News & Interviews

Earth Pilgrim DVD released: A Spiritual Journey into the Landscape of Dartmoor with Satish Kumar

Friday August 29, 2008

Satish Kumar, Programme Director at Schumacher College, Dartington and Editor of Resurgence magazine spends one year exploring the beauty of England’s Dartmoor National Park. Produced as part of the award-winning Natural World Series for the BBC.

Job Opportunity: Director of Sustainability

Wednesday July 30, 2008

As Director of Sustainability, you will be responsible for all our activities across this major strand of our work, including Schumacher College and Landscope. You will need to develop an overall strategy, to create innovative programmes that address the challenges of sustainability in ways that you believe are important, and to review our existing activities to ensure they remain at the leading edge in their fields and contribute to the whole. Closing date: Tuesday 2nd September.

Welcome to the Schumacher College newsletter, July 2008

Wednesday July 23, 2008

We know many of you are still keen to take advantage of our summer deal – so we have extended this offer until the end of July, see below for details. Also here – more details about some of the exceptional teaching in-store on our sustainability and leadership courses in the autumn, experiences from the first year of the Certificate in Education and information about a temporary post at Schumacher College

Schumacher College Supports Resurgence Slow Sunday

Wednesday July 23, 2008

Schumacher College is supporting Resurgence magazine in the first in a series of Slow Sundays. On July 27th 2008, friends, alumni and local residents are being invited to bake their own bread, for themselves, their friends and their neighbours – a simple action that symbolises a respect for the planet, a desire for change and a move towards a more sustainable future.

A new generation of educators in times of change: The Schumacher Certificate in Education

Wednesday July 23, 2008

Here at Schumacher College, we are completing the first year of our Certificate in Education. It is clear at this point that this innovative programme has been as successful in supporting the professional and personal development of eleven dynamic individuals as we had hoped.

Work for Schumacher College: Marketing & Publicity Co-ordinator

Wednesday July 23, 2008

This is a key role at the College with responsibility for implementing the College marketing strategy, including for the prestigious short course and Masters programmes, expanding and enhancing the awareness of the College courses and stakeholder liaison, website and database management.

Design in context: Systems, Business and Society

Thursday July 10, 2008

This month we are pleased to be featuring two courses geared towards professionals seriously looking for innovative, creative solutions within the multi-faceted disciplines of industrial/product design, business strategy and organisational change: Biomimicry and Systems Thinking in Practice.

The ABOCA Scholarship for students of Holistic Science.

Tuesday June 3, 2008

We are proud to announce the establishment of a scholarship fund in support of our MSc in Holistic Science by the Italian company ABOCA.

Previously sold-out, new Gaia’s Kitchen now for sale

Tuesday June 3, 2008

For those of you who have waited for the new print of the sell-out Gaia’s Kitchen by Schumacher College’s Julia Ponsonby can now purchase copies from Green Books.

Clare Short MP talks about her time visiting Schumacher College and Transition Town Totnes

Tuesday June 3, 2008

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.

Newsletter: May 2008

Tuesday May 27, 2008

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.

Global learning at Dartington: An update on the Schumacher Certificate in Education

Wednesday March 19, 2008

The Certificate in Education was established at Schumacher College in 2007 to provide a platform for participants to develop their professional practice in adult education for sustainability. The aim is to broaden the reach of the ‘Schumacher educational experience’ whilst bringing in other ideas to create new models. It is also hoped that in empowering participants to create similar centres or projects in their local communities, people can find this inspiration and learning within their own region rather than needing to fly across the world; a global education with a smaller carbon footprint.

Schumacher College experts meet in London to discuss solutions for sustainability crisis

Friday February 29, 2008

Expert teachers and faculty meet in London’s Cecil Sharp House on Saturday 8th March to discuss the most pressing questions about the environment, education and international development.

Karen Blincoe, Director of Schumacher College, who will be on the panel said: ‘This event is really addressing the pressing needs of our time and is an extension of the discussions we have each day at the College. We feel that education, through events like this, provide an opportunity to bring people together to help design the solutions that the planet so urgently needs.’

Walk with the Earth Pilgrim: Satish Kumar

Tuesday January 22, 2008

15 to 19 September, 2008, A Schumacher College Course
Those who enjoyed watching Earth Pilgrim on BBC2’s Natural World can now have the opportunity to walk on Dartmoor in the company of Satish Kumar, who will share with them his reverential approach to nature and lead them on a pilgrimage into the tors, valleys, woodlands and other hidden corners of this beautiful landscape.

EARTH PILGRIM: a year on Dartmoor

Monday January 14, 2008

A production by the Emmy award-winning AGB Films, for the BBC2 series Natural World, which tracks ecologist, writer and Gandhi disciple, Satish Kumar, Programme Director at Schumacher College, as he walks Dartmoor in all its seasons, sharing the distinctively Indian perspective he brings to one of England’s best known landscapes.

Celebration of the re-print of Gaia’s Kitchen

Wednesday December 12, 2007

In 2001 Gaia’s Kitchen, by Schumacher College Chef, Julia Ponsonby won the Gourmand World Cookbook Award for best vegetarian cookbook. For those of who have been waiting for a copy, you have a treat in store – the book is currently being prepared for reprint.

College brings experts together to develop new action plan for global economic system

Thursday November 15, 2007

24 of the top economic, development and sustainability specialists from around the world will meet at Schumacher College for a weekend think tank between November 14 – 18 to discuss the future of global economics, ecology and equity.

Developing the Certificate in Education and Ethical Pioneers course

Wednesday October 24, 2007

Toni Spencer, one of our newer members of staff who has been developing the Certificate of Education and Ethical Pioneers programmes, tells us how they came about in response to the direct needs of College participants.

Snappily done: Autumn juicing at Schumacher College

Wednesday October 17, 2007

It is apple season here at Dartington, and across the UK crops are up 10% due to the ideal summer weather. Look no further than Schumacher College to see what one can do with the mighty crops that we are lucky enough to enjoy on the estate…

A Special Interview with Karen Blincoe

(interview) Friday September 28, 2007

After a year at the College, Karen takes a moment to reflect on the College, how it was, how it is and how it will be.

Desire Lines: The Ecologies of Language

Saturday September 8, 2007

It is crucial to explore relationships between the individual and their cultural, social, economic and natural environments. Desire Lines 2007 provides an environment in which to examine the role language plays in this complex framework. read more…

Dartington's Green Future - a talk by Jon Rae

Sunday September 2, 2007

On Tuesday 2nd October 2007 in the Ship Studio, Dartington Hall, Jon Rae, Dartington Hall Trust’s first sustainability officer, will be giving a talk about his work on the estate and Dartington’s greener future as a whole. read more…

India’s growing economy and the new economics - Open Evening Report

Friday June 29, 2007

India used to have a “Hindu rate of growth,” at not more than 4% per annum. Rules put in place after the colonial era, ensured that the poor were not dispossessed. With such a large population in India, supporting the entire country required, and achieved, a miracle of equity. read more…

The Totnes Pound is far from spent

Thursday June 28, 2007

In response to the massive interest generated by the distribution of 300 Totnes pounds Transition Town Totnes (TTT) are issuing 5000 Totnes Pounds, supported by Schumacher College and Totnes and District Chamber of Commerce. read more…

New Strategies for Zero-Energy Housing - Open Evening Report

Tuesday June 12, 2007

There were two talks at St Johns Church in Bridgetown, Totnes, on the evening of 23 May (continuing the series organised by Schumacher College and Transition Town Totnes) read more…

New Strategies for Zero-Energy Housing II - Open Evening Report

Sunday June 10, 2007

In the second talk, Bill Dunster began by making an important point, that as we move towards a low carbon future, and begin to seriously address the problem of global warming, we shall no longer be able to import food, or energy, in any significant amount. read more…

Nature's Due - a new book by Brian Goodwin

Thursday May 24, 2007

Nature’s Due is a broad, ambitious book with far-reaching consequences – essential reading for all those who wish to understand how nature and human culture can coexist more successfully. read more…

Satish Kumar to Visit Australia in May

Monday April 23, 2007

International sustainability leader and Gandhian peace activist, Satish Kumar, will visit Australia in early May to brief business, government and community representatives about global sustainability issues and initiatives.

Earthly rights: Earth jurisprudence - Open Evening Report

Thursday April 12, 2007

The only way to stop us ruining our planet is to give it legal rights, says Stephan Harding – Guardian Unlimited, Tuesday 3/4/07.

Illness to Wellness - Open Evening Report

Tuesday April 10, 2007

Nicky Britain, Michael Dixon, Simon Mills, Robert Duggan This evening meeting was held half way through a conference on the same subject being held at Schumacher College, with all four conference speakers present.

At the end of the era of globalization - Open Evening Report

Friday March 23, 2007

At the end of the era of globalization, turning again to the local
A talk given by Jerry Mander as part of a series of talks in which the Schumacher College Open Evenings move into town to reach the wider audience of Totnes. The event was held in association with Transition Town Totnes, 14/3/07.

Schumacher College Interview: John Croft

Wednesday March 7, 2007

John Croft taught at the Schumacher College this February as part of the course Climate Change: Seeing the whole picture. Between activities we met and spent some time discussing climate change, how it is challenging course participants and the word at large.

They’ll take the climate change message across the globe

Wednesday February 28, 2007

Thirty students at Dartington’s Schumacher College have pledged to fight climate change after a three-week course had opened their eyes to the problem.

The IPCC report: the science is there, but are we willing to change?

Monday January 15, 2007

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has delivered the final blow to climate-change sceptics. The word its report uses is ‘unequivocal’. But is the world prepared to accept the results of this judgement? read more…

Time to Wake up - Open Evening Report

Sunday January 7, 2007

Schumacher College and Transition Town Totnes jointly offered this lecture by Peter Russell on January 18th. Peter was tutoring on Schumacher College’s ‘Science and Spirituality’ course that week. The lecture was attended by about 300 people. read more…

Culture, Community and Home - Open Evening Report

Sunday December 10, 2006

On the 15th November, David Fleming, developer of Tradable Energy Quotas outlined his Practical Guide to Energy Descent to an audience of over 200 people in St John’s Church, Bridgetown, Totnes. read more…

New Roots of Learning Course - Re-Animating Science

Thursday December 7, 2006

A third Roots of Learning course has been added to the programme, scheduled to run over the spring half-term. read more…

A Taste of Schumacher College

Monday November 6, 2006

When Julia Ponsonby one of Schumacher College’s cooks wrote Gaia’s Kitchen it was not only a collection of favourite recipes, but a living demonstration of the way that good food also nourishes the soul. read more…