[Scpg] New Schumacher College Programme in England

[Wesley Roe and Marjorie Lakin Erickson]

       Please find below the new Schumacher College course programme.

SCHUMACHER COLLEGE:  An International Centre for Ecological Studies
Course programme for September 2003 - July 2004

GAIA'S  KITCHEN
Julia Ponsonby and Daphne Lambert

September 14-19, 2003

Creating meals that are tasty, nutritious and good for the earth is a great 
challenge for cooks today.  Years of cooking for the Schumacher College 
community have given Julia Ponsonby a wealth of experience in balancing the 
need for diversity of diet with the need to support local producers.  She 
will provide examples of creative vegetarian menus, give practical advice 
in the kitchen and work with participants to design a meal of local 
ingredients in this season of abundance.  Daphne Lambert will focus on the 
nutritional benefits of an organic, wholefood diet, demonstrating the value 
of juicing, sprouting and dehydration.  The course will also include 
discussion of the wider issues of food production and distribution and how 
they affect where we shop and what we buy.

Julia Ponsonby is author of the College's cookbook Gaia's Kitchen, which 
won the Gourmand International award for best vegetarian cookbook in the 
world.  Daphne Lambert is a chef, nutritionist and food writer, whose 
restaurant at Penrhos won last year's Best Organic Restaurant Award.


BUSINESS & SUSTAINABILITY:  TOWARDS NATURAL CAPITALISM
Amory Lovins and Janine Benyus

September 21-26, 2003

In the last two centuries, industrial society has ridden rough-shod over 
the natural world.  But can this relationship be transformed?  In these 
five days, we explore the possibilities of an economic system that 
recognises natural capital, and look at nature as teacher and role model 
for our industries and business.

Amory Lovins is co-founder of the Rocky Mountain Institute and co-author of 
Natural Capitalism.  Janine Benyus is a life sciences writer and author of 
Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature.


SEEING WITH NEW EYES:  AN INTRODUCTION TO HOLISTIC SCIENCE
Brian Goodwin, Stephan Harding, Chris Clarke, Mae-Wan Ho and Craig Holdrege

October 5-24, 2003

Holistic science involves an extension of conventional science to include 
qualities as well as quantities, and ways of knowing that are intuitive as 
well as analytical.  This course will introduce holistic science by 
reviewing ideas that are shaping a new, integrated approach to 
understanding nature.  These ideas (such as chaos and complexity theory, 
Gaian science and systems thinking) have grown out of recent developments 
in physics, biology, ecology and health studies.  Combined with older 
holistic traditions, they create an approach to knowledge and practical 
action that is grounded as much in ethical sensibility as in scientific 
competence.
Brian Goodwin and Stephan Harding are the principal teachers on Schumacher 
College's MSc in Holistic Science.  Chris Clarke was Professor of Applied 
Mathematics at the University of Southampton and is author of Reality 
Through the Looking Glass.  Mae-Wan Ho runs the Institute for Science in 
Society and is author of The Rainbow and the Worm.  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.
Masters Level Credits Available


THE ROOTS OF LEARNING:  RECONNECTING TO NATURE
Alan Dyer and Jon Cree

October 26-31, 2003

How can teachers help children reconnect with the natural world - no matter 
where they live?  This course will immerse participants in the wonderful 
ways that this connection can be built at a number of levels: conceptual, 
emotional, spiritual and practical.  It will focus on reconnecting the 
teacher's inspiration and imagination through memorable experiences in the 
rich natural environment of South Devon and Dartmoor.  Both course leaders 
have a long experience of sharing the wonders of Nature in environments 
from wilderness to urban schools in many countries and across all sectors.

Jon Cree is Education and Training Co-ordinator for Bishops Wood 
Environmental Education Centre and International Training Co-ordinator for 
the Institute for Earth Education.  Alan Dyer is Principal Lecturer in 
Environmental Education at the University of Plymouth, Director of 
Education Earthwise and co-author of Let Your Children Go...Back to Nature.

For UK Teachers Only


SIMPLICITY AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Vicki Robin, Sulak Sivaraksa and John de Graaf

November 9-28, 2003

"Live simply that others may simply live" represents much more than the 
lifestyle choices of some relatively affluent individuals.  As exemplified 
by groups such as the Simplicity Forum, it is developing into an 
international network for social change.  This course looks at the 
significance of voluntary simplicity from the global and structural to the 
personal and financial.  What does simple living mean?  What are the 
impacts of overwork on health, families and the environment?  What new 
models of community can support alternative lifestyles and consumption 
patterns?   Participants will explore how to transform their own lives and 
build a movement for social transformation towards a simple and sustainable 
culture.

Vicki Robin is co-author of Your Money or Your Life and Chair of the 
Simplicity Forum.  Sulak Sivaraksa is a Thai Buddhist, social activist, and 
founder of  the "Alternatives to Consumerism" network.  He won the Right 
Livelihood Award in 1995.  John de Graaf is a teacher, activist, and 
filmmaker.  His Affluenza TV programmes were seen by 10 million Americans.

Masters Level Credits Available


INDIGENOUS WISDOM
Hugh Brody, Gregory Cajete and Rebecca Hossack

January 11-30, 2004

Indigenous people have a close relationship to the earth that has been lost 
in modern societies.  Yet in these times of environmental crisis, such an 
understanding of the natural world is more important than ever.  This 
course will look at diverse indigenous cultures to understand how they 
think about, know and use their lands.  How are these societies coping with 
the tide of globalisation?   Our teachers will discuss some of the 
inspiring ways native peoples are acting to preserve their unique cultures, 
including political movements for land rights, the development of 
indigenous "ethnoscience", and the rediscovery of rich artistic traditions.

Hugh Brody is an anthropologist, filmmaker and researcher with and for many 
indigenous groups.  His most recent book is The Other Side of 
Eden.  Gregory Cajete (Tewa) Santa Clara Pueblo is director of Native 
American Studies at the University of New Mexico and author of  Native 
Science: Natural Laws of Interdependence.  Rebecca Hossack, a promoter of 
aboriginal art and culture, was formerly Australian cultural attaché in 
London and now runs the Rebecca Hossack Galleries.

Masters Level Credits Available


FAIRNESS IN A FRAGILE WORLD:  GLOBALISATION AND EQUITY
Martin Khor, Ann Pettifor and Wolfgang Sachs

February 8-27, 2004

Globalisation is such an all-encompassing phenomenon that it is a challenge 
to understand how it began and where it is going.  This course will shed 
light on this process, based on the teachers' years of experience 
campaigning for a fairer economic system.  Martin Khor looks from the 
perspective of the South at how community-based economies have been 
"commercialised" with the assistance of institutions such as the IMF and 
World Bank.  Ann Pettifor discusses how, over the past thirty years, money 
has become the supreme consideration in decision-making by governments, 
communities, and corporations, replacing social, environmental and 
political values.   Wolfgang Sachs considers how the economy could be made 
sustainable within a finite biosphere.  What kind of global governance 
would be needed?  And how can global consumers change their behaviour?

Martin Khor is the Director of the International Secretariat of the Third 
World Network and author of Globalisation and the South.  Ann Pettifor is 
Director of Jubilee Research at the New Economics Foundation and co-founder 
of the Jubilee 2000 movement.  Wolfgang Sachs is a Senior Fellow at the 
Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Energy and the Environment, chairman of 
Greenpeace in Germany and author of many books, including The Jo'burg Memo: 
Fairness in a Fragile World.

Masters Level Credits Available


BUSINESS & SUSTAINABILITY:  CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP
Simon Zadek

March 7-12, 2004

Under the umbrella of corporate citizenship, companies are seeking to gain 
broader trust and legitimacy within society - but activists are critical of 
what is being achieved.  This course addresses the why, the how, and the so 
what of corporate citizenship, and seeks to establish what should and can 
realistically be expected from the business community in addressing the 
imperatives and aspirations underpinning sustainable development.  Can 
these expectations can be realised in practice, and how?

Simon Zadek is Chief Executive of the Institute of Social and Ethical 
AccoutAbility and is author of The Civil Corporation: The New Economy of 
Corporate Citizenship.


AGRI-CULTURE AND AGRO-ECOLOGY:  A NEW FUTURE FOR RURAL SYSTEMS
Tewoldge Egziabher, Jules Pretty and Miguel Altieri

March 14-April 2, 2004

Despite vast increases in productivity, our agricultural and food systems 
are in crisis.  Hundreds of millions of people are malnourished or 
starving, while others suffer ill health from eating too much.   Small 
farmers can't make a living, and the environment is deteriorating as soil, 
water levels and biodiversity dwindle.  It is time for the expansion of 
another sort of agriculture, founded on ecological principles and in 
harmony with people, their societies and cultures.  This course will 
identify the principles which underly a sustainable agriculture, giving 
examples from around the world of ways that farmers are making the best of 
local knowledge and working in harmony with nature.

Tewolde Berhan G. Egziabher was Ethiopia's first qualified plant ecologist 
and is General Manager of Ethiopia's National Environmental Protection 
Authority.  Professor Jules Pretty is Director of the Centre for 
Environment and Society at the University of Essex and author of 
Agri-Culture: Reconnecting People, Land and Nature.  Miguel Altieri is 
Professor of Agroecology at the University of California, Berkeley and 
author of Agroecology: the science of sustainable agriculture.

Masters Level Credits Available


THE ROOTS OF LEARNING:  FOOD IN SCHOOLS
April 12-17, 2004

Cooking and eating can - and should - be a fundamental way for children to 
relate to the natural world.  All around the country, schools and education 
authorities are beginning to look seriously as the issue of food and 
children.  It covers a multitude of practical questions from the provision 
of school lunches - what sort of food? should it be organic or local? - to 
the role that food plays within the school as a whole.  How can children be 
involved in food preparation or growing?  This course will bring together 
some of the innovators in this field to discuss both the practicalities and 
the broader philosophical and ethical issues underlying the attempt to 
create a healthier relationship between children and the food they eat.

Presenters to be confirmed.  This course is for UK teachers only.


EARTH, SPIRIT AND ACTION
John Seed, Ruth Rosenhek, Starhawk, Alastair McIntosh and Verene Nicolas

April 25-May 14, 2004

Working for social and ecological change can be disheartening and 
exhausting.  It can also be empowering and exhilarating, providing a way of 
connecting with the Earth and with other people.  This course brings 
together dedicated environmental campaigners from three continents to talk 
about the principles that underlie activism.  Taking their inspiration from 
Buddhism, deep ecology, systems theory, permaculture, and shamanism, they 
will work with participants to bring a vital spiritual foundation into the 
struggle for a better world.

John Seed is director of the Rainforest Information Centre in Australia and 
co-author of Thinking Like a Mountain.  Ruth Rosenhek campaigns for 
forests, water protection and land rights around the world.  Starhawk is a 
global justice activist and author of Webs of Power: Notes from the Global 
Uprising.  Alastair McIntosh is a Fellow of the Centre for Human Ecology in 
Edinburgh and author of Soil and Soul.  Verene Nicolas specialises in 
community empowerment training.

Masters Level Credits Available


ECOLOGICAL DESIGN
John and Nancy Jack Todd, Bill Dunster and Alan Powers

May 16-June 4, 2004

Working with nature's cycles and processes as inspiration, humans can 
create technologies and artefacts that produce no waste, are beautiful, and 
make efficient use of natural resources.  This course features ecological 
design pioneers John and Nancy Jack Todd, whose living machines for waste 
treatment have been built in many countries.  They will discuss the 
history, principles, process, and practice of ecological design and 
consider its viability against that of competing paradigms.  In the final 
week, the course will focus on the challenge of designing ecological 
buildings, showing how beauty and resource efficiency can go hand in hand.

John Todd and Nancy Jack Todd have worked in ecological design in the 
fields of energy, architecture, waste, food and ocean transport for 30 
years.  They co-authored Bioshelters, Ocean Arks, City Farming: Ecology as 
the Basis of Design and From Eco-Cities to Living Machines:  Principles of 
Ecological Design.  Bill Dunster is architect of the pioneering BedZED 
project, a zero energy housing development in London.  Alan Powers is 
Associate Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Construction, 
University of Greenwich, and author of Nature in Design.

Masters Level Credits Available


LIVING EARTH:  GAIA THEORY EXPLORED
Stephan Harding, James Lovelock, Lynn Margulis, Ricardo Guerrero and Tom 
Wakeford

June 13-July 2, 2004

Gaia theory sees the Earth as an evolving living entity which has actively 
regulated its temperature, chemistry and atmospheric composition within 
limits suitable for life over the past three and a half thousand million 
years.  This emergent self-regulation arises out of a multitude of 
intricate and often unexpected relationships between living beings and the 
rocks, atmosphere and oceans which surround them. Our understanding of the 
Earth and of our role within it has been revolutionised by these 
insights.  The course brings together the originators of the theory and 
others working in the field to explore the many implications of such an 
approach - from the evolution of symbiotic relationships amongst microbes 
to the role of humans in helping - or hindering- the maintenance of a 
healthy global ecology.

Stephan Harding is an ecologist and Coordinator of the MSc in Holistic 
Science at Schumacher College.  He works with James Lovelock on developing 
computer models of Gaian ecosystems.  James Lovelock first formulated Gaia 
theory in the 1970s and has written many books on the subject.  Lynn 
Margulis is a Distinguished University Professor in the Department of 
Geosciences at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and worked with 
James Lovelock on the development of Gaia theory.  Ricardo Guerrero is 
Professor of Microbiology at the University of Barcelona, and author or 
co-author of 250 publications on genetics, biochemistry, bacterial ecology 
and environmental microbiology.  Tom Wakeford is an ecologist and 
geneticist, and author of Liaisons of Life.

Masters Level Credits Available


COMPLEXITY AND LIFE
Fritjof Capra, with Brian Goodwin and Stephan Harding

July 4-17, 2004

During the last two decades, a radically new understanding of life has 
emerged at the forefront of science.  The development of complexity theory 
has allowed scientists and mathematicians to model living systems in ways 
that have yielded many important discoveries - and which have profound 
significance for an ecological worldview.  Fritjof Capra is known worldwide 
for his interpretation of the implications of modern scientific 
discoveries.  In this course, he will look at how complexity theory and 
systems thinking can help to integrate the biological, cognitive and social 
dimensions of life, and build and nurture sustainable communities.

Fritjof Capra is a physicist and systems theorist.  His books include The 
Tao of Physics, The Web of Life and The Hidden Connections.  He is founder 
and president of the Center for Ecoliteracy.  Brian Goodwin and Stephan 
Harding teach on the MSc in Holistic Science at Schumacher College.


BUSINESS AND SUSTAINABILITY:  FROM COMPLEXITY TO RESPONSIBIILTY
Fritjof Capra and Marjorie Kelly

July 18-23, 2004

The study of complexity theory provides valuable insights for those who are 
trying to bring about fundamental change in the way that businesses 
operate.  Fritjof Capra will explain how this new language for 
understanding living systems enables one to create organisations that 
mirror life's adaptability and creativity.  Marjorie Kelly will discuss the 
extent to which ethical and socially responsible behaviour is possible, 
given the current system design, and consider prospects for the future.

Fritjof Capra is a physicist and systems theorist, co-author of 
EcoManagement and co-editor of Steering Business Toward 
Sustainability.  Marjorie Kelly is fo-founder and publisher of Business 
Ethics and author of The Divine Right of Capital.


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

Three-week courses cost £1,500.  Gaia's Kitchen costs £500, and Complexity 
and Life costs £1000.  These fees cover tuition, residential accommodation, 
food and field trips.  Business & Sustainability courses cost £1,400 for 
company delegates, £900 for individuals and NGOs.  A 10% discount is 
offered to those booking more than two months before the start of a 
course.  The Roots of Learning courses are offered to educationalists in 
the UK at the specially reduced rate of £300; early booking discounts or 
bursaries are not available on these courses.

These fees do not represent the full course costs, and they are kept at 
this low level by substantial financial support from The Dartington Hall 
Trust and other grantors.  If you can afford to pay more for your course, 
your donation will be gratefully received and used to subsidise those who 
have difficulty finding the fees.

Financial assistance

On each of our courses (but not on the MSc in Holistic Science) a limited 
number of College bursaries are available to suitable applicants.  In 
addition, grants from external sources now enable us to offer scholarships 
of up to 80% to eligible US citizens (EFA Scholarships) and scholarships 
that cover full course fees and some travel expenses for candidates from 
Eastern Europe and the Global South (Ford Foundation Scholarships).  We are 
also happy to accept payment of some of the course fee in installments over 
a period of up to a year from the end of the course.  Please contact us or 
visit our website for further details of the financial assistance 
opportunities available.  Applications for financial assistance should be 
made at least two months before the start of a course.  This enables us to 
assess all applicants at the same time and allocate funds in the fairest 
possible manner.


DIARY

August 31, 2003
HOLISTIC SCIENCE MSc
One-year programme starts

September 14-19, 2003
GAIA'S KITCHEN
Julia Ponsonby & Daphne Lambert

September 21-26, 2003
BUSINESS & SUSTAINABILITY
Amory Lovins & Janine Benyus

October 5-24, 2003
SEEING WITH NEW EYES
Stephan Harding, Brian Goodwin, Chris Clarke, Mae-Wan Ho & Craig Holdredge

October 26-31, 2003
ROOTS OF LEARNING
Jon Cree & Alan Dyer

November 9-28, 2003
SIMPLICITY AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Vicki Robin, Sulak Sivaraksa & John de Graaf

January 11-30, 2004
INDIGENOUS WISDOM
Hugh Brody, Gregory Cajete & Rebecca Hossack

February 8-27, 2004
FAIRNESS IN A FRAGILE WORLD
Ann Pettifor, Martin Khor & Wolfgang Sachs

March 7-12, 2004
BUSINESS & SUSTAINABILITY
Simon Zadek

March 14-April 2, 2004
AGRI-CULTURE & AGRO-ECOLOGY
Tewolde Egziabher, Jules Pretty & Miguel Altieri

April 12-17, 2004
ROOTS OF LEARNING
Food in Schools

April 25-May 14, 2004
EARTH, SPIRIT & ACTION
John Seed, Ruth Rosenhek, Starhawk, Alastair McIntosh & Verene Nicolas

May 16 - June 4, 2004
ECOLOGICAL DESIGN
John & Nancy Jack Todd, Bill Dunster & Alan Powers

June 13-July 3, 2004
LIVING EARTH
Stephan Harding, James Lovelock, Lynn Margulis, Ricardo Guerrero & Tom 
Wakeford

July 4-16, 2004
COMPLEXITY & LIFE
Fritjof Capra

July 18-23, 2004
BUSINESS & SUSTAINABILITY
Fritjof Capra & Marjorie Kelly

For further details of Schumacher College and its courses, please contact:
Administrator, Schumacher College, The Old Postern, Dartington, Totnes, 
Devon TQ9 6EA, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1803 865934; Fax: +44 (0)1803 866899.
Email: admin at schumachercollege.org.uk
Web: http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk
On the Schumacher College website you can find the full text of the 
prospectus, current course programme, and application form. Additional 
material such as student profiles, articles of related interest, and 
scholarship details, is also available.