Welcome to Schumacher College. We are on a wild and nomadic adventure of collective inquiry as we reimagine the college and co-create a new curriculum fit for the 21st Century.
Living Waters:
A Panpsychic Co-operative Inquiry With Water Bodies Worldwide
10th March – 30th April 2026
Online
To address today’s ecological challenges, we need much more than technical solutions—we need a shift in how we relate to the living world. Through co-operative inquiry, our 8-week online course invites you to explore your relationship with your local body of water, invoking its living presence through loving attunement - whether that be through art, song, myth, pilgrimage, ceremony, or prayer.
The Story of Schumacher College
The pioneering vision that has been expressed through Schumacher College’s holistic education since its very first course in 1991 here in South Devon - a five week tour de force on Gaia Theory led by James Lovelock – is now engaged in a deeply transformative journey. We, the recent faculty, staff, volunteers and alumni from Schumacher College, have unexpectedly found ourselves needing to move away from our home of more than thirty years and to set out into the world around us. This uprooting was unplanned and not entered into by choice. It has, therefore, been challenging for all involved to come to the sober recognition that a much-loved chapter of life and learning has now come to an end.
When viewed through a holistic, ecological, or spiritual lens, however, life herself teaches us that every ending is in fact a new beginning of some kind - and our story is no different.
Our People
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Satish Kumar
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Dr Rachel Sweeney
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Dr Emma Kidd
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Dr Mona Nasseri
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Jay Tompt
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Dr Valentin Gerlier
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Emma Bush
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Prof Roberto Fraquelli
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Alice Oswald
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Dr Andy Letcher
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Dr Martin Shaw
Join us on this journey!
This is more than just a new chapter for those of us who have learnt, worked, volunteered, and taught at Schumacher College in Devon; it is a vision quest, to contribute meaningfully towards the future of holistic education. We are therefore actively seeking wisdom on what education means in today’s world; on how learning might be designed or cultivated most effectively; and asking how we can all evolve our curricula and pedagogies to meet the complex needs of present and future generations. Join us in this adventure, as we gather new friends and collaborators, and embark on this exciting action-research inquiry together, with radical love, commitment, and purpose.
