Barbara Wood

Barbara Wood is the third of E. F. Schumacher’s eight children and his eldest daughter. She is a graduate in Economics and History from Bristol University, and also holds degrees in Theology. Before she married, she worked for the Intermediate Technology Development Group (now Practical Action, and founded by her father) and the Voluntary Overseas Association. The mother of six grown children, she and her husband live in Kew Gardens.

Barbara is the author of “Alias Papa – a life of Fritz Schumacher” – first published in 1984, but with a new edition just published, in June, by Green Books.

2012 Speakers

Jonathon Porritt

Jonathon Porritt

Clive Hamilton

Bill McKibben

James Vaccaro

Jonathon Porritt

Ed Mayo

Solitaire Townsend

Clare Dakin

Tony Juniper

Amory Levins

Kevin McCloud

Rob Hopkins

Tim Smit

Andrew Simms

Deborah Meaden

Juliet Davenport

Caroline Lucas

Polly Higgins

John Elkington

Michael Pawlyn

Felicity Hartnett

Matt Harvey

Patrick Curry

Aimee Sayer