about woods.


BUSINESS & SUSTAINABILITY:  THE RESPONSIBLE MARKETPLACE
Jonathon Porritt and Tessa Tennant

June 26-30, 2005

Humans have always traded, and can continue to do so if we understand and 
abide by ecological ground rules.  At present, many businesses operate 
according to the equivalent of 'flat earth' principles, but attitudes are 
changing.  Tessa Tennant will look at how the social investment community, 
the alternative economics movement and the drive within business for 
greater corporate social responsibility are shaping the nature of business 
in society and how the transition to sustainable economic enterprise can be 
speeded up.  Jonathon Porritt will share experiences from the frontline on 
how this is playing out in practice in the UK, exploring the landscape of 
existing institutions, laws and policies as well as the nature of public 
expectations.

Tessa Tennant is Chair of the Association for Sustainable and Responsible 
Investment in Asia.  She co-founded, and was Chair until April 2003, of the 
Carbon Disclosure Project and is a board member of Calvert World Values 
Fund.   Jonathan Porritt is Director of Forum for the Future and Chair of 
the UK Sustainable Development Commission.


ECONOMICS FOR A GREEN WORLD
Martin Khor, Juliet Schor and Prasannan Parthasarathi

July 3-22, 2005

What sort of economy would we have if the needs of people and of the 
environment were given priority - if we reject unregulated global trade 
flows and Western consumerism?    Two economists and a historian will 
reflect on how the global economy has developed, its impacts on countries 
and cultures in the South, and how international institutions have promoted 
these changes.  What does world history teach us about globalisation and 
the spread of consumer culture?  Does the spread of corporate driven global 
trade help the poor?  And, most importantly for the future, they will 
consider practical, humane alternatives to the current economic system.

Martin Khor is the Director of the International Secretariat of the Third 
World Network and author of Globalisation and the South.  Juliet Schor is 
Professor of Sociology at Boston College and author of The Overworked 
American, The Overspent American and The Commercialization of Childhood 
(forthcoming).   Prasannan Parthasarathi is Associate Professor of History 
at Boston College and author of The Transition to a Colonial Economy.

Masters Level Credits Available


Further details of all courses are available on request.  Please apply at 
least two months before the start of a course in order to ensure yourself a 
place.
Most Schumacher College courses feature talks by Resident 
Ecologist/Coordinator of Holistic Science Stephan Harding, and Programme 
Director Satish Kumar.

Course fees
All three-week courses cost £1,500.  In Search of Earth Ethics costs 
£1,000.  Poetry on Paper, Patterns and Mysteries and Woods and Words cost 
£500.  Business & Sustainability courses cost £1,400 for company delegates, 
£900 for individuals and NGOs.  The Roots of Learning courses for those 
working in education cost £300 and bursaries are not available on these 
courses.  All course fees cover food, accommodation, tuition and field trips.