---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 14:50:10 GMT From: Schumacher College <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Buddhist Economics at Schumacher College A.T. ARIYARATNE and SULAK SIVARAKSA will be teaching at Schumacher College, an international centre for ecological studies based in England. Entitled BUDDHIST ECONOMICS, the course is three weeks long and fully residential. Participants will have the opportunity to study Buddhist Economics in depth with these renowned teachers, as well as enjoy informal interaction with students from all over the world in the welcoming community setting of Schumacher College. Course dates: JANUARY 11-31, 1998 Course fee: 1,200 pounds sterling, which includes tuition, residential accommodation, food and field trips. If you cannot afford the full fee, please ask for details of our bursary policy. COURSE DESCRIPTION: Buddhist teachings have profound insights to offer into the psychology of desire and the motivating forces of economics activity. These insights can dissolve the confusion between what is truly harmful and what is beneficial in production and consumption, creating the foundation for a mature ethics. The teachers on this course build on many years of practical experience in rural development in their own Buddhist cultures to outline sustainable values and strategies for enlightened social change. ABOUT THE TEACHERS: Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne is President of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement which he founded in 1958 to promote human development and co-operative activity in Sri Lanka's villages. In 1996 he was awarded the Mahatma Gandhi Peace Prize. Sulak Sivaraksa is a Thai Buddhist, social activist, and founder of many initiatives, most recently the Spirit in Education Movement and "Alternatives to Consumerism" network, which seek to combat consumerist values and promote spiritually-based development. He won the Right Livelihood Award in 1995. GENERAL INFORMATION: The intellectual discussions of the course are embedded at Schumacher College in physical work involving the whole College community - course participants, staff, guests and volunteers. The everyday work of taking care of the buildings and each other, in continual contact with nature, promotes a level of reflection and understanding in which the whole person - their values and life concerns as well as their thinking minds - is involved. The natural development of a trusting spirit of community is central to the purpose of Schumacher College. There are opportunities for field trips to the sea coast or nearby Dartmoor, craft work, walks, private study and tutorials. Evenings offer a variety of talks and informal meetings, possibly arising out of the day's work, or an opportunity for participants to give presentations based on their own life and work. For further details, please contact the administrator at Schumacher College (address, fax and email details below). -- Schumacher College is an international centre for ecological studies which welcomes course participants from all over the world, from a wide range of ages and backgrounds. For further details of Schumacher College and its courses, please contact: The Administrator Schumacher College The Old Postern Dartington Totnes Devon TQ9 6EA UK Tel: +44 (0)1803 865934 Fax: +44 (0)1803 866899 Email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Web: http://www.gn.apc.org/schumachercollege/ Schumacher College is a department of The Dartington Hall Trust, a registered educational charity. Please note: all addresses on our mailing list are treated as confidential. We undertake not to sell or rent our mailing list to any other organisation. If you attend Schumacher College as a course participant, your contact details may, with your consent, be made available to past and future participants through our international alumni network. You will also receive regular newsletters updating you on the activities and projects of past participants. If at any time you wish to be removed from our mailing list, please let us know. --
