Learning

Abundant Life: Tai Chi

Thursdays 11am – 12.30pm
Studio 6, Space
£6 per session, pay on door
Join Tai Chi Nation for weekly classes in this form of moving meditation which gently exercises the whole body. Follow your class with lunch in the White Hart – two courses for £10 (valid on day of class – collect your voucher at the session). Abundant Life is Dartington’s plan for an innovative new community for older people in the Foxhole building on the Dartington estate.
For more information and to read the latest newsletter visit www.dartington.org/abundant-life

Bookbinding and Printmaking courses

Learn new skills at Dartington with our unique equipment and expertise from teachers Mary Bartlett and Michael Honor. Classes are held throughout the year – enrolment is for day or half-day classes over a ten-week term starting in January.
For more information visit www.dartington.org/arts/craft-education

Building Bridges Project

Thursdays 11am-1pm
Studio 20, Space
£5 per session, pay on door
Come and join in with singing Zimbabwean and English traditional songs in this new choir led by Chartwell Dutiro and Yvette Staelens. Everyone is welcome, no need to read music as songs are taught aurally, just come and have fun.
Presented by MHARARANO The Mbira Academy supported by Dartington.
For more information, contact: ursula.crickmay@dartington.org / 01803 847085.

Dartington SSE: Core Programme

Course starts: March 2012
Application deadline: Friday 10 February 2012
Our 6 month Fellows programme is designed to provide a complete package of support that meets the needs of the social entrepreneur.
For more information visit www.dartington.org/sse or email sam.haydock@dartington.org

Sustainability Courses at Schumacher College

Through an innovative approach to learning, with experts from around the world, Dartington’s Schumacher College has helped thousands to understand and find solutions for the most pressing ecological and social concerns of modern life.
To find out more or book courses at Schumacher College
Tel: +44 (0)1803 865934
admin@schumachercollege.org.uk / www.schumachercollege.org.uk

Schumacher College Natural Build Certificate

January – June 2012 – Seven short courses in natural building and refurbishment techniques led by Robert Somerville of Earth, Oak & Lime, Adam... read more

Spirit, Science And Consciousness: Living With The Paradoxes

Monday 13 February to Friday 02 March

For centuries, philosophers and scientists have struggled with understanding how mind and matter relate. Does consciousness reside throughout the... read more

Eat, Surf, Sweep

Thursday 23 February

with Robert Somerville, Ben Creed and Mike Gardner. This talk is part of The Earth Talks 2012 evening speakers programme at Schumacher College. read more

Ecological Facilitation: A Gritty and Creative Approach to Leadership

Monday 05 March to Friday 23 March

The world is increasingly volatile and unpredictable. There’s a hunger and a need for a new kind of leadership – which can venture into the... read more

Cultivating an Ecoliterate Worldview: Person, Place and Practice

Sunday 25 March to Thursday 05 April

This foundational programme offers an exceptional introduction to the development and practical application of an ecoliterate worldview, a... read more

More than one way to skin a rabbit

Thursday 29 March

With Chris Salisbury and Will Wallis. This talk is part of The Earth Talks 2012 evening speakers programme at Schumacher College. read more

Finding our Collective Voice: Consciousness and Sound Leadership

Friday 20 April to Sunday 22 April

Enhance your leadership and interpersonal skills through sound and voice
This course brings together two worlds that rarely intersect – sound... read more

What's the Point of School? Cultivating Minds for Turbulent Times

Monday 07 May to Friday 11 May

In this course, drawing on Guy’s groundbreaking new book The Learning Powered School: Pioneering 21st Century Education, we will go deeply into... read more

Soul in Nature: Experiencing the Connection

Monday 14 May to Friday 25 May

This course provides an opportunity to connect deeply with the natural world using a variety of traditional and transformational practices.

Ecopsychology: Experiencing the Ecological Self

Sunday 27 May

Through a series of carefully facilitated outdoor experiences and small group work, this course will help participants experience the ecological... read more

Fearlessness in the Face of Uncertainty

Monday 28 May to Friday 01 June

Meg Wheatley returns to Schumacher College to develop her work on the challenges of leadership in a chaotic age.

Complexity and Collaboration: Applying Complexity Theory to Organisational Transformation

Monday 11 June to Friday 15 June

The course will introduce you to and evaluate a variety of qualitative and quantitative tools and methods which can be used to apply complexity... read more

Body and Earth

Monday 18 June to Friday 22 June

This course starts from the insight that our bodies are not separate from the earth, but are inherently connected to the natural world: its... read more

Earth Pilgrim

Monday 02 July to Saturday 07 July

Our popular Earth Pilgrim course returns to our summer 2012 programme. The course centres around the experiences and reflections of Satish Kumar,... read more

Process Oriented Ecology: Finding sustainability in ourselves, our communities and with the earth.

Monday 09 July to Friday 13 July

Process Oriented Psychology draws on the wisdom of Jungian psychology, Taoism, shamanism and quantum physics to help people live in healthier... read more

MSc Holistic Science

Saturday 01 September

Schumacher College in partnership with the University of Plymouth is the first in the world to offer a postgraduate programme in Holistic... read more

MSc Sustainable Horticulture and Food Production - growing low input, diverse and resilient food systems

Saturday 01 September to Friday 28 June

Schumacher College is the first in the world to offer a postgraduate programme in Sustainable Horticulture and Food Production. Join the growers,... read more

MA Economics for Transition - achieving low carbon, high well-being, resilient economies

Saturday 01 September to Friday 28 June

Schumacher College is the first in the world to offer a full-time one-year postgraduate programme in Economics for Transition. The programme has... read more