Satish Kumar, long-time peace and environment activist and former Jain monk, has been quietly setting the global agenda of change for over 50 years. He settled in the United Kingdom after an 8,000-mile peace pilgrimage and took the editorial helm of Resurgence magazine in 1973, a post he held until 2016. Over the decades, he has been the guiding spirit behind a number of internationally respected ecological and educational ventures including founding Devon's Schumacher College; authoring several books, including Elegant Simplicity; and presenting the documentary Earth Pilgrim. Satish was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Education from the University of Plymouth, an Honorary Doctorate in Literature from the University of Lancaster, and the Jamnalal Bajaj International Award for Promoting Gandhian Values Abroad. He appears regularly in the media, is on the Advisory Board of Our Future Planet, and continues to teach and run workshops as a sought-after speaker in the UK and abroad. He lives in Devon, UK. Pavel Cenkl, PhD, is former Dean of Sterling College, Vermont, a researcher on ecologically minded curriculum development, and an environmental philosophy instructor. An avid endurance and adventure runner, through a project called Climate Run, Pavel has covered hundreds of miles in the Arctic and subarctic on foot in order to bring attention to the connections between our bodies and the more-than-human world in the face of a rapidly changing climate. He is author of Nature and Culture in the Northern Forest and This Vast Book of Nature. He is Head of Schumacher College and lives in Devon, UK.

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• Introduction: A New Pedagogy Satish KumarPart 1: Education of Head: Science In the Beginning: Greening of Education - Satish KumarAn Overview: A Unique Learning Experience - Fritjof CapraPedagogy for the Planet: Salt in the Stew - David OrrHolistic Science: Teaching for Gaia - Stephan HardingHolistic Science: Transforming Lives - Rupert SheldrakeHolistic Science: A New Biology - Bruce H. LiptonHolistic Science: From the Quanta to the Seed - Vandana ShivaAgriculture: Science in the Service of the Soil - Wes JacksonHolistic Science: Healing the Divided Brain - Iain McGilchristPart 2: Education of Head: EconomicsSmall Is Beautiful: Buddhist Economics - E. F. SchumacherRegenerative Economics: New Story - Jonathan DawsonThe Green New Deal: People and Planet Connection - Ann Pettifor New Economics: Local Is Beautiful - Helena Norberg-Hodge Meaningful Work: Less Is More - Juliet B. Schor Blue Economy: Nature Has No Waste - Gunter PauliDoughnut Economics: Turning Economics into Art - Kate RaworthEcological Design Thinking: Only Connect - Roberto Fraquelli and Mona NasseriOther Ways of Knowing: Transition Design - Terry Irwin and Gideon Kossoff Part 3: Education of Heart The Climate Crisis: Radical Activism - Bill McKibbenA Green Future: Narratives of Hope - Jonathon PorrittFireside Chat: Love for All - Satish KumarEcology and Spirituality: A Polar Star - Mary Evelyn TuckerEngaged Ecology: A Learning Arc - Andy LetcherEcology and Spirituality: A Sense of the Sacred Earth - Matthew FoxA Celebration: Experiencing Gaia - Peter ReasonIndigenous Wisdom: Sacred Activism - StarhawkIndigenous Cultures: A Quincentenary in the Old Postern - Charlene Spretnak Indigenous Wisdom: Creating a Core New Myth - Colin CampbellPart 4: Education of Hands Nature and Art: The Big Picture - Susan Derges Nature and Art: Web of Connections - Chris DruryThe Craft Revolution: The Magic of Making - Lou RainbowGaia's Kitchen: A Rich Mix - Julia Ponsonby Daily Bread: Simple but Not Easy! - Voirrey WattersonNature Is Here - Matt Harvey Regenerative Horticulture: Learning by Doing - Jane GleesonVolunteering: Learning Through Service - Elizabeth WebberShort Course Program: In Search of Meaning - Jane HallPart 5: Schumacher Worldwide Green Hub, Hong Kong: Learning, Living and Loving - Andrew McAulaySchumi Learning Garden in China: Right Livelihood - Ying LiangEscola Schumacher, Brazil: Learning as Encounter - Juliana SchneiderEfecto Mariposa, Colombia: The Gaian Connection - Adriana PuechBhoomi College, India: Unity in Diversity - Seetha AnanthasivanPeace and Permaculture Dojo, Japan: Moved by Love - Kai SawyerThe Schumacher Sprouts, Belgium: Ne me Quitee Pas... - Sabine DenisPart 6: Schumacher Alumni Experiences Shaping Sustainability - Sarah Butler-Sloss East and West - Nancy Lan LiuA New Worldview - Tom Rivett-CarnacTaking the Tree Trunk from Our Eye - Nigel ToppingCommunity Spirit - Paul Dickinson A Well-Being Economy - Julia Kim Lasting Gifts - Emily RyanA Home and a Community - Eve Annecke and Fiona Tilley Part 7: The Future Flourishing: Regenerative Learning - Pavel Cenkl AcknowledgmentsAbout the EditorsAbout New Society Publishers

Satish Kumar, long-time peace and environment activist and former Jain monk, has been quietly setting the global agenda of change for over 50 years. He settled in the United Kingdom after an 8,000-mile peace pilgrimage and took the editorial helm of Resurgence magazine in 1973, a post he held until 2016. Over the decades, he has been the guiding spirit behind a number of internationally respected ecological and educational ventures including founding Devon's Schumacher College; authoring several books, including Elegant Simplicity; and presenting the documentary Earth Pilgrim. Satish was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Education from the University of Plymouth, an Honorary Doctorate in Literature from the University of Lancaster, and the Jamnalal Bajaj International Award for Promoting Gandhian Values Abroad. He appears regularly in the media, is on the Advisory Board of Our Future Planet, and continues to teach and run workshops as a sought-after speaker in the UK and abroad. He lives in Devon, UK. Pavel Cenkl, PhD, is former Dean of Sterling College, Vermont, a researcher on ecologically minded curriculum development, and an environmental philosophy instructor. An avid endurance and adventure runner, through a project called Climate Run, Pavel has covered hundreds of miles in the Arctic and subarctic on foot in order to bring attention to the connections between our bodies and the more-than-human world in the face of a rapidly changing climate. He is author of Nature and Culture in the Northern Forest and This Vast Book of Nature. He is Head of Schumacher College and lives in Devon, UK.

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• Introduction: A New Pedagogy Satish KumarPart 1: Education of Head: Science In the Beginning: Greening of Education - Satish KumarAn Overview: A Unique Learning Experience - Fritjof CapraPedagogy for the Planet: Salt in the Stew - David OrrHolistic Science: Teaching for Gaia - Stephan HardingHolistic Science: Transforming Lives - Rupert SheldrakeHolistic Science: A New Biology - Bruce H. LiptonHolistic Science: From the Quanta to the Seed - Vandana ShivaAgriculture: Science in the Service of the Soil - Wes JacksonHolistic Science: Healing the Divided Brain - Iain McGilchristPart 2: Education of Head: EconomicsSmall Is Beautiful: Buddhist Economics - E. F. SchumacherRegenerative Economics: New Story - Jonathan DawsonThe Green New Deal: People and Planet Connection - Ann Pettifor New Economics: Local Is Beautiful - Helena Norberg-Hodge Meaningful Work: Less Is More - Juliet B. Schor Blue Economy: Nature Has No Waste - Gunter PauliDoughnut Economics: Turning Economics into Art - Kate RaworthEcological Design Thinking: Only Connect - Roberto Fraquelli and Mona NasseriOther Ways of Knowing: Transition Design - Terry Irwin and Gideon Kossoff Part 3: Education of Heart The Climate Crisis: Radical Activism - Bill McKibbenA Green Future: Narratives of Hope - Jonathon PorrittFireside Chat: Love for All - Satish KumarEcology and Spirituality: A Polar Star - Mary Evelyn TuckerEngaged Ecology: A Learning Arc - Andy LetcherEcology and Spirituality: A Sense of the Sacred Earth - Matthew FoxA Celebration: Experiencing Gaia - Peter ReasonIndigenous Wisdom: Sacred Activism - StarhawkIndigenous Cultures: A Quincentenary in the Old Postern - Charlene Spretnak Indigenous Wisdom: Creating a Core New Myth - Colin CampbellPart 4: Education of Hands Nature and Art: The Big Picture - Susan Derges Nature and Art: Web of Connections - Chris DruryThe Craft Revolution: The Magic of Making - Lou RainbowGaia's Kitchen: A Rich Mix - Julia Ponsonby Daily Bread: Simple but Not Easy! - Voirrey WattersonNature Is Here - Matt Harvey Regenerative Horticulture: Learning by Doing - Jane GleesonVolunteering: Learning Through Service - Elizabeth WebberShort Course Program: In Search of Meaning - Jane HallPart 5: Schumacher Worldwide Green Hub, Hong Kong: Learning, Living and Loving - Andrew McAulaySchumi Learning Garden in China: Right Livelihood - Ying LiangEscola Schumacher, Brazil: Learning as Encounter - Juliana SchneiderEfecto Mariposa, Colombia: The Gaian Connection - Adriana PuechBhoomi College, India: Unity in Diversity - Seetha AnanthasivanPeace and Permaculture Dojo, Japan: Moved by Love - Kai SawyerThe Schumacher Sprouts, Belgium: Ne me Quitee Pas... - Sabine DenisPart 6: Schumacher Alumni Experiences Shaping Sustainability - Sarah Butler-Sloss East and West - Nancy Lan LiuA New Worldview - Tom Rivett-CarnacTaking the Tree Trunk from Our Eye - Nigel ToppingCommunity Spirit - Paul Dickinson A Well-Being Economy - Julia Kim Lasting Gifts - Emily RyanA Home and a Community - Eve Annecke and Fiona Tilley Part 7: The Future Flourishing: Regenerative Learning - Pavel Cenkl AcknowledgmentsAbout the EditorsAbout New Society Publishers

Satish Kumar, long-time peace and environment activist and former Jain monk, has been quietly setting the global agenda of change for over 50 years. He settled in the United Kingdom after an 8,000-mile peace pilgrimage and took the editorial helm of Resurgence magazine in 1973, a post he held until 2016. Over the decades, he has been the guiding spirit behind a number of internationally respected ecological and educational ventures including founding Devon's Schumacher College; authoring several books, including Elegant Simplicity; and presenting the documentary Earth Pilgrim. Satish was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Education from the University of Plymouth, an Honorary Doctorate in Literature from the University of Lancaster, and the Jamnalal Bajaj International Award for Promoting Gandhian Values Abroad. He appears regularly in the media, is on the Advisory Board of Our Future Planet, and continues to teach and run workshops as a sought-after speaker in the UK and abroad. He lives in Devon, UK. Pavel Cenkl, PhD, is former Dean of Sterling College, Vermont, a researcher on ecologically minded curriculum development, and an environmental philosophy instructor. An avid endurance and adventure runner, through a project called Climate Run, Pavel has covered hundreds of miles in the Arctic and subarctic on foot in order to bring attention to the connections between our bodies and the more-than-human world in the face of a rapidly changing climate. He is author of Nature and Culture in the Northern Forest and This Vast Book of Nature. He is Head of Schumacher College and lives in Devon, UK.

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• Introduction: A New Pedagogy Satish KumarPart 1: Education of Head: Science In the Beginning: Greening of Education - Satish KumarAn Overview: A Unique Learning Experience - Fritjof CapraPedagogy for the Planet: Salt in the Stew - David OrrHolistic Science: Teaching for Gaia - Stephan HardingHolistic Science: Transforming Lives - Rupert SheldrakeHolistic Science: A New Biology - Bruce H. LiptonHolistic Science: From the Quanta to the Seed - Vandana ShivaAgriculture: Science in the Service of the Soil - Wes JacksonHolistic Science: Healing the Divided Brain - Iain McGilchristPart 2: Education of Head: EconomicsSmall Is Beautiful: Buddhist Economics - E. F. SchumacherRegenerative Economics: New Story - Jonathan DawsonThe Green New Deal: People and Planet Connection - Ann Pettifor New Economics: Local Is Beautiful - Helena Norberg-Hodge Meaningful Work: Less Is More - Juliet B. Schor Blue Economy: Nature Has No Waste - Gunter PauliDoughnut Economics: Turning Economics into Art - Kate RaworthEcological Design Thinking: Only Connect - Roberto Fraquelli and Mona NasseriOther Ways of Knowing: Transition Design - Terry Irwin and Gideon Kossoff Part 3: Education of Heart The Climate Crisis: Radical Activism - Bill McKibbenA Green Future: Narratives of Hope - Jonathon PorrittFireside Chat: Love for All - Satish KumarEcology and Spirituality: A Polar Star - Mary Evelyn TuckerEngaged Ecology: A Learning Arc - Andy LetcherEcology and Spirituality: A Sense of the Sacred Earth - Matthew FoxA Celebration: Experiencing Gaia - Peter ReasonIndigenous Wisdom: Sacred Activism - StarhawkIndigenous Cultures: A Quincentenary in the Old Postern - Charlene Spretnak Indigenous Wisdom: Creating a Core New Myth - Colin CampbellPart 4: Education of Hands Nature and Art: The Big Picture - Susan Derges Nature and Art: Web of Connections - Chris DruryThe Craft Revolution: The Magic of Making - Lou RainbowGaia's Kitchen: A Rich Mix - Julia Ponsonby Daily Bread: Simple but Not Easy! - Voirrey WattersonNature Is Here - Matt Harvey Regenerative Horticulture: Learning by Doing - Jane GleesonVolunteering: Learning Through Service - Elizabeth WebberShort Course Program: In Search of Meaning - Jane HallPart 5: Schumacher Worldwide Green Hub, Hong Kong: Learning, Living and Loving - Andrew McAulaySchumi Learning Garden in China: Right Livelihood - Ying LiangEscola Schumacher, Brazil: Learning as Encounter - Juliana SchneiderEfecto Mariposa, Colombia: The Gaian Connection - Adriana PuechBhoomi College, India: Unity in Diversity - Seetha AnanthasivanPeace and Permaculture Dojo, Japan: Moved by Love - Kai SawyerThe Schumacher Sprouts, Belgium: Ne me Quitee Pas... - Sabine DenisPart 6: Schumacher Alumni Experiences Shaping Sustainability - Sarah Butler-Sloss East and West - Nancy Lan LiuA New Worldview - Tom Rivett-CarnacTaking the Tree Trunk from Our Eye - Nigel ToppingCommunity Spirit - Paul Dickinson A Well-Being Economy - Julia Kim Lasting Gifts - Emily RyanA Home and a Community - Eve Annecke and Fiona Tilley Part 7: The Future Flourishing: Regenerative Learning - Pavel Cenkl AcknowledgmentsAbout the EditorsAbout New Society Publishers