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DVD's
& VIDEOTAPES
FROM
SCHUMACHER
COLLEGE
Last updated November 2007.
Here are some of our open lectures and exclusive interviews from our
2 and 3-week residential courses.
These titles are collections (2 or 3 on a DVD) of straight lectures except
where indicated in the blurb.
In general, each DVD title represents one particular course.
These DVD’s provide a flavour of the kinds of ideas and levels of
discussion that take place at the college.
Except where indicated, these talks are accessible to a general audience.
Ordering info is at the end. Latest titles
are at the end.
COLLEGE 10TH ANNIVERSARY
JAMES HILLMAN talks about soul in community
THOMAS MOORE discusses the soul and spiritual life
WOLFGANG SACHS raises issues of sustainability
FRANCOISE WEMELSFELDER discusses holistic science
MAE WAN HO shows complex energy cycles in living organisms
THE ECOLOGY OF COMMERCE
PAUL HAWKEN, author of “The Ecology of Commerce” describes the current
ecological crisis in terms of design and predicts the coming trends in
ecological thinking within the commercial world
KARL HENRIK ROBERT, founder of The Natural Step describes the process of coming
to concensus with industry about the steps needed to move towards a sustainable
society
JONATHON PORRITT gives an optimistic analysis of the progress being made in
industry towards sustainability
THE ARNE NAESS SERIES
A series of five 2-hour talks and 1 interview with Arne Naess about Deep Ecology. (2 DVD’s)
-DEEP EXPERIENCE
-DEEP QUESTIONS
-SPINOZA & ME
-THOUGHTS ABOUT NON-VIOLENCE
-DEEP ANSWERS
EDUCATION FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
DAVID ORR talks to Satish Kumar about what has been missing in our
educational system, and what kinds of models of learning he envisages for the
future. He also gives a talk entitled "Twelve Big Ideas"
SATISH KUMAR talks about his experiences with “The Small School” and his vision
of spirituality in education
ECOLOGY & THEOLOGY
THOMAS BERRY talks about theology and man's relationship with the Earth
MATTHEW FOX talks about Gaia, Buddhism and spirituality
SOUL, EROS & NATURE
THOMAS MOORE, author of “Soulmates” and “The Soul of Sex”, talks about
bringing the erotic back into everyday life
ROB PREECE, Jungian therapist and leader of workshops on Tibetan Tantra,
explores four archetypes of masculinity and asks what men are missing these
days
QUESTIONS ABOUT GAIA THEORY
JAMES LOVELOCK answers some of the trickiest questions about Gaia theory, including the place of spirituality in a Gaian model (2:10)
ANSWERS ABOUT GAIA THEORY
JAMES LOVELOCK submits to more provocative questions about the scientific and philosophical basis of what he now prefers to call "Geophysiology". He addresses its scientific basis and the implications for man and the Earth, and is controversial on the subject of nuclear power (2:50)
BUDDHISM & PSYCHOTHERAPY
CHRISTOPHER TITMUSS talks to Satish Kumar about the relationship between
spiritual practice and the secular world
MAURA SILLS and CHRISTOPHER TITMUSS talk about Buddhism and psychotherapy
WOMEN & ECOLOGY
WINONA LADUKE talks about the struggle of Native American women
WENDY HARCOURT Australian feminist and writer, discusses the impact of feminism
over the last 20 years and where it stands now
NEW ECONOMICS 1
JAMES ROBERTSON talks about money and value, and the necessity of
reappraising our economic perspective for a sustainable future
RICHARD DOUTHWAITE author of "Short Circuit" talks about local
economies & Letts systems
SUSTAINABILITY &
GLOBALISATION
WOLFGANG SACHS narrates a
journey of 11 stops towards sustainability
JOHN MOHAWK, a Seneca Indian and professor of History at New York University,
talks about globalisation and speculates about the human brain
ECOLOGY & GLOBALISATION
MARTIN KHOR, director of the Third World Network, argues that the World
Trade Organisation may be implementing questionable policies
RICHARD SANDBROOK describes what really happened at the Rio Earth Summit and
its implications
QUESTIONS ABOUT GLOBALISATION
MARTIN KHOR, director of the Third World Network, talks about
globalisation against the background of the Asian forest fires and stock market
crash
WOLFGANG SACHS fellow of the Wupperthal Institute in Germany, discusses wealth
and sustainability
A NEW KIND OF SCIENCE
HENRI BORTOFT talks about Goethe’s vision of a new kind of science, how
perception is affected by creativity and how all this bears upon Darwin’s
theory of evolution
BRIAN GOODWIN, former professor of Biology at the Open University, suggests
that Life Science has reached the end of an era and the beginning of a new one
FRITJOF CAPRA introduces his book “The Web of Life” and comments on the new
systems theories, discussing their relationship to determinism
ECOLOGY & EDUCATION
DAVID EHRENFELD predicts the demise of the current academic
infrastructure and anticipates its successor
DAVID ORR illustrates an example of sustainable university design and adds up
academia’s economic clout
FRITJOF CAPRA, author of “The Tao of Physics” and “The Web of Life” describes
how the nurturing of networking relationships, ecoliteracy and the opportunity
to recognise patterns are important elements in education
COSMOLOGY & CONSCIOUSNESS
STANISLAV GROF discusses the healing potential of non-ordinary states of consciousness
with particular reference to the history of LSD
RICHARD TARNAS, author of "Passion of the Western Mind", discusses
evidence correlating planetary transits with archetypal patterns of human
experience
WILLIAM KEEPIN talks about spirituality as a basis for ecological activism
BIOPOLITICS & BIOPIRACY
ANDREW KIMBRELL discusses life as a commodity from his perspective as a
Washington attorney contesting bio-patents
VANDANA SHIVA argues that patenting Third World bioinformation by Western
concerns is biopiracy
MAE WAN HO, researcher in biophysics at the Open University, warns there is
ample evidence that current genetic engineering practices are unsafe, and gives
her reasons for calling for caution with genetically modified organisms
WILD MIND
DAVID ABRAM, author of “Spell of the Sensuous” and a leading voice in the
Deep Ecology movement, shares his sense of the magic of the natural world
TERRY TEMPEST WILLIAMS, writer and activist from Utah, author of “Desert
Quartet” and fringe mormon, gives three readings from her poetic and ecological
perspectives on individual and family
EARTH MYSTERIES
RUPERT SHELDRAKE brings his research into morphic resonance up to date
and argues that science needs mavericks and imaginative approaches. He
describes recent experiments with animals and ESP
JOHN MICHELL shows a series of images delving into the interface between
mathematics and spirituality, and speculates about corn circles.
RALPH METZNER shows historical images depicting the feminine aspect of the
divine and relates this to current environmental issues
BUDDHISM & SOCIAL ACTION
A.T.ARIARATNE, president of the Sarvodaya movement in Sri Lanka,
describes his Buddhist approach to promoting human development and co-operative
enterprise in rural villages
SULAK SIVARAKSHA explains, from a Buddhist point of view, why
social action requires a spiritual basis
THE LIVING BODY OF EARTH
JOANNA MACY, author of “World as Lover, World as Self”, talks about
political activism from a Buddhist perspective and discusses the necessity for
care of the spirit as well as care for the Earth.
ARNE NAESS talks about the significance of his relationship with a mountain
STEPHANIE MILLS talks about ecological restoration
THE ECOLOGY OF THE GENOME
WES JACKSON outlines a dialogue he has
with Monsanto about issues surrounding genetic transfer between near and
distant genetic relatives
CHRISTINE VON WEIZSAECKER talks about international negotiations on biosafety
TEWOLDE EGZIABHER, Africa’s spokesperson for the Biosafety Protocol, talks
about current genetic issues
THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE
BRIAN GOODWIN, former Professor of Biology at the Open University, shows
images of complexity in nature and discusses how a science of qualities is
important in studying them.
HUMBERTO MATURANA, Professor of Biology at the
University of Chile, talks about language and communication and asks “what are
we doing when we use language?” discussing the implications for education. He
also gives a talk about plans, and why they go amiss.
THE HUMAN & THE NON-HUMAN
PETER MATTHIESSEN relates experiences from the dark side of human
encounter
BILL MCKIBBEN asks whether there is any reason to be afraid of taking the step
of having only one child
DAVID ABRAM, in his inimitable storytelling style, argues the importance of
maintaining a living dialogue with all creatures
NATURAL CAPITALISM
AMORY LOVINS, author of “Natural Capitalism” argues that a sustainable
future is technologically within our grasp, if only we can radically change the
way we think in industry.
JOHN ELKINGTON, founder of the think tank SustainAbility, argues the case for
working with industry towards an ecologically informed future.
BEYOND AN ECOLOGY OF WORK & SPEND
JULIET SCHOR, author of “The Overworked American”talks about “the new consumerism”
.
RICHARD DOUTHWAITE, author of “Short Circuit”, argues that there are 4 types of
capital, all of which need to be subject to criteria of sustainability.
AWAKENING THE FEMININE
ANN SHEARER, editor of “When a Princess Dies” discusses the aftermath of
Princess Diana’s death in terms of an awakening of feminine energy, and
suggests that both the skeptics and the faithful are missing the point.
MARION WOODMAN, Jungian analyst and author of “The pregnant Virgin” talks about
the feminine as “Presence” and describes the role of the inner marriage of
masculine and feminine with reference to her own battle with cancer
LINDSAY CLARKE, author of “The Chymical Wedding” asks whether the novelist is
increasingly becoming an exponent of the sacred
GLOBAL POWER, LOCAL PROMISE‑
HELENA NORBERG HODGE, author of “Ancient Futures” talks about the effects
of globalisation on emerging nations
MATHIS WACKERNAGEL explores the concept of the Ecological Footprint
THE POWER OF COMMUNITIES
Helena
Norberg Hodge talks about
peaceful activism
Frances Moore Lappé talks about
the power of the community in bringing about change
THEODORE ROSZAK predicts the impact of the coming demographic shift
THE PLACE OF RITUALS
RICHARD OLIVIER asks what we can learn from Shakespeare’s “Henry V” about
leadership in business
GAIL THOMAS describes how she participated in the creation of an urban
sacred space in downtown Dallas
JAMES ROOSE-EVANS talks about the role of ritual in everyday life
SOIL, SOUL & SOCIETY
ALASTAIR McINTOSH offers a case study illustrating the process of Engaging the
Powers - fighting a quarry in Scotland
JOHN SEED describes how to fight for rainforests
SUSTAINABILITY IN BUSINESS
KARL HENRIK ROBERT discusses the relationship between sustainable system
conditions and sustainable business practices (2:20)
FRITJOF CAPRA, author of 'The Web of Life' and GUNTER PAULI, founder of Ecover
and the 'Zeri' Organistion describe the route to a change in perpective on manufacturing
ECOLOGICAL DESIGN 1
JOHN TODD introduces his revolutionary living machines in which recycling
is accomplished by living organisms
JOHN MAKEPEACE shows images of his exquisite furniture creations and talks
about the significance of their design
ASPECTS OF
ECOPSYCHOLOGY
CAROLYN MERCHANT revisits the Garden of Eden in search of connections
with ecological concerns
MARY-JAYNE RUST talks about Ecopsychology from her standpoint as a Jungian
analyst
ANNE BARING describes the significance of alchemy and fairytales through a
series of images representing the soul’s search for the divine ground of being
WENDY HARCOURT discusses feminism
NATURE, SOUL & CREATIVITY
THOMAS MOORE talks about surrendering to the process of emptying as
opposed to engaging in the constant struggle to fill up and grow
JOAN HANLEY presents a journey through her paintings, backed by Tom’s music
COMMUNITY & SUSTAINABILITY‑
WENDELL BERRY talks about the need to get involved in politics
HELENA NORBERG HODGE argues the case for local over global
FOOD
TIM LANG talks about inequality and sustainability
VANDANA SHIVA argues for local food
TIM GORRINGE derives inspiration for action from the eucharist
RESPONSIBLE SCIENCE
MAE WAN HO argues the case for extreme caution with genetic modification of
food
ARPAD PUSZTAI describes his experience of “whistleblowing” and suggests ways of
safeguarding the conscientious scientist
THE MARKET: MASTER OR SERVANT?
DAVID JENKINS, former bishop of Durham,asks whether you can serve God and
Mammon
MARTIN KHOR, director of the Third World Network, asks whether the third world
should co-operate with the objectives of the richer countries
WOLFGANG SACHS, fellow of the Wupperthal Institute, illustrates how ignorance
serves exploitation in the global North/South divide
SACRED ECOLOGY
STEPHANIE KAZA talks about the dharma cycle with respect to ecology
ROSEMARY RADFORD RUETHER, author of “Gaia and God” describes traditions of
covenant and sacrament with Nature
SATISH KUMAR, author of “No Destination” probes the links between ecology and
spirituality
SHAMANISM
JOHN BROOMFIELD talks about our common traditions of other ways of
knowing
JONATHAN HORWITZ describes Shamanism as a means of direct access to the forces
of the universe
JAMES HILLMAN COLLECTION
ARCHIVE JAMES HILLMAN on:
Destiny and the Acorn Theory
The shadow in efficiency
Aging as an opportunity for the appearance of character
THINKING BEYOND DEVELOPMENT
ARTURO ESCOBAR,
MANFRED MAX NEEF and
KAMLA CHOWDHRY talk about development issues from around the world
BELONGING
DAVID ABRAM asks whether the most sacred of all worlds is here and now
PATSY HALLEN argues we should be careful with science
STEPHAN HARDING explores intelligence in Nature
EXPLORING GLOBALISATION
ANNE PETTIFOR talks about the “Jubilee 2000” campaign to cancel Third
World debt
WOLFGANG SACHS explores four ideas for sustainability
TARIQ BANURI asks who should bear the cost of sustainable development
WHERE EARTH & SOUL TOUCH
RUTH ROSENHEK argues that action to defend rainforests does not have to
win to be successful
JOHN SEED illustrates his approach to direct action
NEW EYES FOR SCIENCE
CHRIS CLARKE Talks about seeing with new eyes
RUPERT SHELDRAKE discusses ESP
HENRI BORTOFT describes how Goethean Science looks at phenomena from a holistic
perspective
ECOLOGICAL DESIGN 2
DAVID ORR explains how the ecological crisis can be seen as a problem of
design
JOHN TODD describes the experience of doing wonderful things in awful places
LIFE, MIND and SOCIETY
BRIAN GOODWIN talks about living with an open heart
FRITJOF CAPRA talks about networks and hidden connections
MIND & MATTER
BRIAN GOODWIN, author of “How the Leopard Changed its
Spots”, asks whether we need to re-appraise matter in the light of consciousness
DAVID PEAT, author of “Blackfoot Physics”, describes his village in Italy as a
self-organising system in crsis. What can save it?
SATISH KUMAR asks whether the question “who am I?” has relevance for an
ecological world view
EVERYDAY MAGIC
FREYA MATTHEWS discusses ecophilosophies
ROGER DEAKIN talks about his romance with water
NEW COSMOLOGY
BRIAN SWIMME discusses the difficulty of grasping the cosmology we now
face
CHARLENE SPRETNAK illustrates a cosmological approach to spirituality in art
SEEING WITH NEW EYES
CHRIS CLARKE talks about different kinds of logic
CRAIG HOLREDGE talks about the qualities of sloths
DEPTH IN RELIGION
THOMAS MOORE takes a fresh look at religion
Also: a talk on Care of the Soul from 1996
CHALLENGING GLOBALISATION
VANDANA SHIVA questions trends in global trade
JULIET SCHOR talks about the commercialisation of childhood
PRASANNAN PARTHASARATHI talks about Gandhi
SIMPLICITY AND SOCIAL CHANGE
VICKY ROBBINS talks about simplicity and conversation
SULAK SIVARAKSHA talks about the buddhist approach to activism
JOHN de GRAAF presents his film “Affluenza”
INDIGENOUS WISDOM
HUGH BRODY describes the search for original Bushman languages
GREGORY CAJETE illustrates the Pueblo peoples’ reverence for water
REBECCA HOSSACK introduces Aboriginal art
FAIRNESS IN A FRAGILE WORLD
MARTIN KHOR tells the story of the Cancun WTO conference from a third
world perspective
ANN PETTIFOR apportions blame for the global debt predicament
WOLFGANG SACHS talks about resource justice and global citizenship
STEPHAN on GAIA
STEPHAN HARDING
(1) Connections between Jungian thought and the spirit of Gaia
(2) Biology of Gaia
STEPHAN ON DEEP ECOLOGY
(1) Deep Experience & Deep Ecology Platform
(2) Biodiversity and Deep Ecology
EARTH, SPIRIT & ACTION
RUTH ROSENHEK and JOHN SEED talk about moving from fear to freedom in
activism
STARHAWK discusses the effect of the stories we tell ourselves
ALASTAIR McINTOSH and VERENE NICOLAS talk about magic in activism
ECOLOGICAL DESIGN 3
BILL DUNSTER talks about the BEDZED ecological housing development in
London
JOHN and NANCY TODD describe their vision of ecological design and illustrate
this with recent projects
ALAN POWERS talks about the architecture of John Campbell
ECOLOGICAL
DESIGN 4
JANINE BENYUS describes the rationale behind biomimicry
FRITJOF CAPRA discusses images of ecological design
HOLISTIC SCIENCE
BRIAN GOODWIN introduces Goethe
ARTHUR ZAJONC discusses globalisation against a
historical background of science and technology
CRAIG HOLDREDGE discusses the art of Franz Marc
WARNINGS ABOUT GAIA
JAMES LOVELOCK discusses the relationship between Gaia and global warming, and responds to questions about his controversial position on nuclear power
RECLAIMING THE WORLD
WINONA LADUKE describes the process of taking
responsibility for her community
JERRY MANDER talks about mass media
VANDANA SHIVA argues that the Tsunami carried an
ecological lesson
HEALTHY PEOPLE HEALTHY PLANET
PATCH ADAMS presents facets of his approach to political action
DEEPAK CHOPRA offers an Eastern perspective on consciousness
SIMON MILLS introduces 2 crucial aspects of herbalism
MIRA SHIVA talks about health from a global perspective
IN SEARCH OF EARTH ETHICS
JANE GOODALL talks about chimpanzees and our relationship
with the natural world
KATE RAWLES discusses the search for an Earth Ethic
TERESA COHN talks about her work with indigenous Americans
SOUL IN NATURE
CHRISTIAN de QUINCEY talks about consciousness
JONATHAN HORWITZ talks about Shamanism
SUSTAINABILITY IN PRACTICE
DAVID ORR talks about U.S. Policy
MARGIE RUDDICK presents environmental designs and
projects
TERRY IRWIN looks at design as a sign of the times
ECONOMICS
FOR A GREEN WORLD
MARTIN KHOR
JULIET SCHOR
PRASANNAN PARTHASARATHI
ART
& ECOLOGY
PETER LONDON talks about Eden
TIM RAWLINS describes his journey into creativity
CHRIS DRURY comments on his art installations
THE FUTURE OF MONEY
BERNARD LIETAER argues for alterative currencies
DAVID BOYLE reveals how the Wizard of Oz refers to an economy based on gold
LYNNE TWIST talks about indigenous peoples and the Soul
of Money
DEVELOPMENT: HOLY
GRAIL or POISONED CHALICE
HUGH BRODY tells stories from Western Ireland and the Inuit
SATISH KUMAR counts the cost of development
VANDANA SHIVA discusses the implications of genetic
modification
ARTURO ESCOBAR draws an up to date political map of South America
FOOD, HEALTH & SOCIETY
COLIN SPENCER provides
a taste of food in historical Britain
TIM LANG lines up the challenges facing food policy in
the future
CINZIA SCAFFIDI introduces the Slow Food movement
PATRICK HOLDEN talks about organic
food and the Soil Association
SCIENCE OF QUALITY
FRITJOF CAPRA introduces the Science
of Leonardo Da Vinci
BRIAN GOODWIN says Science and
Culture are one, not two
STEPHAN HARDING introduces Deep Ecology
NATURE and CONSCIOUSNESS
MEG WHEATLEY talks about complexity and emergence
CHRISTIAN de QUINCEY talks about ESP
ARTHUR ZAJONC talks
about the spiritual significance of friendship
ECOLOGY OF BODY SOUL &
SPIRIT
THOMAS MOORE talks
about Atmospheres & Creativity
STEPHAN HARDING talks
about Gaia & Deep Ecology
ART IN PLACE
PETER LONDON talks
about the role of the artist
ALAN BOLDON talks
about art as a lifestyle
LIFE AFTER OIL
DAVID FLEMING talks
about re-localisation and the end of oil
MICHAEL MEACHER
discusses political issues about energy
RICHARD HEINBERG
talks about the concept of Peak Oil
SCIENCE & SPIRITUALITY
ELISABET SAHTOURIS talks about the
coming hot age
PETER RUSSELL talks about consciousness & challenges
BRIAN GOODWIN talks about the
concept of fields
CLIMATE & DEVELOPMENT
AUBREY MEYER talks about Contraction and Convergence
JOHN CROFT talks about the future role of community
TONY JUNIPER talks about climate change and Friends of
the Earth
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
DEBBIE ROSE
JERRY MANDER
REBECCA HOSSACK talks about Aboriginal art
DESIGNING WITH
NATURE
PENNY LIVINGSTONE talks about permaculture
MARGIE RUDDICK decribes worldwide eco-development
projects
BOB TOMLINSON shows his eco-village housing developments
BILL DUNSTER talks about zero emissions housing developments
NEW ECONOMICS 2
ANDREW SIMMS & NIC MARKS describe problems & solutions
VANDANA SHIVA discusses growing asian economies
WOLFGANG SACHS
NIGEL TOPPING introduces the Totnes Pound
Chris Skrebowski, Jeremy Leggett, Vandana Shiva and
Patrick Holden give presentations about Peak Oil
EARTH & the SACRED
RUPERT SHELDRAKE asks if the sun could be considered as
conscious
ALASTAIR MCINTOSH talks about land rights
MARIANNE WILLIAMSON argues that global change must be
accompanied by change within
URBAN
SUSTAINABILITY
HERBERT GIRARDET
talks about city planning
PETER LIPMAN talks
about cycle paths and reclaiming the streets
ALEX
FEARNSIDE shows examples of sustainable energy systems
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