E. F. Schumacher Society lecture pamphlets
Dear Friend,
Gathered over a period of twenty-seven years, the collected E. F. Schumacher
lecture pamphlets represent some of the finest thinking about creating a
sustainable future. Each was delivered as a lone testament to one person's
vision, viewed together they offer an integrated picture of hope and
possibility for people, land, and communities.
It was 1981 when Schumacher Society board member David Ehrenfeld first spoke
to the revival of the fine art of pamphleteering. His goal was to raise
awareness of a cultural revolution in the making. Twenty-seven years later,
speakers at the Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures are still promoting that
revolution--each year adding new voices, enhancing the dialogue, and
challenging entrenched attitudes.
Efforts towards a sustainable world are enlivened by conversations among
disciplines. The annual lecture series represents the diverse quality of the
debate about ways to achieve that world. Lectures range from Richard
Heinberg's call for sweeping changes in our agricultural policy to Thomas
Berry’s spiritual affirmation of every being's rights.
The E. F. Schumacher Society's believes the ideas contained in these
lectures are too vital to languish unread, the examples too important to be
ignored. To facilitate greater access, the lectures are edited and published
in pamphlet form for sale at an affordable price and then posted at the
Society's web site where they may be read for free. For a full list of pamphlets
click here.
Consider sharing favorite lectures with family and friends this holiday
season. You may want to send a set of pamphlets to your public library, your
neighborhood school, your favorite organization for its bookshelf, or to a
retirement community (as some members have done).
You may order online at: http://www.smallisbeautiful.org/publications.html
or by calling the office and requesting an order form by mail (413)
528-1737. Price including postage is $5 each or five BerkShares
(http://www.berkshares.org).
It is membership support that has built the Schumacher Society and its
lecture program. It is you and your generous donations that have helped
support a revolution in thinking on how we should conduct ourselves on the
earth and with one another. The pamphlets are a tool for spreading these
ideas. Please help us "pamphleteer."
Sincerely,
Michael Gordon, Kristen Fix, and Susan Witt
E. F. Schumacher Society
140 Jug End Road
Great Barrington, MA 01230
(413) 528-1737
www.smallisbeautiful.org
Board of Directors: Jessica Brackman, Starling Childs, Merrian Fuller,
Hildegarde Hannum, Eric Harris-Braun, Constance Packard, Joseph Stanislaw,
Nancy Jack Todd, and Charles Turner.
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