The Schumacher Lectures
The 1st Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures of October 1981 emphasized the importance of vibrant regional economies at a time when the focus of the nation was on an expanding global economy. Much has happened since then. The promise of the global economy has faded in face of ever greater wealth disparity and environmental degradation. There is growing interest in building a new economy that is just and recognizes planetary limits. The speakers of the Schumacher Lecture Series continue to be at the forefront of this movement.
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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 59 minutes
- Episodes
- 63
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2021
Ecological Design: Reinventing the Future – John Todd
John Todd has been a pioneer in the field of ecological design and engineering for nearly five decades. He is the founder and president of John Todd Ecological Design. Dr. Todd has degrees in agricul…
Very Small Is Beautiful – Sally Fallon Morell
Sally Fallon Morell is founding president of The Weston A. Price Foundation, a nonprofit nutrition education foundation with over 400 local chapters worldwide helping consumers find local grass-based…
Cold Evil: Technology and Modern Ethics – Andrew Kimbrell
Andrew Kimbrell is one of the country's leading environmental attorneys and an author of several articles and books on environment, technology, society, and food issues. He is executive director of t…
Making Amends to the Myriad Creatures – Stephanie Mills
Stephanie Mills has been a writer, editor, and speaker on matters ecological, bioregional, social, and political for the past fifty years. Famous for her commencement address at Mills College in 1969…
Eat the Sky: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork – Anna Lappé
Anna Lappé is a national bestselling author, a respected advocate for food justice and sustainability, and an advisor to funders investing in food system transformation.
She delivered “Eat the Sky: Th…
Biopiracy: The Colonization of the Seed – Vandana Shiva
Vandana Shiva is a trained physicist and courageous social activist who was named one of the Seven Most Powerful Women on the Globe by Forbes Magazine.
Vandana Shiva delivered "Biopiracy: The Coloniza…
Natural Foie Gras and the Future of Food – Dan Barber
Dan Barber is the chef and co-owner of Blue Hill and Blue Hill at Stone Barns, and the author of The Third Plate (2014). He opened Blue Hill restaurant with family members David and Laureen Barber in…
What is a Work of Art in the Age of a $120,000 Art Degree? – Caroline Woolard
Caroline Woolard is a New York-based artist and organizer born in Rhode Island. She speaks internationally about art, design, technology, and economic justice.
Woolard co-founded barter networks OurG…
Economic Globalization: The Era of Corporate Rule – Jerry Mander
Jerry Mander is the founder, former director, and presently distinguished fellow of the International Forum on Globalization (IFG), a San Francisco “think tank” focused since 1994 on exposing the neg…
Creating a Post-Corporate World – David Korten
Korten is co-founder and board chair of YES! Magazine, an author, former professor of the Harvard Business School, and founder and president of the Living Economies Forum.
David Korten delivered “Crea…
Reclaiming Community – David Morris
David Morris is co-founder and vice president of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and directs its Public Good Initiative. Founded in 1974, the Institute provides innovative strategies, working m…
How the Conquest of Indigenous Peoples Parallels the Conquest of Nature – John Mohawk
John Mohawk (1945–2006) was associate professor of American Studies at the State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo, and director of Indigenous Studies at its Center of the Americas.
John Mohawk d…
Moving Toward Community: From Global Dependence to Local Interdependence – Helena Norberg-Hodge
Author, filmmaker, and Goi Peace Prize winner, Helena Norberg-Hodge is the founder and director of Local Futures/International Society for Ecology and Culture (ISEC) and The International Alliance f…
Stories from an Appalachian Community – Marie Cirillo
Cirillo is co-founder of the Woodland Community Land Trust and is the founder of the Woodland Community Development Corporation, the Mountain Women's Exchange, and Appalachian-Based Community Develop…
The Wisdom That Builds Community – Greg Watson
Greg Watson is Director of Policy and Systems Design at the Schumacher Center for a New Economics. His work currently focuses on community food systems and the dynamics between local and geo-economic…
Ecological Redemption: Ocean Farming in the Era of Climate Change - Bren Smith
Bren Smith is the owner of Thimble Island Ocean Farm and founder/executive director of GreenWave. A commercial fisherman since the age of 14, Smith pioneered the development of restorative 3D ocean f…
Building a New Economy: What's Love Got to Do with It? - Judy Wicks
Wicks is the founder of White Dog Café, Fair Food Philly, the Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia, and the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies.
Judy Wicks delivered "Building…
Buddhist Technology: Bringing a New Consciousness to Our Technological Future - Arthur Zajonc
A leading physicist and humanist, Arthur Zajonc is the former President of the Mind & Life Institute. He is also emeritus professor of physics at Amherst College, where he taught from 1978 to 2012, a…
If You Don't Like Capitalism or State Socialism, What Do You Want? - Gar Alperovitz
Alperovitz is the president of the National Center for Economic and Security Alternatives, a founding principal of The Democracy Collaborative, and is co-chair of the Next System Project.
Gar Alperovi…
Voices from White Earth - waabaabiganikaag - Winona LaDuke
Winona LaDuke—an Anishinaabekwe (Ojibwe) member of the White Earth Nation—is an environmentalist, economist, author, and prominent Native American activist working to restore and preserve indigenous …