Schumacher North has staged regular annual events in Leeds for the last four years, bringing leading voices from the environmental movement at the local, national and international level together with activists, decision makers and concerned citizens to build awareness and work towards a positive alternative to our present unsustainable and unsatisfying industrial / technological lifestyle.

Leeds Schumacher Lectures

2006: Sustainable Cities

Professor Susan Roaf of Solar Cities International, Herbert Girardet, chair of Schumacher UK, Prof. Ezio Manzini of Milan University, founder of Sustainable Everyday, and Peter Harper, head of research at the Centre for Alternative Technology gave four inspiring lectures on radical alternatives in city design and community-building.

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2007: Peace, Ecology and Spirituality

Satish Kumar, president of Schumacher UK and founder of Schumacher College, Karen Armstrong, noted historian of religion and Matthew Fox, leader of the US Creation Spirituality movement spoke movingly about the deep links between sustainability, peace and spiritual transformation.

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2008: Transforming the Global Economy

In the week that saw the collapse of Lehmann Brothers and the international financial market shaken to its foundations, Susan George of the Transnational Institute, Ann Pettifor of Jubilee 200 and Amnesty International and Andrew Simms of the New Economics Foundation gave trenchant and insightful analyses of the roots of the financial crisis and possible ways forward.

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Schumacher North Conferences

2009: Voices for a New Vision of Community

In a departure from previous years, we set out to create a highly participatory event where all attending could contribute to a meaningful dialogue aimed at building a coherent vision of a sustainable community for this region.

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2010: Beyond Consumerism

Following the very successful format of the 2009 Conference, we invite you to join us for a day of lively and radical discussion and debate on how to create a sustainable, sane and humane society and economy based on a concern for human and planetary well-being and a concept of 'enough'

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