Schumacher College

Schumacher College was founded in 1990 by Satish Kumar, John Lane and others, and first opened to students in January 1991 in Dartington, Totnes, Devon, UK. Its first visiting teacher was James Lovelock. It was inspired by E.F. Schumacher, the economist, environmentalist, and development educator and the author of Small is Beautiful. It is an international centre offering transformative learning for sustainable living, and runs holistic education courses for people concerned with social and environmental issues. It is the most internationally famous initiative of The Dartington Hall Trust.

Short courses have been taught by teachers such as David Abram, Patch Adams, Henri Bortoft, Fritjof Capra, Deepak Chopra, Christian de Quincey, Stanislav Grof, Hazel Henderson, James Lovelock, Lynn Margulis, Humberto Maturana, Wolfgang Sachs, Arne Naess, Rupert Sheldrake, Vandana Shiva, Brian Goodwin and many others.

In 2009 the college decided to expand its programmes with an emphasis upon more applied, flexible and accessible courses. This led to the introduction of pre degree courses in green build and sustainable horticulture, plus Open Learning and outreach, with a pilot course run in central Asia, as part of its Schumacher Worldwide strategy. In addition the college expanded its post graduate programmes from one to three degrees. The college also extended its campus site in 2011/12 and enhanced its in house teaching faculty.

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