The E. F. Schumacher Society hosts an annual autumn lecture series, organizes seasonal training seminars and workshops for community activists, and plans seminal conferences in the fields of decentralism, local currencies, and land reform.

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UPCOMING:

Twenty-Eighth Annual E. F. Schumacher Lecture
Saturday, October 25th, 2008, 10AM-5PM
First Congregational Church, 4 Main Street, Stockbridge, MA
Featured Speakers: Anna Lappé, Dan Barber, Sally Fallon
Tickets $25 ($15 for E. F. Schumacher Society members, students, and seniors)
Our thanks to Lecture Sponsor: Gardener's Supply Company

RECENT:

E. F. Schumacher Society Tools for Change Training Program
May 21st-25th, 2008, Great Barrington, Massachusetts Make sure you are on our mailing list for the latest updates!

Energy: Global is Local
A Public Talk by Joseph Stanislaw
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008, Great Barrington, Massachusetts
First Congregational Church, 251 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA

The Garden Project
A public talk by Cathrine Sneed
Cathrine Sneed is Founder and Director of The Garden Project in San Francisco, California. The Garden Project works with prisoners in the San Francisco County Jail in a Horticulture program and a post-release program that offers job training in gardening and tree care, counseling, and assistance in continuing education.
Co-sponsored by Berkshire Grown and The Orion Society
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 at 7:30pm
First Congregational Church, Great Barrington, MA

Renewing America's Food Traditions:
Endangered Diversity in Our Hands and Mouths
A public talk by Gary Nabhan, a writer, lecturer, and conservation scientist.
Friday, April 18th, 2008 at 7:00pm
Berkshire South Regional Community Center, Great Barrington, MA
This event is co-sponsored by the E. F. Schumacher Society and the Orion Society.

UnMoney Conference
April 14-16th, 2008, Seattle, Washington
Keynote Speakers: Hazel Henderson and Nipun Mehta
Format: Open Space
Website: http://unmoney.wik.is

E. F. Schumacher Spring Lecture
A public talk by Simon Trace, CEO of Practical Action
Monday, April 7th, 2008 at 7:30pm
Kellogg Music Center, Simon's Rock College, Great Barrington, MA
Tickets are 3 BerkShares, available at the door
This event is co-sponsored by the Center for Ecological Technology, Simon's Rock College, and the E. F. Schumacher Society.

Conscious Economics:
The Intimacy and Complexity of Local Production and Exchange
A public talk by Susan WittFriday, April 11th, 2008 at 7:30pm
First Congregational Church, 251 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA
10 BerkShares/dollars
This event is sponsored by Think OutWord, a peer-led training in social threefolding for young people with little money and busy lives.

A public talk by Michael Gordon
An overview of the Society and Schumacher's philosophy of Small Is Beautiful.Monday, April 14th, 2008 at 9:00am
This event is sponsored by the Interfaith Alliance of New York State
Latham Community Baptist Church, Latham, NY

2008 Annual Meeting of the Community Land Trust in the Southern Berkshires
Sunday, January 27, 2008, 4:00pm
First Congregational Church, 251 Main Street, Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Speaker: John Abrams
5 BerkShares/dollars. Free to members of the Community Land Trust.
Co-sponsored by the E. F. Schumacher Society
www.clandtrust.org

Twenty-Seventh Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures
Saturday, October 27th, 2007, 10am-5pm
with Charles Turner, Majora Carter, and Michael Shuman
Location: Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street,
Great Barrington, MA
View photos here.

BerkShares Bash!
Sunday, July 15th, 2007, 1-5pm Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Featuring Bill McKibben, author of Deep Economy
Entertainment by Terry a la Berry & Friends, Quintessential, Cabuca Jazz, and the BTU's
Merchants on site with food, gifts, crafts, and info about their businesses

E. F. Schumacher Society Tools for Change Training Program
May 23th-27th, 2007, Great Barrington, Massachusetts
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2007 Annual Membership Meeting of the Community Land Trust in the Southern BerkShires
Friday, January 12, 2007, 7:30 PM
First Congregational Church, Stockbridge, Massachusetts
with Peter Barnes speaking on
"Reinventing the Commons"
Free to members of the Community Land Trust.
Co-sponsored by the E. F. Schumacher Society

EVENT ARCHIVE:

Read history of the lecture series

Twenty-Sixth Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures
Saturday, October 28th, 2006
with Richard Heinberg, Stacy Mitchell, and Will Raap

Building Sustainable Communities:
Agriculture as the Foundation for Social Change
Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association National Conference
August 18-20, 2006
Pre-conference on August 17th
Hawthorne Valley Farm, Ghent, New York

Building and Sustaining Communities:
National 2006 Community Land Trust Conference
July 12th-15th, 2006

BALLE Pre-Conference:
Complementary Currencies - Money for Local Living Economies
June 8, 2006
with Edgar Cahn, Paul Glover, Thomas Greco, Bernard Lietaer, Annette Riggs, Krista Vardebash, and Susan Witt

BALLE 4th International Conference:
Creating Sustainable Communities
June 8th-10th, 2006
with Bill McKibben, Michael Shuman, Greg Watson,
Judy Wicks, and others

"A Water Ethic: Cure for the Coming Crisis"
Kirkpatrick Sale speaking at the
Annual Meeting of the Great Barrington Land Conservancy
June 2, 2006, 7:30 PM, First Congregational Church, Gt Barrington

Building Sustainable Local Economies:
E. F. Schumacher Society Tools for Change Training Program
May 24th-28th, 2006, Great Barrington, Massachusetts
with Erbin Crowell, Eric Harris-Braun, Elizabeth Keen, Christopher Lindstrom, Stephanie Mills, Alex Thorp, Chuck Turner, Greg Watson, Susan Witt, and others

Annual Meeting of the Community Land Trust of the Southern Berkshires
Friday, February 3, 2006, 7:30 pm
Creation of an Urban Village: The Journey of the Dudley St. Neighborhood Initiative
With John Barros and Jason Webb

Twenty-Fifth Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures
October 22, 2005 - Stockbridge, Massachusetts

Building Sustainable Local Economies Seminar
May 25-29th, 2005 - E. F. Schumacher Library
View photos from the seminar

The 24th Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures
October 23, 2004  -  Stockbridge, MA

A 2004 Conference Presented by the E. F. Schumacher Society:

Local Currencies in the 21st Century: Understanding Money, Building Local Economies, Renewing Community.
June, 2004, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York

To order DVD's of the lectures and workshops given fill out this form and send to . View the local currencies page for more information.

A 1997 Conference Presented by the E. F. Schumacher Society:

The Second Decentralist Conference
June 27-29, 1997 at Williams College in Williamstown, MA.

A 1996 Conference Presented by the E. F. Schumacher Society:

The First Decentralist Conference
June 28-30, 1996 at Williams College in Williamstown, MA.