Satish Kumar Founder and President

In addition to being the founder of the Small School and the Director of Programmes at Schumacher College, Satish Kumar is currently the editor of Resurgence (an international magazine promoting peace, non-violence, ecology, sustainability, organic agriculture, appropriate technology and holistic philosophy). He has, in turn, been a Jain Muni (until age 18), a campaigner for land reform in the Bhoodan movement with Vinoba Bhave (until age 26), and a pilgrim for peace, walking from India to America without any money, from 1962-1964. In 1968, Satish established the London School of Non-violence in order to teach the Gandhian way of passive resistance to the youth of Europe. In November 2001, Satish was presented with the Jamnalal Bajaj International Award for "Promoting Gandhian Values Abroad." He is author of No Destination, his autobiography; You Are, Therefore, I Am will & The Buddha and the Terrorist published by Green Books.

John Pontin OBE Vice President

Past Chairman of the Trustees of Dartington Hall Trust, member of the Board of the Natural Step for Britain, Past Chair of Western Partnership for Sustainable Development. Also a member of the Prince of Wales first Summer School on Sustainable Business. Developer and businessman with an interest in sustainable development. Chairman of Under The Sky Urban renewal. www.underthesky.org.uk

Vala Ragnarsdottir Chairperson

Professor Vala Ragnarsdottir holds a chair in Environmental Sustainability at the University of Bristol. She leads action research to underpin the development of sustainable communities. She also directs studies on biogenic weathering, the life-cycle of soils, and risk-based management of river basins. Vala is a Fellow of the Icelandic Academy of Sciences. She is a member of the Scientific Advisory Groups for the European Commission Framework 7 Environment Programme and the NERC Environment and Health Programme. She is editor of eEarth and Associate Editor of Chemical Geology and Geochemical Transactions. http://www.gly.bris.ac.uk/www/admin/personnel/KVR.html

Yolanda Pot The Administrator

Grew up in Altea, Spain. Studied dance at the Royal Conservatorium of Dance and Music in The Hague, Holland. Later she moved to the UK and studied Modern Languages and European Studies at UWE, Bristol, UK. Yolanda has worked for Schumacher UK since 2000 developing this website and running the Schumacher UK office. She is also involved in developing the Schumacher Institute.

Jonathon Porritt Chairperson of the 2008 Bristol Schumacher Lectures

Jonathon Porritt is Chairman of the UK Sustainable Development Commissionand, the Government’s independent watchdog on sustainable development, and Co-Founder and Programme Director of Forum for the Future. He is an eminent writer, broadcaster and commentator on sustainable development. Established in 1996, Forum for the Future is now the UK's leading sustainable development charity, with 70 staff and over 100 partner organisations, including some of the world's leading companies.

Alwyn Jones Treasurer

Voluntary worker for Sustainable Wales and Oxfam. Former lecturer in sociology at the University of Glamorgan. Developed and led degree courses in Environment and Social Values from 1993 to 1998. Has a particular interest in environmental philosophy.

Ceelia Beeson Schumacher UK Members' Representative

Works for the Bristol City Council's Sustainable City Team

Simon Cooper

Simon Cooper is group public affairs director of the phenomenally successful GWR radio group. He is a trustee of the Demos think-tank and sits on the Radio Academy Council and the Cause Related Marketing Leadership Team of Business in the Community. Currently Simon is working on an MSc in Responsibility and Business Practice at the School of Management at Bath University.

John Elford Publishes our Schumacher Briefings

Managing Director of Green Books Publishing Ltd. Secretary of the Environmental Research Association. Worked for Intermediate Technology for eight years.

Julia Forster Creative Consultant and Author

Julia Forster worked as the Schumacher Society London Representative and Press Officer from 2004-2006 promoting the Society in the capital and beyond. As a creative consultant, she has worked for a variety of social enterprises, environmental charities and agencies. She's also a writer and her most recent non fiction book, about the nature of inspiration, came out in 2007. As a younger member of the council, Julia's area of interest is attracting young people to join the society.

Herbert Girardet

Prof. Herbert Girardet is an author, consultant and filmmaker. He is a UN Global 500 Award recipient, and an honorary fellow of the RIBA. He is author of The Gaia Atlas of Cities, Earthrise and Creating Sustainable Cities. He was series consultant on the recent six-part TV series The People's Planet, for CNN and NHK, Tokyo. He is visiting professor at Middlesex University, London and chairman of the UK Sustainability Alliance. He is director of research of the World Future Council Initiative and involved in developing the Schumacher Institute.

Nick Hart-Williams

A lifetime in media, with particular interest in sustainability and change. Founder of the Other Cinema; former documentary Commissioning Editor at Channel Four; documentary film-maker (Greenbucks, Prophets & Loss); internet and multi-media entrepreneur. He is now co-initiator of the highly successful Be the Change conference.

Stephen Powell

Stephen Powell, the founder of the Gaia Coach Institute, is a professionally trained life coach who has lived and worked on every continent except Antarctica. He sees the creation of the Institute as the call that refuses to go away. Stephen spent 27 years as a Reuters correspondent, reporting from 25 countries in Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia.

Alison Pritchard Co-ordinator of the Schumacher UK Awards

Trustee of the Environmental Law Foundation.

Ian Roderick

Ian is Director of the Schumacher Institute and a board member of the UK Systems Society. He has experience of Operational Research and long-range business planning for a multinational company. He has run his own businesses. Currently he is devoting nearly all of his time establishing the Schumacher Institute.

Diana Schumacher M.A.

Diana Schumacher was President of the Schumacher Society from 1990-2000 and has written and lectured extensively on ethics, and the environment. Diana read history at Oxford, and since the late 70's has been actively involved in worldwide movements for healing , conflict resolution and peace through economic and social developement. She has served on the executive council of over 25 organisations, including the Centre for International Peace Building, the New Economics Foundation, the Gandhi Foundation, the Environmental Action Group for Europe (ECOROPA) and was Founder/Vice Chairman of the Environmental Law Foundation (ELF).

Richard St George

Environmental scientist and consultant. He was a Pacific fisheries officer and ran his own solar business. On the staff of the Centre for Alternative Technology and the Centre for Sustainable Energy for many years. Member of the Sustainable Futures Group in the Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Bristol. Trustee of the Society for Environmental Improvement.

Alan Sheppard Director of Schumacher Book Service.

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