News and blogs

This page brings together articles written by or about the learning community here at Schumacher College and Dartington Arts School. We are open to submissions from all members. If you are interested in contributing please contact will.kemp@dartington.org.

Clearing 2023

Clearing 2023

Throughout the summer, we will be fast-tracking applications for our BSc Regenerative Food and Farming at Schumacher College.

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Stories in Time

Stories in Time

Dr Sarah Elisa Kelly, tutor on our short course Unravelling Time, writes on eco-perspectives and how the socities we live in can shape our own relationship with time.

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What is Regenerative Economics?

What is Regenerative Economics?

In this public webinar Ruth Potts and Jay Tompt, our resident economists and postgraduate lectuers, offer some introductory reflections on the alternatives out there to current mainstream economics.

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Bullfinch Diaries by Dr Stephan Harding

Bullfinch Diaries by Dr Stephan Harding

In this blog post Dr Stephan Harding reflects creatively on the vicissitudes of life and our place in the world following a chance encounter with a bullfinch.It’s mid-March, and the snow falls thick and fast, most unusually for early spring in the south west of...

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What’s in a name? How we came to be called Schumacher College

What’s in a name? How we came to be called Schumacher College

Schumacher College was named in honour of the legacy of economist E. F. Schumacher, whose work prioritised an economics that also contributed to healthy people and planet. This blog burrows deeper into the story of how the College came to take on Schumacher’s name, with the help of our founder Satish Kumar.

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