February 12, 2024
Our new study guide — “Small is Beautiful Revisited…50 Years On”— looks afresh at Schumacher’s 1973 landmark. Chapter 1 concerns the idea of ‘capital’— specifically, those irreplaceable forms of natural capital so critical to the book’s argument then, and to its continued relevance today.
February 5, 2024
Last month, our region’s Berkshire Community Land Trust hosted Jean Willoughby of Agrarian Trust as a guest speaker.
The presentation cast light on innovative examples of community ownership of working lands from around the country.
January 23, 2024
Honoring the 50th anniversary of E.F. Schumacher’s book Small is Beautiful in 2023, the Schumacher Center commissioned an updated study guide to this 1973 classic, turning to accomplished British author and Journalist David Boyle.
January 4, 2024
Our 2023 series “Schumacher Conversations: Envisioning the Next 50 Years” was drawn to a close in December with “Regenerating Local Food Economies: Feeding Eight Billion.” The full recording is now available online.
December 20, 2023
This past year, we’ve witnessed the continued strides of the Community Land Trust movement with great joy. A new book, out this month from the Center for CLT Innovation’s Terra Nostra Press, reflects on the past, present, and future of the CLT movement.
December 6, 2023
Our celebration of Small is Beautiful draws to a close in December with the theme of Regenerating Local Food Economies: Feeding Eight Billion. As with all 2023 Schumacher Conversations, registration is free.
November 29, 2023
In November, “Schumacher Conversations: Envisioning the Next 50 Years” focuses on the enlivening dynamics of the commons. A recording of “Expanding the Frontiers of Commoning” is now available online.
November 27, 2023
Marking the 50th anniversary of the publication of Small is Beautiful over the past year has given us much to celebrate, as well as a crucial reminder.
November 1, 2023
Our celebration of Small is Beautiful continues in November with the theme of Expanding the Frontiers of Commoning. Our participants for this online conversation are introduced below.
October 25, 2023
“Schumacher Conversations: Envisioning the Next 50 Years” continues in October on the topic of work and ownership. A recording of “Rethinking Ownership & Work: Shared Responsibility & Reward” is now available online.
October 23, 2023
We invite you to explore the Decentralism File and make use of this new resource.
October 19, 2023
The Berkshire Community Land Trust sent the following enewsletter to its members. We are sharing it with friends of the Schumacher Center to encourage a spirit of land gifting into CLTs as a way to broaden and diversify land access.