https://simplecast.com The Lindisfarne Tapes On a rocky outcropping off the northeastern coast of England, the monastery of Lindisfarne once stood as an outpost of religious, philosophic, and intellectual study against the “dark” times of early medieval Europe. Inspired by the foresight and dogged determination of these medieval monks, William Irwin Thompson founded the Lindisfarne Association in 1972 to gather together bold scientists, scholars, artists, and contemplatives to realize a new planetary culture in the face of the political, cultural, and environmental crises of the twentieth century. Brought to you by the Schumacher Center for a New Economics, The Lindisfarne Tapes podcast represents some of the most visionary thinking of the time, drawing connections between culture, economics, society, and technology. While the germs of new ideas contained in these tapes are now beginning to take root, they remain an invaluable source of speculative thinking that will continue to inspire our visions of a more just and regenerative future. en Sun, 14 Feb 2021 02:27:11 +0000 Mon, 12 Apr 2021 16:10:00 +0000 https://lindisfarne-tapes.simplecast.com The Lindisfarne Tapes https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/bc263f3f-04e5-403f-8676-165764f01476/bb65c6d9-f7d7-4130-a7e0-2b5203d34c2f/3000x3000/cover.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://lindisfarne-tapes.simplecast.com episodic On a rocky outcropping off the northeastern coast of England, the monastery of Lindisfarne once stood as an outpost of religious, philosophic, and intellectual study against the “dark” times of early medieval Europe. Inspired by the foresight and dogged determination of these medieval monks, William Irwin Thompson founded the Lindisfarne Association in 1972 to gather together bold scientists, scholars, artists, and contemplatives to realize a new planetary culture in the face of the political, cultural, and environmental crises of the twentieth century. Brought to you by the Schumacher Center for a New Economics, The Lindisfarne Tapes podcast represents some of the most visionary thinking of the time, drawing connections between culture, economics, society, and technology. While the germs of new ideas contained in these tapes are now beginning to take root, they remain an invaluable source of speculative thinking that will continue to inspire our visions of a more just and regenerative future. The Schumacher Center for a New Economics no https://feeds.simplecast.com/oZl33_j7 planetary science, spaceship earth, ecological crisis, whole earth, nonviolence, alternative thinking, alternative science, planetary society, 1960s, futurism, francisco varela, activism, james lovelock, elise boulding, climate change, stewart brand, hazel henderson, lynn margulis, commons, architecture, nonviolent, evolution, natural environment, land ethic, climate crisis, metaphysical, evolutionary science, metaphysics, anarchism, cosomological, buddhist spirituality, environmental degradation, the commons, philosophy, environmental crisis, mysticism, anarchist, rocky mountain institute, posthumanism, william blake, social ecology, zen buddhism, human scale, power, poetry, environmental activism, amory lovins, land community, appropriate technology, small-scale, gary snyder, eco politics, socialism, postmodernism, back to the land, human technology, back-to-the-land, lewis mumford, marxism, rocky mountain, deep ecology, ecopolitics, modernism, ecosocialism, deep ecologist, humanism, pacificism, whole earth catalog, systems ecology, development, political economy, materialistic science, materialism, post-development, economics, new economy, art, buckminster fuller, 1980s, feminism, alternative community, religion, 1970s, spirituality, science, esotericism, new age, ecology, environment, environmentalism, planetary culture, gregory bateson, gaia, consciousness, decentralism, planetization, conscious evolution, esoteric, e.f. schumacher, cybernetics, cosmology, lindisfarne, culture, experimental community, systems thinking, mind and nature, decentralization, nature, mind in nature, spiritual, soft science, wendell berry, william irwin thompson, universal religions, new alchemy, eastern religion, systems change, schumacher Schumacher Center for a New Economics; William Irwin Thompson schumacher@centerforneweconomics.org fa9a55de-e89c-482f-a8a3-2a65c4b991d2 Gregory Bateson: How We Know What We Know The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Bateson delivered this lecture in 1976 at the Lindisfarne Summer Conference, "A Light Governance for America: The Cultures and Strategies of Decentralization."

]]> Sun, 14 Feb 2021 02:27:11 +0000 schumacher@centerforneweconomics.org (Gregory Bateson) https://lindisfarne-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/g-13-gregory-bateson-yJx4coaW The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Bateson delivered this lecture in 1976 at the Lindisfarne Summer Conference, "A Light Governance for America: The Cultures and Strategies of Decentralization."

]]> Gregory Bateson: How We Know What We Know Gregory Bateson 01:21:08 Gregory Bateson, anthropologist, cyberneticist, and systems theorist, develops a theory of “how we know what we know” using a number of parables. Bateson is the author of Mind and Nature and Steps to an Ecology of Mind. (Episode photo courtesy of wildculture.com) Gregory Bateson, anthropologist, cyberneticist, and systems theorist, develops a theory of “how we know what we know” using a number of parables. Bateson is the author of Mind and Nature and Steps to an Ecology of Mind. (Episode photo courtesy of wildculture.com) evolutionary science, ecology of mind, psychology, behavioral science, double-bind theory, environmentalism, mind and nature, environment, criteria of mind, planetary science, cybernetics, meta-science, ecological anthropology, humanistic psychology, storytelling, stewart brand, macy conferences, feedback loops, consciousness, ecology, science, systems thinking, planetary culture, homeostasis, meta science, a sacred unity, systems theory, visual anthropology, margaret mead, biology, evolutionary biology, evolution, social science, scientific storytelling, systems change, epistemology no full 27 b7e44755-cea1-4cdf-9771-0849f7ada084 E.F. Schumacher: Moving from Cleverness to Wisdom The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

]]> Sun, 14 Feb 2021 02:26:40 +0000 schumacher@centerforneweconomics.org (E.F. Schumacher) https://lindisfarne-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/k-3-schumacher-xOdTtgC2 The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

]]> E.F. Schumacher: Moving from Cleverness to Wisdom E.F. Schumacher 00:44:57 E.F. Schumacher, author of Small is Beautiful, suggests how one might begin to transition from violent to non-violent technology, from chemical to biological agricultural methods, from cleverness to wisdom. (Episode photo courtesy of schumacherinstitute.org.uk) E.F. Schumacher, author of Small is Beautiful, suggests how one might begin to transition from violent to non-violent technology, from chemical to biological agricultural methods, from cleverness to wisdom. (Episode photo courtesy of schumacherinstitute.org.uk) post-development, nonviolent technology, political economy, climate crisis, farming, peace economics, renewable energy, environmentalism, nuclear power, environmental movement, environment, technology, wisdom, human scale, nonviolent, ecological technology, scale, appropriate technology, regenerative agriculture, sustainable agriculture, self-reliance, technology with a human face, science, small-scale, new economy, environmental crisis, human technology, leopold kohr, regenerative farming, sustainable farming, climate change, nonviolence, decentralized economics, decentralism, community economics, ecological economics, small is beautiful, decentralization, materialism, energy, economics, buddhist economics, sustainable energy, local economy, small community, small scale, nuclear energy, materialistic scientism, small farm, peace, local economics, development, new economics, ecological crisis, agriculture, intermediate technology no full 26 ab049b69-af1c-471a-b5fe-a65d18066984 Kathleen Raine: Spirituality in William Blake The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

]]> Sun, 14 Feb 2021 02:26:12 +0000 schumacher@centerforneweconomics.org (Kathleen Raine) https://lindisfarne-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/iva-6-kathleen-raine-aGt6MQX1 The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

]]> Kathleen Raine: Spirituality in William Blake Kathleen Raine 01:35:59 British poet and scholar, Kathleen Raine, discusses religion and spirituality in Blake’s life and work. Raine is the author of many highly respected studies on the work of William Blake, W.B. Yeats, and Thomas Taylor. (Episode photo courtesy of counterpointpress.com) British poet and scholar, Kathleen Raine, discusses religion and spirituality in Blake’s life and work. Raine is the author of many highly respected studies on the work of William Blake, W.B. Yeats, and Thomas Taylor. (Episode photo courtesy of counterpointpress.com) neoplatonism, spiritual, spirituality, poetry, william blake, w.b. yeats, temenos, religion, platonism, blake, thomas taylor, yeats, temenos academy, poet no full 25 e8f2df91-9fb9-40c5-8154-2f0ac308cbdc Stewart Brand: How Could We Possibly Get a Photograph of the Whole Earth? The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Brand delivered this lecture in 1974 at the Lindisfarne Summer Conference, "Planetary Culture and New Image of Humanity."

]]> Sun, 14 Feb 2021 02:25:44 +0000 schumacher@centerforneweconomics.org (Stewart Brand) https://lindisfarne-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/a-8-steward-brand-mIKTPxSi The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Brand delivered this lecture in 1974 at the Lindisfarne Summer Conference, "Planetary Culture and New Image of Humanity."

]]> Stewart Brand: How Could We Possibly Get a Photograph of the Whole Earth? Stewart Brand 01:37:51 Stewart Brand, editor of The Whole Earth Catalog and CoEvolution Quarterly, describes the experiences that culminated in the creation of The Catalog and leads a lively discussion joined by most of the Lindisfarne conference speakers. (Episode photo courtesy of theculturecrush.com) Stewart Brand, editor of The Whole Earth Catalog and CoEvolution Quarterly, describes the experiences that culminated in the creation of The Catalog and leads a lively discussion joined by most of the Lindisfarne conference speakers. (Episode photo courtesy of theculturecrush.com) ecopragmatist manifesto, futurist, breakthrough institute, environmentalism, new age, environment, technology, cybernetics, futurism, buckminster fuller, ecology, ecomodernist, whole earth, whole earth catalog, natural science, coevolution quarterly, counterculture, ecomodernism no full 24 abc03b2d-b17d-4d07-8564-673e517c3117 Thomas Banyacya: The Prophecy of 1948 The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Banyacya delivered this lecture in 1976 at the Lindisfarne Summer Conference, "A Light Governance for America: The Cultures and Strategies of Decentralization."

]]> Sun, 14 Feb 2021 02:25:11 +0000 schumacher@centerforneweconomics.org (Thomas Banyacya) https://lindisfarne-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/g-4-thomas-banyacya-DjTFriw_ The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Banyacya delivered this lecture in 1976 at the Lindisfarne Summer Conference, "A Light Governance for America: The Cultures and Strategies of Decentralization."

]]> Thomas Banyacya: The Prophecy of 1948 Thomas Banyacya 01:16:16 Thomas Banyacya, spokesman for the Elders of the Hopi, describes his people’s prophecy and way of life. Revealing some of the “signs of the times” which guide the Hopi in the present epoch, Banyacya relates this to other great spiritual traditions. (Episode photo courtesy of windspeaker.com) Thomas Banyacya, spokesman for the Elders of the Hopi, describes his people’s prophecy and way of life. Revealing some of the “signs of the times” which guide the Hopi in the present epoch, Banyacya relates this to other great spiritual traditions. (Episode photo courtesy of windspeaker.com) native american, nature, prophecy, environment, technology, modernism, indigenous, traditional wisdom, anti-nuclear, ecology, hopi, nonviolence, peace no full 23 7852a7fc-31d5-4b12-8d15-792f960fd40b David Spangler: Co-Creating our Future in the New Age The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Spangler delivered this lecture in 1976 at the Lindisfarne Summer Conference, "A Light Governance for America: The Cultures and Strategies of Decentralization."

]]> Sun, 14 Feb 2021 02:23:51 +0000 schumacher@centerforneweconomics.org (David Spangler) https://lindisfarne-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/iig-6-david-spangler-YvpgaNrR The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Spangler delivered this lecture in 1976 at the Lindisfarne Summer Conference, "A Light Governance for America: The Cultures and Strategies of Decentralization."

]]> David Spangler: Co-Creating our Future in the New Age David Spangler 01:24:37 David Spangler, spiritual philosopher and author of Revelation: The Birth of a New Age, speaks on the synthesis and transformation of science, religion, and government in the new age. (Episode photo courtesy of fairycongress.com) David Spangler, spiritual philosopher and author of Revelation: The Birth of a New Age, speaks on the synthesis and transformation of science, religion, and government in the new age. (Episode photo courtesy of fairycongress.com) findhorn, spirituality, clairvoyance, mysticism, new age, esotericism, postmodern, government, spiritual philosophy, incarnation, metaphysics, co-create, co-creation, religion, postmodernism, science, practical mystic, mystic, planetary community, metaphysical, new age movement, esoteric, mystical, planetary convergence, theosophy no full 22 32f286bb-3262-45fc-8217-fbbe4dd9980f Rosabeth Kanter: What Makes or Breaks an Alternative Community? The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Kanter delivered this lecture in 1976 at the Lindisfarne Summer Conference, "A Light Governance for America: The Cultures and Strategies of Decentralization."

]]> Sun, 14 Feb 2021 02:23:23 +0000 schumacher@centerforneweconomics.org (Rosabeth Kanter) https://lindisfarne-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/g-8-rosabeth-kanter-Fzy0Q0pS The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Kanter delivered this lecture in 1976 at the Lindisfarne Summer Conference, "A Light Governance for America: The Cultures and Strategies of Decentralization."

]]> Rosabeth Kanter: What Makes or Breaks an Alternative Community? Rosabeth Kanter 00:48:49 Rosabeth Kanter, author of Community and Commitment, analyzes the factors that determine success and failure in alternative communities. She focuses her analysis on several historical cases, including ancient esoteric communities, the Oneida community, Shaker villages, the Lindisfarne Association, and others. Rosabeth Kanter, author of Community and Commitment, analyzes the factors that determine success and failure in alternative communities. She focuses her analysis on several historical cases, including ancient esoteric communities, the Oneida community, Shaker villages, the Lindisfarne Association, and others. spiritual, community, spirituality, religious communities, alternative communities, esoteric communities, esotericism, back to the land, oneida community, alternative lifestyle, lindisfarne association, alternative thinking, commune, religion, alternative community, 1960s, place-based community, place-based, esoteric, small community, counterculture, shaker villages no full 21 4819a4a8-dedb-439d-bc5f-3fdd714bcb04 Gary Snyder: Songs of the Life Cycle The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Snyder delivered this lecture in 1976 at a Lindisfarne Guest Lecture Series.

]]> Sun, 14 Feb 2021 02:22:00 +0000 schumacher@centerforneweconomics.org (Gary Snyder) https://lindisfarne-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/k-9-gary-snyder-b9zQDy8P The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Snyder delivered this lecture in 1976 at a Lindisfarne Guest Lecture Series.

]]> Gary Snyder: Songs of the Life Cycle Gary Snyder 01:34:34 Gary Snyder, author of the Pulitzer Prize winning Turtle Island, reads from his work to illustrate the way in which he is currently thinking about poetry. He suggests that poetry represents songs of the life cycle, and shares poems that embody birth, childhood, adolescence, work, love, celebration, healing, and death. (Episode photo courtesy of allenginsberg.org) Gary Snyder, author of the Pulitzer Prize winning Turtle Island, reads from his work to illustrate the way in which he is currently thinking about poetry. He suggests that poetry represents songs of the life cycle, and shares poems that embody birth, childhood, adolescence, work, love, celebration, healing, and death. (Episode photo courtesy of allenginsberg.org) poetry, mysticism, song, nature, environmental poetry, new age, environment, buddhist anarchism, back to the land, buddhism, allen ginsberg, practice of the wild, poems, ecology, beat generation, deep ecology, zen buddhism, planetary culture, buddhist spirituality, environmental activism, poetry as song, life cycle, anarchism, gregory corso, turtle island, anarcho-primitivism, zen, jack kerouac, counterculture, poet, ecological poetry, san francisco renaissance, beat poet no full 20 7062d644-49be-493c-8ae8-9b4869ef521e Nechung Rinpoche: Development of Compassion in Buddhist Thought The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Rinpoche delivered this lecture in 1976 at the Lindisfarne Summer Conference, “A Light Governance for America: The Cultures and Strategies of Decentralization."

]]> Sun, 14 Feb 2021 02:21:56 +0000 schumacher@centerforneweconomics.org (Nechung Rimpoche, Robert Thurman) https://lindisfarne-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/c-3-nechung-rimpoche-47iMAC_c The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Rinpoche delivered this lecture in 1976 at the Lindisfarne Summer Conference, “A Light Governance for America: The Cultures and Strategies of Decentralization."

]]> Nechung Rinpoche: Development of Compassion in Buddhist Thought Nechung Rimpoche, Robert Thurman 01:22:25 Nechung Rinpoche, the Grand Lama of Nechung Monastery, speaks of the development of compassion based on the Buddhist Path of Enlightenment. This tape retains the Tibetan spoken by Rinpoche, vigorously translated by Robert Thurman, Professor of Religion at Amherst College and the translator of The Holy Teachings of Vimilakirti. (Episode photo courtesy of nechung.org) Nechung Rinpoche, the Grand Lama of Nechung Monastery, speaks of the development of compassion based on the Buddhist Path of Enlightenment. This tape retains the Tibetan spoken by Rinpoche, vigorously translated by Robert Thurman, Professor of Religion at Amherst College and the translator of The Holy Teachings of Vimilakirti. (Episode photo courtesy of nechung.org) spirituality, buddhist path of enlightenment, buddhism, religion, eastern religion, planetary culture no full 19 58cbcd85-2dd7-4b69-9c50-44d6b112ecab Sean Wellesley-Miller: The Bioshelter, The Home, and The Community The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Wellesley-Miller delivered this lecture in 1975 at the Lindisfarne Summer Conference, "Conscious Evolution and the Evolution of Consciousness."

]]> Sun, 14 Feb 2021 02:19:27 +0000 schumacher@centerforneweconomics.org (Sean Wellesley-Miller) https://lindisfarne-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/c-11-sean-wellesley-miller-32orpnNz The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Wellesley-Miller delivered this lecture in 1975 at the Lindisfarne Summer Conference, "Conscious Evolution and the Evolution of Consciousness."

]]> Sean Wellesley-Miller: The Bioshelter, The Home, and The Community Sean Wellesley-Miller 00:45:18 Architect/mathematician/designer Sean Wellesley-Miller reconceives architecture in the image of the bioshelter. The house, no longer the end point of consumption, becomes a domesticated, productive ecosystem. This new architecture cultivates a more profound attachment to place, promoting decentralization and strengthening local economies. (Episode photo courtesy of newalchemists.files.wordpress.com) Architect/mathematician/designer Sean Wellesley-Miller reconceives architecture in the image of the bioshelter. The house, no longer the end point of consumption, becomes a domesticated, productive ecosystem. This new architecture cultivates a more profound attachment to place, promoting decentralization and strengthening local economies. (Episode photo courtesy of newalchemists.files.wordpress.com) community, new alchemy, environment, life-shelter, new alchemy institute, planetary science, bioshelter, cybernetics, architecture, indoor ecosystem, appropriate technology, greenhouse, ecology, john todd, planetary culture, decentralism, decentralization, place-based, contained ecosystem, local economy, ecological design, biomimicry no full 18 fc8aca55-c2d7-40b0-ace0-e8fe327c4750 Gil Friend: Local Action for Global Transformation The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Friend delivered this lecture in 1976 at the Lindisfarne Summer Conference, "A Light Governance for America: The Cultures and Strategies of Decentralization."

]]> Sun, 14 Feb 2021 02:18:40 +0000 schumacher@centerforneweconomics.org (Gil Friend) https://lindisfarne-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/g-11-gil-friend-ZLWZtpGa The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Friend delivered this lecture in 1976 at the Lindisfarne Summer Conference, "A Light Governance for America: The Cultures and Strategies of Decentralization."

]]> Gil Friend: Local Action for Global Transformation Gil Friend 00:35:58 Gil Friend, former Co-Director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, relates some of the strategies and problems involved in helping urban communities gain self control and emphasizes the importance of diverse, place-based action in addressing the formidable challenges we face. (Episode photo courtesy of natlogic.com) Gil Friend, former Co-Director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, relates some of the strategies and problems involved in helping urban communities gain self control and emphasizes the importance of diverse, place-based action in addressing the formidable challenges we face. (Episode photo courtesy of natlogic.com) community activism, place-based activism, local self-reliance, place-based action, urbanization, community soveriegnty, community control, urban communities, community action, new economy, localism, solidarity economy, decentralism, community economics, decentralization, local control, mutual aid, place-based, local economy, food soveriegnty no full 17 6290ff99-3547-4634-8d14-3f73aadf28f9 Alice Tepper Marlin: The Competitive Advantage of Better Business The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Tepper Marlin delivered this lecture in 1976 at the Lindisfarne Fellows Conference, "Economics and the Moral Order."

]]> Sun, 14 Feb 2021 02:18:05 +0000 schumacher@centerforneweconomics.org (Alice Tepper Marlin) https://lindisfarne-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/iia-3-alice-tepper-marlin-QT88htkr The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Tepper Marlin delivered this lecture in 1976 at the Lindisfarne Fellows Conference, "Economics and the Moral Order."

]]> Alice Tepper Marlin: The Competitive Advantage of Better Business Alice Tepper Marlin 01:14:03 Alice Tepper Marlin, President Emerita of Social Accountability International and founder of the Council on Economic Priorities, presents the methodologies and strategies she used to show big business that community interests don’t necessarily threaten corporate profitability. (Episode photo courtesy of rightlivelihoodaward.org) Alice Tepper Marlin, President Emerita of Social Accountability International and founder of the Council on Economic Priorities, presents the methodologies and strategies she used to show big business that community interests don’t necessarily threaten corporate profitability. (Episode photo courtesy of rightlivelihoodaward.org) corporate responsibility, green business, business accountability, big business, business, economics, social accountability no full 16 1ce51e1c-6b4e-43cf-974d-39f8521b28e6 David Ehrenfeld: Ecological Wisdom in Jewish Thought The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Ehrenfeld delivered this lecture in 1982 at the Lindisfarne Fellows' Meeting, "The Land: Its Ecological Development and Its Economic Understanding."

]]> Sun, 14 Feb 2021 02:17:29 +0000 schumacher@centerforneweconomics.org (David Ehrenfeld) https://lindisfarne-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/g-6-david-ehrenfeld-8GvMiIj0 The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Ehrenfeld delivered this lecture in 1982 at the Lindisfarne Fellows' Meeting, "The Land: Its Ecological Development and Its Economic Understanding."

]]> David Ehrenfeld: Ecological Wisdom in Jewish Thought David Ehrenfeld 01:20:47 David Ehrenfeld, the author of The Arrogance of Humanism, considers the teaching of stewardship implicit in Judaism. Since Jewish Law originally dictated to generations of a land-based community, he explains, it provided a forceful and specific ecological wisdom and ethic of land management from which we might gain insight at present. David Ehrenfeld, the author of The Arrogance of Humanism, considers the teaching of stewardship implicit in Judaism. Since Jewish Law originally dictated to generations of a land-based community, he explains, it provided a forceful and specific ecological wisdom and ethic of land management from which we might gain insight at present. nature, environmentalism, land stewardship, environment, technology, human scale, stewardship, appropriate technology, land ethic, ecology, sustainability, conservation, post-humanism, planetary culture, jewish, judaism, small is beautiful, biology, small scale, humanism no full 15 6a3b6ac9-7366-409a-8a8b-11b2256ef662 Wendell Berry: Sexual Capitalism and the Preservation of Wilderness The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Berry delivered this lecture in 1976 at the Lindisfarne Summer Conference, "A Light Governance for America: The Cultures and Strategies of Decentralization."

]]> Sun, 14 Feb 2021 02:16:21 +0000 schumacher@centerforneweconomics.org (Wendell Berry) https://lindisfarne-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/g-12-wendell-berry-QzsEPp2i The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Berry delivered this lecture in 1976 at the Lindisfarne Summer Conference, "A Light Governance for America: The Cultures and Strategies of Decentralization."

]]> Wendell Berry: Sexual Capitalism and the Preservation of Wilderness Wendell Berry 01:01:16 Farmer/poet/essayist Wendell Berry analogizes marriage and agriculture and traces the effects of ‘divisions branching out from the division between body and soul’ in the household and in the farm community where he lives. Berry is the author of The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture; Farming: A Handbook; and A Continuous Harmony. (Episode photo courtesy of theecologist.org) Farmer/poet/essayist Wendell Berry analogizes marriage and agriculture and traces the effects of ‘divisions branching out from the division between body and soul’ in the household and in the farm community where he lives. Berry is the author of The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture; Farming: A Handbook; and A Continuous Harmony. (Episode photo courtesy of theecologist.org) the art of loading brush, farming, poetry, good work, environmental poetry, environmentalism, wilderness, environment, sexual capitalism, a small porch, planetary science, appropriate technology, wendell berry, sustainable agriculture, remembering, small-scale farming, sexual economics, home economics, connection to place, ecology, a place on earth, good food, kentucky, the gift of good land, solving for pattern, sustainable farming, environmental poem, good farming, wes jackson, place-based, rural culture, sabbath poems, rooted in place, marriage and the environment, local economy, small farm, local economics, rural community, new economics, agriculture, the broken ground no full 14 37d33f86-3bb8-4ef4-b3fe-545bec03ff2c Seyyed Hossein Nasr: The Metaphysical and Cosmological Roots of the Ecological Crisis The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Nasr delivered this lecture in 1976 for a Lindisfarne Guest Lectures Series.

]]> Sun, 14 Feb 2021 02:15:40 +0000 schumacher@centerforneweconomics.org (Seyyed Hossein Nasr) https://lindisfarne-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/k-7-seyyed-hossein-nasr-knpzesut The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Nasr delivered this lecture in 1976 for a Lindisfarne Guest Lectures Series.

]]> Seyyed Hossein Nasr: The Metaphysical and Cosmological Roots of the Ecological Crisis Seyyed Hossein Nasr 01:14:47 Iranian Islamic philosopher and polymath, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, offers a spiritual and historical account of the ecological crisis and emphasizes the need to rediscover the Sacred. Nasr is a Professor of Islamic studies at George Washington University and author of The Garden of Truth; The Encounter Between Man and Nature; and Science and Civilization in Islam. (Episode photo courtesy of George Washington University) Iranian Islamic philosopher and polymath, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, offers a spiritual and historical account of the ecological crisis and emphasizes the need to rediscover the Sacred. Nasr is a Professor of Islamic studies at George Washington University and author of The Garden of Truth; The Encounter Between Man and Nature; and Science and Civilization in Islam. (Episode photo courtesy of George Washington University) climate crisis, the sacred, cosmology, environmentalism, environment, islam studies, planetary science, sufism, metaphysics, islam, religion, garden of truth, ecology, science, islamic spirituality, planetary culture, environmental crisis, man and nature, climate change, ecological, civilization, islamic philosphy, cosmological, ecological crisis no full 13 371379aa-f344-40f7-9e37-3eb586816d6b Janet McCloud: The Struggle for Indigenous Sovereignty The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

McCloud delivered this lecture in 1976 at the Lindisfarne Summer Conference, "A Light Governance for America: The Cultures and Strategies of Decentralization."

]]> Sun, 14 Feb 2021 02:14:55 +0000 schumacher@centerforneweconomics.org (Janet McCloud) https://lindisfarne-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/g-7-janet-mccloud-cif_ps5M The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

McCloud delivered this lecture in 1976 at the Lindisfarne Summer Conference, "A Light Governance for America: The Cultures and Strategies of Decentralization."

]]> Janet McCloud: The Struggle for Indigenous Sovereignty Janet McCloud 00:35:35 Indigenous rights activist Janet McCloud describes the struggle of her people to re-establish their traditional ways of harmony and balance and recounts anecdotes of non-Indigenous activists being both exploitative and supportive in their efforts to promote justice. (Episode photo courtesy of University of Washington Libraries) Indigenous rights activist Janet McCloud describes the struggle of her people to re-establish their traditional ways of harmony and balance and recounts anecdotes of non-Indigenous activists being both exploitative and supportive in their efforts to promote justice. (Episode photo courtesy of University of Washington Libraries) indigenous wisdom, nature, indigenous rights, land access, native american rights, indigenous sovereignty, land equity, land justice, rematriation, social justice no full 12 8df8b861-574d-4d56-a128-d4ce6c5f7fcf Francisco Varela: The Logic of Paradise The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Varela delivered this lecture in 1978 at the Lindisfarne Fellows Meeting, “The Cultural Contradictions of Power.”

]]> Sun, 14 Feb 2021 02:13:58 +0000 schumacher@centerforneweconomics.org (Francisco Varela) https://lindisfarne-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/c-4-francisco-varela-Zf0XST8_ The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Varela delivered this lecture in 1978 at the Lindisfarne Fellows Meeting, “The Cultural Contradictions of Power.”

]]> Francisco Varela: The Logic of Paradise Francisco Varela 00:51:55 Francisco Varela, a biologist at the National University of Chile and author of Autopoiesis and Cognition and The Embodied Mind, relates his personal experience during the 1973 Chilean coup d'état to his personal conviction that ‘epistemology does matter.' Amidst the chaos of the coup, Varela experiences a moment of clarity and begins to understands the 'logic of paradise.' (Episode photo courtesy of goodreads.com) Francisco Varela, a biologist at the National University of Chile and author of Autopoiesis and Cognition and The Embodied Mind, relates his personal experience during the 1973 Chilean coup d'état to his personal conviction that ‘epistemology does matter.' Amidst the chaos of the coup, Varela experiences a moment of clarity and begins to understands the 'logic of paradise.' (Episode photo courtesy of goodreads.com) philosophy of science, autopoiesis, cybernetics, neurophenomenology, buddhism, embodied philosophy, chile, buddhist science, science, contradictions of power, etymology of energy, systems thinking, planetary culture, neuroscience, biology, mind and life, humberto maturana, epistemology no full 11 a1220eb3-d756-42c4-aaa4-f4ec034b8b68 Elise Boulding: A Historical Account of Women in Community The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Boulding delivered this lecture in 1974 at the Lindisfarne Summer Conference, "Planetary Culture and New Image of Humanity."

]]> Sun, 14 Feb 2021 02:12:47 +0000 schumacher@centerforneweconomics.org (Elise Boulding) https://lindisfarne-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/a-7-elise-boulding-01ByWV20 The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Boulding delivered this lecture in 1974 at the Lindisfarne Summer Conference, "Planetary Culture and New Image of Humanity."

]]> Elise Boulding: A Historical Account of Women in Community Elise Boulding 00:53:44 Quaker sociologist and renowned peace scholar, Elise Boulding, provides a historical perspective on women in community and gives her appraisal of the future success of new communities. Boulding is the author of The Underside of History and Cultures of Peace. (Episode photo courtesy of vanierinstitute.ca.) Quaker sociologist and renowned peace scholar, Elise Boulding, provides a historical perspective on women in community and gives her appraisal of the future success of new communities. Boulding is the author of The Underside of History and Cultures of Peace. (Episode photo courtesy of vanierinstitute.ca.) peace studies, community, spirituality, alternative communities, global civic culture, religious society of friends, feminism, religion, planetary culture, quaker, peace, peace and conflict studies, underside of history no full 10 2ae27044-14c2-4b74-9e9d-9f5af18fa5ed John Todd: Ecological Design and New Alchemy The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Todd delivered this lecture in 1974 at the Lindisfarne Summer Conference, "Planetary Culture and New Image of Humanity."

]]> Sun, 14 Feb 2021 02:10:44 +0000 schumacher@centerforneweconomics.org (John Todd) https://lindisfarne-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/a-4-john-todd-JF7zA8_9 The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Todd delivered this lecture in 1974 at the Lindisfarne Summer Conference, "Planetary Culture and New Image of Humanity."

]]> John Todd: Ecological Design and New Alchemy John Todd 01:23:53 Farmer, scientist, and ecological designer, John Todd, relates the experiences which formed the New Alchemy Institute and describes some projects in intensive aquaculture and agriculture using wind and solar energy. Todd recounts the rediscovery of a sense of place that emerges from the fabrication of these self-sufficient bioshelters. Farmer, scientist, and ecological designer, John Todd, relates the experiences which formed the New Alchemy Institute and describes some projects in intensive aquaculture and agriculture using wind and solar energy. Todd recounts the rediscovery of a sense of place that emerges from the fabrication of these self-sufficient bioshelters. wind energy, renewable energy, new alchemy, environmentalism, environment, technology, new alchemy institute, bioshelter, architecture, aquaculture, appropriate technology, alternative technology, hydroponics, planetization, living machines, ecology, planetary culture, food systems, regenerative agrilculture, climate change, eco-machines, biology, solar energy, organic farming, counterculture, ecological design, agriculture, biomimicry no full 9 f95610d1-3f07-41c9-90f5-4b23087a7d12 Russell Schweickart: Discovering a New Planetary Culture from Outer Space The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Schweickart delivered this lecture in 1974 at the Lindisfarne Summer Conference, "Planetary Culture and New Image of Humanity."

]]> Sun, 14 Feb 2021 02:09:46 +0000 schumacher@centerforneweconomics.org (Russell Schweickart) https://lindisfarne-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/a-2-russel-schweickart-p3FBqsAj The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Schweickart delivered this lecture in 1974 at the Lindisfarne Summer Conference, "Planetary Culture and New Image of Humanity."

]]> Russell Schweickart: Discovering a New Planetary Culture from Outer Space Russell Schweickart 01:00:50 Astronaut Russell "Rusty" Schweickart describes his experience during a camera malfunction in space. While his friend repairs the camera, Schweickart is able to take an unscheduled moment to gaze at the whole Earth from above. The result is a profound change in consciousness, an identification with the entire planet and an embodied feeling of global unity. Astronaut Russell "Rusty" Schweickart describes his experience during a camera malfunction in space. While his friend repairs the camera, Schweickart is able to take an unscheduled moment to gaze at the whole Earth from above. The result is a profound change in consciousness, an identification with the entire planet and an embodied feeling of global unity. outer space, earth, consciousness, global unity, planetary culture, space, whole earth, astronaut, humanity, nasa no full 8 12db6b75-ee00-4713-9a93-35fdeb4197f0 Hazel Henderson: Sweeping Away the Conceptual Wreckage of the Industrial Age The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Henderson delivered this lecture in 1976 at the Lindisfarne Summer Conference, "A Light Governance for America: The Cultures and Strategies of Decentralization."

]]> Sun, 14 Feb 2021 02:08:48 +0000 schumacher@centerforneweconomics.org (Hazel Henderson) https://lindisfarne-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/g-9-hazel-henderson-_FHU7fIK The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Henderson delivered this lecture in 1976 at the Lindisfarne Summer Conference, "A Light Governance for America: The Cultures and Strategies of Decentralization."

]]> Hazel Henderson: Sweeping Away the Conceptual Wreckage of the Industrial Age Hazel Henderson 00:45:36 Independent economist and renowned futurist, Hazel Henderson, exposes the flaws within the failing economic, scientific, and environmental paradigms and makes an appeal to view the current climate of economic uncertainty as an opportunity to find truly original solutions. Henderson is the founder of Ethical Markets Media and the author of Building A Win-Win World, Beyond Globalization, Planetary Citizenship, and Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy. (Episode photo courtesy of imbd.com) Independent economist and renowned futurist, Hazel Henderson, exposes the flaws within the failing economic, scientific, and environmental paradigms and makes an appeal to view the current climate of economic uncertainty as an opportunity to find truly original solutions. Henderson is the founder of Ethical Markets Media and the author of Building A Win-Win World, Beyond Globalization, Planetary Citizenship, and Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy. (Episode photo courtesy of imbd.com) green investing, spirituality, renewable energy, futurist, environmentalism, gift economy, environment, planetary science, cybernetics, ethical markets, futurism, impact investing, ontology, speculative thinking, globalization, ecology, science, alternative futures, qualitative science, planetary culture, beyond gdp, love economy, solidarity economy, planetary community, alternative economics, green energy, new economics no full 7 1238892c-d9fa-4065-bde0-a7a7df5622a7 Nancy Jack Todd: The Role of Women in Cultural Change The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Jack Todd delivered this lecture in 1976 at the Lindisfarne Summer Conference, "A Light Governance for America: The Cultures and Strategies of Decentralization."

]]> Sun, 14 Feb 2021 02:06:50 +0000 schumacher@centerforneweconomics.org (Nancy Jack Todd) https://lindisfarne-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/g-5-nancy-jack-todd-eomEp7OS The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Jack Todd delivered this lecture in 1976 at the Lindisfarne Summer Conference, "A Light Governance for America: The Cultures and Strategies of Decentralization."

]]> Nancy Jack Todd: The Role of Women in Cultural Change Nancy Jack Todd 00:44:58 Nancy Jack Todd, co-founder of the New Alchemy Institute, outlines the dangers of a patriarchal society and describes the cultural changes necessary for gender equality, while emphasizing the central role that women themselves play in shifting culture for the better. Jack Todd is Vice President of Ocean Arks International and is the author of From Eco-Cities to Living Machines and A Safe and Sustainable World: The Promise of Ecological Design. Nancy Jack Todd, co-founder of the New Alchemy Institute, outlines the dangers of a patriarchal society and describes the cultural changes necessary for gender equality, while emphasizing the central role that women themselves play in shifting culture for the better. Jack Todd is Vice President of Ocean Arks International and is the author of From Eco-Cities to Living Machines and A Safe and Sustainable World: The Promise of Ecological Design. feminist, new alchemy, environmentalism, environment, gender equality, patriarchy, feminism, planetization, cultural change, women studies, ecology, planetary culture, biology, ecological design no full 6 2cddd359-22aa-4c99-967b-b180538eb5b2 Murray Bookchin: Can We Effect Meaningful Change in an Anti-Ecological Society? The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Bookchin delivered this lecture in 1976 at the Lindisfarne Spring Fellows Meeting, "Economics and the Moral Order."

]]> Sun, 14 Feb 2021 02:05:37 +0000 schumacher@centerforneweconomics.org (Murray Bookchin) https://lindisfarne-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/f-4-murray-bookchin-uErRnxmZ The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Bookchin delivered this lecture in 1976 at the Lindisfarne Spring Fellows Meeting, "Economics and the Moral Order."

]]> Murray Bookchin: Can We Effect Meaningful Change in an Anti-Ecological Society? Murray Bookchin 00:44:01 Green anarchist and decentralist philosopher, Murray Bookchin, argues that the anti-ecological, 'grow or die' nature of our society is built deeply into its structure and therefore only fundamental change is worth talking about. Bookchin is credited with founding the theory of social ecology and is the author of Post-Scarcity Anarchism and The Ecology of Freedom. (Episode photo courtesy of social-ecology.org) Green anarchist and decentralist philosopher, Murray Bookchin, argues that the anti-ecological, 'grow or die' nature of our society is built deeply into its structure and therefore only fundamental change is worth talking about. Bookchin is credited with founding the theory of social ecology and is the author of Post-Scarcity Anarchism and The Ecology of Freedom. (Episode photo courtesy of social-ecology.org) our synthetic environment, degrowth, post-scarcity, green anarchist, communalism, environmentalism, environmental movement, social ecology, environment, urbanization, institute for social ecology, ecology and revolutionary thought, anti-capitalism, appropriate technology, green party, urbanization without cities, libertarian municipalism, eco-socialism, marxism, ecology, cooperatives, new economy, planetary culture, urban planning, solidarity economy, decentralism, anarchism, green anarchism, ecological economics, decentralization, economic democracy, libertarian socialism, anarchist, counterculture, green socialism, post-growth, heterodox economics no full 5 d66c063b-287e-4b8c-a244-a119f01e28a6 Gregory Bateson: The Grammar of Evolution and Consciousness The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Bateson delivered this lecture in 1975 at the Lindisfarne Summer Conference, "Conscious Evolution and the Evolution of Consciousness."

]]> Sun, 14 Feb 2021 02:02:10 +0000 schumacher@centerforneweconomics.org (Gregory Bateson) https://lindisfarne-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/c-2-gregory-bateson-gMp3cLPA The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Bateson delivered this lecture in 1975 at the Lindisfarne Summer Conference, "Conscious Evolution and the Evolution of Consciousness."

]]> Gregory Bateson: The Grammar of Evolution and Consciousness Gregory Bateson 00:57:35 Anthropologist, cyberneticist, and systems theorist, Gregory Bateson, challenges the relationship between “consciousness” and “evolution” using the logic of grammar to recontextualize the development of both biological structures and culture. Bateson is the author of Mind and Nature and Steps to an Ecology of Mind. (Episode photo courtesy of wildculture.com) Anthropologist, cyberneticist, and systems theorist, Gregory Bateson, challenges the relationship between “consciousness” and “evolution” using the logic of grammar to recontextualize the development of both biological structures and culture. Bateson is the author of Mind and Nature and Steps to an Ecology of Mind. (Episode photo courtesy of wildculture.com) evolutionary science, ecology of mind, psychology, behavioral science, double-bind theory, environmentalism, mind and nature, environment, criteria of mind, planetary science, feedback loop, cybernetics, meta-science, anthropology, ecological anthropology, humanistic psychology, storytelling, stewart brand, scientific myth, macy conferences, mind in nature, consciousness, ecology, science, systems thinking, planetary culture, homeostasis, meta science, a sacred unity, systems theory, visual anthropology, margaret mead, biology, evolutionary biology, evolution, social sciences, social science, scientific storytelling, systems change, epistemology no full 4 f88fca08-58a9-4caa-bc89-e0ae302b2dcd Donella Meadows: Deconstructing Policymaking The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Meadows delivered this lecture in 1976 at the Lindisfarne Fellows Conference, "Economics and the Moral Order."

]]> Sun, 14 Feb 2021 02:01:20 +0000 schumacher@centerforneweconomics.org (Donella Meadows) https://lindisfarne-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/f-5-donella-meadows-P3vDx8Iu The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Meadows delivered this lecture in 1976 at the Lindisfarne Fellows Conference, "Economics and the Moral Order."

]]> Donella Meadows: Deconstructing Policymaking Donella Meadows 01:15:47 Environmental scientist Donella Meadows analyzes some of the contradictory priorities and assumptions about reality which underlie and confuse policy making. Meadows is known as lead author of The Limits to Growth and Thinking in Systems: a Primer. (Episode photo courtesy of donellameadows.org) Environmental scientist Donella Meadows analyzes some of the contradictory priorities and assumptions about reality which underlie and confuse policy making. Meadows is known as lead author of The Limits to Growth and Thinking in Systems: a Primer. (Episode photo courtesy of donellameadows.org) degrowth, climate crisis, overpopulation, global citizen, environmentalism, equity, environmental movement, environment, technology, ecological degradation, cybernetics, sustainable living, club of rome, environmental limits, population, system dynamics, sustainable action, thinking in systems, ecology, sustainability, dennis meadows, science, conservation, socialism, policy, climate change, limits to growth, systems theory, policymaking, economics, post-growth, ecological crisis, systems change, computer, beyond growth no full 3 30ae7fd0-e4d2-49f0-b887-8b7bb0dcdf2a E.F. Schumacher: The Metaphysical Roots of Decentralist Economics The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Schumacher delivered this lecture in 1974 at the Lindisfarne Summer Conference, "Planetary Culture and New Image of Humanity."

]]> Sun, 14 Feb 2021 01:59:34 +0000 schumacher@centerforneweconomics.org (E.F. Schumacher) https://lindisfarne-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/a-3-schumacher-ORiAIBhM The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Schumacher delivered this lecture in 1974 at the Lindisfarne Summer Conference, "Planetary Culture and New Image of Humanity."

]]> E.F. Schumacher: The Metaphysical Roots of Decentralist Economics E.F. Schumacher 01:00:56 E.F. Schumacher, author of Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered and A Guide for the Perplexed, lays out the metaphysical and theological roots of decentralist economics and right livelihood. He considers quantity vs. quality, growth vs. non-growth, decentralization vs. centralization, and uniformity vs. unity. (Episode photo courtesy of schumacherinstitute.org.uk) E.F. Schumacher, author of Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered and A Guide for the Perplexed, lays out the metaphysical and theological roots of decentralist economics and right livelihood. He considers quantity vs. quality, growth vs. non-growth, decentralization vs. centralization, and uniformity vs. unity. (Episode photo courtesy of schumacherinstitute.org.uk) post-development, nonviolent technology, spiritual, soft science, political economy, climate crisis, buddhist economists, materialist, spirituality, colonialism, peace economics, renewable energy, cosmology, environmentalism, new age, environment, technology, materialistic science, wisdom, human scale, open source, spiritual crisis, appropriate technology, theology, globalization, metaphysics, ecology, science, small-scale, new economy, localism, localization, environmental crisis, climate change, nonviolence, decentralized economics, decentralism, community economics, ecological economics, metaphysical, small is beautiful, decentralization, post-materialism, materialism, decentralist, economics, buddhist economics, local economy, commons, small community, small scale, right livelihood, statistics, local economics, development, new economics, ecological crisis, intermediate technology, heterodox economics no full 2 79a6dbee-e288-4398-b6b4-cc8748753434 William Irwin Thompson: Planetary Culture and a New Image of Humanity The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Thompson delivered this lecture in 1974 at the Lindisfarne Summer Conference, "Planetary Culture and New Image of Humanity."

]]> Sun, 14 Feb 2021 01:56:25 +0000 schumacher@centerforneweconomics.org (William Irwin Thompson) https://lindisfarne-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/a-1-william-irwin-thompson-bMyWB2Ud The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 2021, the Schumacher Center used the digital audio to create the Lindisfarne Tapes Podcast. Reposting should include acknowledgment of williamirwinthompson.org. Learn more about the Lindisfarne Tapes here.

Thompson delivered this lecture in 1974 at the Lindisfarne Summer Conference, "Planetary Culture and New Image of Humanity."

]]> William Irwin Thompson: Planetary Culture and a New Image of Humanity William Irwin Thompson 01:05:49 William Irwin Thompson, founder of the Lindisfarne Association and author of At the Edge of History, delivers the introductory talk on the re-visioning of art, science, and religion for a new planetary culture and a new image of humanity. (Episode photo courtesy of owenbarfield.org.) William Irwin Thompson, founder of the Lindisfarne Association and author of At the Edge of History, delivers the introductory talk on the re-visioning of art, science, and religion for a new planetary culture and a new image of humanity. (Episode photo courtesy of owenbarfield.org.) spirituality, lindisfarne, nature, environment, religion, ecology, science, planetary culture, art, decentralism, esoteric, economics, at the edge of history no full 1