Small Is Beautiful in the 21st Century: The Legacy of E. F. Schumacher (Schumacher Briefings)

During the 35 years since the publication of Fritz Schumacher's bestselling __Small Is Beautiful: Economics as If People Mattered__, many of his prophetic warnings have come to pass. Schumacher brought a profound wisdom and humanity to bear on the practical challenges of our time and this briefing illuminates his thinking and shows how we can help to turn out present crisis into the opportunity to build a more kind, just, and ecologically sustainable society. During His Lifetime Schumacher Set Up The Intermediate Technology Group, And Was Closely Involved With The Work Of The Soil Association. In The 35 Years Since He Died, Many Other Organisations Have Been Established Which Owe Their Primary Inspiration To Schumacher. 'small Is Beautiful In The 21st Century' Traces This Legacy Through The Activities And Outreach Of Those Pioneers Who, Over The Years, Have Been Working On Practical Solutions To Our Interrelated Global Crises. In Particular, It Describes The Activities Of A Number Of Flourishing Organisations, Some Large And Some Small, That Have Remained Closely Linked With Schumacher's Ideas And Work, And Have Become An Informal Network Known As The Schumacher Circle. 1. Who Was E.f. Schumacher? -- 2. The Schumacher Society -- 3. Third World Development Models -- 4. Food, Agriculture And Land Use -- 5. Small-scale Technologies For Local Sustainability -- 6. The Call For A New Economics -- 7. Transforming Industrial Work In The First World -- 8. The Relevance Of E.f. Schumacher Today. Diana Schumacher. Includes Bibliographical References. Small is Beautiful in the 21st Century traces Fritz Schumacher's legacy through the activities and outreach of those pioneers who, over the years, have been working on practical solutions to our interrelated global crises. In particular, it describes how several flourishing organisations, some large and some small, have remained closely linked with his ideas and work, and have since become associated as the Schumacher Circle. The particular contribution of E. F. Schumacher was to bring a profound wisdom and humanity to bear on the practical challenges of our time, and the Briefing both illuminates Schumacher's thinking and shows the ways in which each of us can help to turn our present crisis into the opportunity to build a more kind, just and ecologically sustainable society. "During his lifetime Schumacher set up the Intermediate Technology Group, and was closely involved with the work of the Soil Association. In the 35 years since he died, many other organisations have been established which owe their primary inspiration to Schumacher. 'Small is Beautiful in the 21st Century' traces this legacy through the activities and outreach of those pioneers who, over the years, have been working on practical solutions to our interrelated global crises. In particular, it describes the activities of a number of flourishing organisations, some large and some small, that have remained closely linked with Schumacher's ideas and work, and have become an informal network known as the Schumacher Circle." -- from the back cover Front cover -- Title page -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Who was E.F. Schumacher? -- Chapter 2: The Schumacher Society: its origins and offshoots -- Chapter 3: Third World development models -- Chapter 4: Food, agriculture and land use -- Chapter 5: Small-scale technologies for local sustainability -- Chapter 6: The call for a new economics -- Chapter 7: Transforming industrial work in the First World -- Chapter 8: The relevance of E.F. Schumacher today -- Notes The particular contribution of Fritz Schumacher was to bring a profound wisdom and humanity to bear on the practical challenges of our time, and the Briefing both illuminates Schumacher's thinking and shows the ways in which each of us can help to turn our present crisis into the opportunity to build a more kind, just and ecologically sustainable society.