An Ecology of Mind
A Daughter’s Portrait of Gregory Bateson
Tuesday 21st Feb, 7:30pm at Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol
An Ecology of Mind is a film portrait of Gregory Bateson, celebrated anthropologist, philosopher, author, naturalist, systems theorist, and filmmaker, produced and directed by his daughter, Nora Bateson.
The film includes footage from Bateson’s own films shot in the 1930s in Bali (with Margaret Mead) and New Guinea, along with photographs, filmed lectures, and interviews. The screening will be introduced and followed by discussion with Nora Bateson.
See a trailer here
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2011 Centenary DVD is out now
Just arrived: DVD with 4 hours of the best presentations from the Schumacher Centenary Festival – order now: £10 incl. post.
This most ambitious Schumacher event – to mark the Centenary of his birth – included poet Matt Harvey, Resurgence editor Satish Kumar, barrister Polly Higgins, Green Party leader Caroline Lucas, Triodos Bank CEO Peter Blom, the founder of 350.org Bill McKibben, Transition Town’s Rob Hopkins and author Professor Tim Jackson.
It was a totally inspiring day, and as Diana Schumacher said in her closing remarks, “We’ve had a green lawyer, a green politician and a green banker; if Fritz Schumacher was suspicious of any categories of people, I think you could count those three professions in – and I think he’d be absolutely delighted to hear this revolutionary stuff that’s coming out of the mouths of green bankers, lawyers and politicians.”
Read more about the Centenary event here – and read the excellent review in the Guardian here.
Richard St. George, much loved former Director of the Schumacher Society, passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 9. He was 61, and had been suffering from colon cancer. Richard ran the Society from the mid-90s until 2009 – and just last month, we all had the thrill of watching him receive the richly deserved lifetime achievement award from Diana Schumacher at the Schumacher Centenary Festival. Click here to read some of the many tributes to Richard.
