Two week course | Kevan Trott | Participants will work on the construction of a small earthship structure in the grounds of the Sharpham Estate, enabling them to learn the theory and experience the practice of all parts of the construction process. read more…

March 7th – 25th, 2011 | one, two or three-week course | Dave Key, Mary-Jayne Rust, Jerome Bernstein, Alida Gersie, and Sophy Banks | Ecopsychology has a fundamentally important role to play in responding to current social and ecological challenges. This three-week course explores the many layers of this role. From denial to inspiration for action, our motivations are governed by our emotional responses and what we believe about our place in the web of life.

27 February – 5 March, 2011 | Jenny Mackewn and Toni Spencer | Whether you are an experienced facilitator seeking a fresh approach or improved ecological awareness, or new to this field but wanting skills to lead and facilitate change in others – this course brings together the radical thinking that will enable you to be part of leading this transition.

February 21 – 25, 2011 | Chris Nichols, Chris Seeley | Recent economic events have told us that our present economic system is vulnerable. Can organisations be successful and genuinely sustainable – in the broadest sense? read more…

one, two or three-week course | Allan Kaplan, Bunker Roy, Aruna Roy | January 31 – February 18, 2011 | This course will explore the changing face of development, beginning with a discussion of the broader global context within which any development work must take place, moving on to look at the process by which individuals facilitate change within communities, and finally examining different examples of radical grassroots community activism and empowerment.

one, two or three-week course | Hardin Tibbs, Philip Franses, Jean Boulton, Gunter Pauli | January 4 – 21, 2011 | Consider any of the problems or challenges facing our modern world and it will quickly become apparent that they are part of a whole complex system which we ignore at our peril. This course provides an introduction to systems thinking and its application to sustainability, ecodesign, organisational and social change, industry, business and enterprise.

December 13-16, 2010 | Tchenka Sunderland, Lindsay Clarke & Chris Salisbury | At this, the darkest time of the year, it seems appropriate to seek the redemption of the Dark. Building on last year’s course, Darkness and Transformation, this course will enable participants to reflect on how we can renew our relationship with the creative mysteries of darkness and come to understand and appreciate its powers and gifts.

22 – 26 November 2010 | On this programme, 20 people from business and change organisations will work collaboratively on developing a template for change that they can take back to their organisations to catalyse transformational thought, innovation and action.

November 19 – 21, 2010 | Teacher: Lynne Franks | How can we create and embed a more sustainable feminine style of values-based leadership in all areas of business and society? How do we redefine success for the individual as well as for business?

November 15 – 19, 2010 | Teachers: Dusty Gedge, Gary Grant, John Little | By the end of the course, participants will have an overview of the benefits and challenges of green roofs and walls, how they are designed and the practical skills necessary to build your own.

November 8 – 12, 2010 | Ellen MacArthur, Ken Webster, Steve Martin | How do we educate for sustainability? What new skills and ways of thinking can help young people and the institutions that work with them prepare for a challenging – and unpredictable – future? What qualities of leadership can inspire a new generation of engaged citizens?

October 25 – November 5, 2010 | One or two-week course | Fritjof Capra (by videolink), Gustavo Esteva (by videolink), Stephan Harding, Philip Franses, Gill Wyatt, Julie Richardson, Mark Burton, Satish Kumar, Jon Rae, Terry Irwin (by videolink), Toni Spencer, Bethan Stagg, Anne Miller, Emily Ryan (course facilitator) | Changing the way we live and work on the planet is vital, and to do that we need a whole new set of skills to enable us to act effectively – and urgently. Understanding Ecoliteracy will help students to appreciate and act with a greater ecological awareness in both local and global situations.

11 – 15 October 2010 | Erin Smith, Simon Mills | Today many of us have forgotten how vital interaction with the natural world is to our wellbeing. This experiential course will explore how cultivating our relationship to plants can improve our physical and emotional health on many different levels.

October 4 – 8, 2010 | Tim Jackson, Ed Mayo, Julie Richardson | Unless we can radically lower the environmental impact of our economic activity – and there is no evidence to suggest that we can – we will have to devise a path to prosperity that does not rely on continued growth.

27 September – 1 October, 2010 | Alastair McIntosh, Iain MacKinnon, Sulemana Abudulai | This course will address important and complex challenges in combining land, human and Earth rights, as well as the fun and inspirational ways communities can live, work and learn together. It will help you in taking the next step in your relationship with the land, and within the rich community of Earth as a whole.

20 – 24 September, 2010 | Kate Davies, Jonathan Robinson | How can we create sustainable human systems – social, organizational, political and economic? What methods and processes help generate innovative social change? What are the skills of successful change agents?

September 18 – 24, 2010 | Facilitators: Mary-Jayne Rust & Dave Key | This is a retreat-style course set on the banks of the Fowey river in the rural heart of Cornwall. It’s designed for anyone wishing to encourage sustainable living through a deeper level of psychological awareness. The course weaves together theory and personal experience to provide powerful inspiration for home and work.

8pm, Wednesday 15th September | Totnes Methodist Church | Carolyn Steel is author of ‘Hungry City’, which explored the relationshipsbetween food and cities. Can food production be central to town lifeand urban planning? What might this mean for Totnes?

September 13 – 17, 2010 | Edward Espe Brown, Carolyn Steel | This course steps back from asking what to eat and how to cook it and reflects on our relationship to food as a whole, and what it can tell us about how we relate to the natural world and our inner world.

5pm | The Barn Cinema, Dartington | A special screening of the documentary following the Land Matters Co-operative as it sought planning permission to create a low-impact permaculture holding in South Devon.