The Schumacher Lectures
Episodes
We can’t get There from Here: Carbon, Climate and the Call to Wonder - Paul Hawken & Báyò Akómoláfé
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The 44th Annual E.F. Schumacher Lecture took place on Wednesday, December 4th, 2024 featuring Paul Hawken and Báyò Akómoláfé in conversation. Thi...
Felled by Beauty: Guam and the End of American Empire - Julian Aguon
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Julian Aguon is an activist lawyer and writer from Guam and the author of the acclaimed new book, The Properties of Perpetual Light. He is the vision...
Winona LaDuke and Leah Penniman in Conversation
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Winona LaDuke—an Anishinaabekwe (Ojibwe) member of the White Earth Nation—is an environmentalist, economist, author, and prominent Native American...
Hazel Henderson and Juliet Schor in Conversation
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Since the early 1980’s Hazel Henderson’s name has been synonymous with impact investing. Probably more than any other person, Henderson has been r...
Neva Goodwin and Stewart Wallis in Conversation
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Neva Goodwin is co-founder and co-director of the Global Development And Environment Institute at Tufts University, where her projects have included e...
Otto Scharmer and Matt Stinchcomb in Conversation
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Otto Scharmer understands the stages of consciousness that are necessary to achieve transformation – whether that be transformation of the self, tr...
Mary Berry and Bill McKibben in Conversation
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Berry is the Executive Director of The Berry Center and a leader in the movement for sustainable agriculture. A well-known advocate for the prese...
Nwamaka Agbo and Stacy Mitchell in Conversation
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nwamaka Agbo is a nationally respected voice for impacted communities, working to ensure they are not left behind with the growing New Economy movem...
Wes Jackson and David Orr in Conversation
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Wes Jackson is one of the foremost figures in the international sustainable agriculture movement. In addition to being a world-renowned plant genetici...
Greg Watson and John Todd in Conversation
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
John and Nancy Todd and a group of scientist friends established the New Alchemy Institute on a twelve-acre site in Falmouth, Massachusetts. Greg Wats...
John McKnight and Gar Alperovitz in Conversation
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
John McKnight’s approach to community development is to turn attention to the assets of a neighborhood rather than elaborate on its problems. For ...
Helena Norberg-Hodge and Richard Heinberg in Conversation
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Heinberg and Norberg-Hodge are experts on climate change, localization, and sustainability. Their past lectures have been almost prophetic in their ac...
Judy Wicks and Michael Shuman in Conversation
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Every year during the first decade of the twenty-first century, the Business Alliance for a Local Living Economy (BALLE) would hold its annual confere...
Private Sufficiency, Public Luxury: Land is the Key to the Transformation of Society - George Monbiot
28 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
George Monbiot is an author, Guardian columnist and environmental campaigner. His best-selling books include Feral: Rewilding the land, sea and human...
America Emerging: Western Civilization 2.0 - Otto Scharmer
23 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
C. Otto Scharmer is a senior lecturer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management. In 2015 he received the Jamieson Prize ...
America Emerging: Culture and Economics - Van Jones
23 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Van Jones is a CNN political commentator, regularly appearing across the network’s programming and special political coverage. The founder of Dream ...
What About Us -- The Earth's People? - Charles Turner
23 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Charles (Chuck) Turner has been a community organizer and civil rights activist in Boston, Massachusetts, since 1966.He graduated from Harvard Univers...
The Right Livelihood Award and Further Initiatives for a Sustainable Society - Jakob von Uexkull
23 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jakob von Uexkull is a writer, lecturer, philanthropist, activist, and former politician. He is the founder and chair of the Right Livelihood Award (1...
It's Healing Time on Earth - David Brower
23 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
David Ross Brower (July 1, 1912- November 5, 2000) is considered by many to be the father of the modern environmental movement. Beginning his career ...
Local Stock Exchanges: The Next Wave of Community Economy Building" - Michael Shuman
23 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Michael H. Shuman is the Director of Community Portals for Mission Markets and a Fellow at Cutting Edge Capital and Post-Carbon Institute. He is a ...
A Map: From the Old Connecticut Path to the Rio Grande Valley and All the Meaning in Between - Chellis Glendinning
23 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Chellis Glendinning was born just after World War II and came of age during the decolonization, liberation, and feminist movements. The central themes...
Walking North on a South Bound Train - David Orr
20 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
David W. Orr is the Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics as well as Special Assistant to the President of Oberlin ...
The Ecozoic Era - Thomas Berry
20 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Thomas Berry (1914-2009) was a Passionist priest, cultural historian, philosopher, and self-described “geologian.” He was also a kind and gentle...
Democracy, Earth Rights, and the Next Economy - Alanna Hartzok
20 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Alanna Hartzok is an educator, activist, and lecturer in the areas of economic justice, land rights, and land-value tax reform. She is co-director of ...
The Friendship Club and the Well-Springs of Civil Society - William Schambra
20 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
William A. Schambra joined the Hudson Institute as a Senior Fellow and director of the Institute’s Bradley Center for Philanthropy and Civic Renewal...
Letter to Liberals: Liberalism, Environmentalism, and Economic Growth - Gus Speth
20 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
James Gustave (Gus) Speth served on the faculty of the Vermont Law School as Professor of Law from 2010 to 2015. He now serves as a Fellow at the Tell...
What Can We Hope for the World in 2075? - Neva Goodwin
20 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Neva Goodwin is co-founder and co-director of the Global Development And Environment Institute at Tufts University, where her projects have included e...
Voices of a New Economics - Stewart Wallis
20 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Stewart Wallis was the executive director of the New Economics Foundation, the UK’s leading think tank for social, economic, and environmental justi...
The New Economics of Plentitude - Juliet B. Schor
20 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Juliet B. Schor studies trends in working time and leisure, consumerism, the relationship between work and family, women’s issues, and economic just...
Greening the Desert: Holistic Management in the Era of Climate Change - Allan Savory
19 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Allan Savory is the co-founder of the Savory Institute in Boulder, Colorado, which establishes a global network of entrepreneurial innovators and lead...
The Nature of Work: How Ecosystems Can Teach Us to Build Lasting and Fulfilling Businesses - Matt Stinchcomb
19 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Stinchcomb is Executive Director at the Good Work Institute, a nonprofit organization whose primary focus is on cultivating communities of local ...
Building Freedom: Our Challenges - Ed Whitfield
19 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ed Whitfield is co-founder and co-managing director of the Fund for Democratic Communities (F4DC). A long time social justice activist, Whitfield had ...
Prophecy of the Seventh Fire: Choosing the Path that is Green - Winona LaDuke
19 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Winona LaDuke is a member of the Ojibwe Nation of the Anishinaabe peoples and is the executive director of Honor the Earth, a grassroots environmental...
Uprooting Racism, Seeding Sovereignty - Leah Penniman
19 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Leah Penniman is an educator, farmer/peyizan, author, and food justice activist from Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, NY. She co-founded Soul Fire Farm in 2...
A Global Perspective on the Green New Deal - Greg Watson
19 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As a young man of color, Greg Watson faced rebuke by his peers for championing environmental issues, broadly seen as the purview of privilege. Watson ...
Actionable Response to Climate Change - Sallie Calhoun
19 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sallie Calhoun owns and manages Paicines Ranch, a 7600-acre ranch in central California. She is also an impact investor, activist, and philanthropic f...
Sustainable South Bronx: A Model for Environmental Justice - Majora Carter
19 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Majora Carter delivered "Sustainable South Bronx: A Model for Environmental Justice" in October 2007.If you would like a physical copy of this lecture...
Community Arts Trust – Gordon Thorne
07 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Gordon Thorne (April 1941 – June 2018) was a visual artist based in Northampton, MA. Thorne began pursuing a career in the arts after graduating fro...
The Company We Keep – John Abrams
07 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
John Abrams is the co-founder and CEO of South Mountain Company, an employee owned enterprise committed to triple bottom line business practice. In 19...
Greening the Campus From a Procurement Perspective – Kevin Lyons
03 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Lyons began his career at Rutgers University in 1988 as director of procurement working on numerous projects and proposals relating to green pur...
Environmental Literacy: Education as If the Earth Mattered – David Orr
03 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
David W. Orr is the Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics as well as Special Assistant to the President of Oberlin ...
Ecological Design: Reinventing the Future – John Todd
03 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
John Todd has been a pioneer in the field of ecological design and engineering for nearly five decades. He is the founder and president of John Todd E...
Very Small Is Beautiful – Sally Fallon Morell
03 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sally Fallon Morell is founding president of The Weston A. Price Foundation, a nonprofit nutrition education foundation with over 400 local chapters w...
Cold Evil: Technology and Modern Ethics – Andrew Kimbrell
03 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Kimbrell is one of the country's leading environmental attorneys and an author of several articles and books on environment, technology, societ...
Making Amends to the Myriad Creatures – Stephanie Mills
31 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Stephanie Mills has been a writer, editor, and speaker on matters ecological, bioregional, social, and political for the past fifty years. Famous for...
Eat the Sky: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork – Anna Lappé
27 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Anna Lappé is a national bestselling author, a respected advocate for food justice and sustainability, and an advisor to funders investing in food sy...
Biopiracy: The Colonization of the Seed – Vandana Shiva
25 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Vandana Shiva is a trained physicist and courageous social activist who was named one of the Seven Most Powerful Women on the Globe by Forbes Magazine...
Natural Foie Gras and the Future of Food – Dan Barber
24 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Barber is the chef and co-owner of Blue Hill and Blue Hill at Stone Barns, and the author of The Third Plate (2014). He opened Blue Hill restau...
What is a Work of Art in the Age of a $120,000 Art Degree? – Caroline Woolard
24 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Caroline Woolard is a New York-based artist and organizer born in Rhode Island. She speaks internationally about art, design, technology, and economic...
Economic Globalization: The Era of Corporate Rule – Jerry Mander
24 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jerry Mander is the founder, former director, and presently distinguished fellow of the International Forum on Globalization (IFG), a San Francisco “...
Creating a Post-Corporate World – David Korten
14 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Korten is co-founder and board chair of YES! Magazine, an author, former professor of the Harvard Business School, and founder and president of the Li...
Reclaiming Community – David Morris
13 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
David Morris is co-founder and vice president of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and directs its Public Good Initiative. Founded in 1974, the I...
How the Conquest of Indigenous Peoples Parallels the Conquest of Nature – John Mohawk
12 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
John Mohawk (1945–2006) was associate professor of American Studies at the State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo, and director of Indigenous ...
Moving Toward Community: From Global Dependence to Local Interdependence – Helena Norberg-Hodge
12 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Author, filmmaker, and Goi Peace Prize winner, Helena Norberg-Hodge is the founder and director of Local Futures/International Society for Ecology a...
Stories from an Appalachian Community – Marie Cirillo
10 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Cirillo is co-founder of the Woodland Community Land Trust and is the founder of the Woodland Community Development Corporation, the Mountain Women's ...
The Wisdom That Builds Community – Greg Watson
10 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Greg Watson is Director of Policy and Systems Design at the Schumacher Center for a New Economics. His work currently focuses on community food system...
Ecological Redemption: Ocean Farming in the Era of Climate Change - Bren Smith
20 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Bren Smith is the owner of Thimble Island Ocean Farm and founder/executive director of GreenWave. A commercial fisherman since the age of 14, Smith pi...
Building a New Economy: What's Love Got to Do with It? - Judy Wicks
20 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Wicks is the founder of White Dog Café, Fair Food Philly, the Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia, and the Business Alliance for Lo...
Buddhist Technology: Bringing a New Consciousness to Our Technological Future - Arthur Zajonc
20 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A leading physicist and humanist, Arthur Zajonc is the former President of the Mind & Life Institute. He is also emeritus professor of physics at Amhe...
If You Don't Like Capitalism or State Socialism, What Do You Want? - Gar Alperovitz
20 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Alperovitz is the president of the National Center for Economic and Security Alternatives, a founding principal of The Democracy Collaborative, and is...
Voices from White Earth - waabaabiganikaag - Winona LaDuke
20 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Winona LaDuke—an Anishinaabekwe (Ojibwe) member of the White Earth Nation—is an environmentalist, economist, author, and prominent Native American...
Connecting for Change - Susan Witt
20 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Susan Witt is the Executive Director of the Schumacher Center for a New Economics, which she co-founded with Robert Swann in 1980. She has led the d...
Becoming Native to This Place - Wes Jackson
20 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jackson is a world-renowned plant geneticist, farmer, author, former professor of biology, and co-founder of The Land Institute in Salina, Kansas.Wes ...
People, Land, and Community - Wendell Berry
20 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Wendell Berry—farmer, essayist, novelist, poet, activist, teacher—lives with his wife Tanya on the banks of the Kentucky River. There he has farme...