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Modules
in development
Academic
Outreach Report – June 2008
Summary of New Masters Programmes now in Development:
MSc in Transition to Sustainability (University
of St. Andrews)
This groundbreaking collaborative masters programme
will bring together four institutions that have demonstrated
outstanding leadership in the field of sustainable
development: the St. Andrews Sustainability Institute
at the University
of St. Andrews, Schumacher
College in Devon, the Centre
for Alternative Technology in Wales, and the Findhorn
Foundation College. Anticipated Starting Date:
September 2010
MSc in Sustainable Futures (Robert Gordon University,
Aberdeen)
The primary academic partner for this masters programme
will be the Scott
Sutherland School of Architecture & Built Environment
at The Robert Gordon University. A series of one–week
residential modules will be delivered at the Findhorn
ecovillage, some in collaboration with the Centre
for the Study of Natural Design of the School
of Design at the University of Dundee. Anticipated
Starting Date: September 2009
MSc in Sustainability Studies (Moray College,
UHI)
A programme in sustainability studies is being developed
under the leadership of Moray College and in collaboration
with all the partner institutions of the University
of Highlands and Islands. Findhorn College will
contribute at least one, possibly a whole series of
optional modules to this course. Anticipated Starting
Date: September 2010
MSc in Natural Design (University of Dundee)
The Centre
for the Study of Natural Design (CSND), a small
yet highly productive post-graduate research unit
of the School of Design at Duncan of Jordanston College
of Art and Design is in the process of creating this
broadly transdisciplinary programme which will be
partly based on the integrative approach to design
for sustainability developed by Dr. Wahl during his
PhD research at the CSND. Various residential modules
will be taught at Findhorn College, both by resident
and by CSND staff. Anticipanted Starting Date:
September 2010
Recommended readings :
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Barlow, Zenobia (2004) ‘Confluence
of Streams: An Introduction to the Ground-breaking
Work of the Centre for Ecoliteracy’, Resurgence,
No.226, pp.6-7
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Beck, Don & Cowan, Christopher
(1996) Spiral Dynamics: Mastering Values, Leadership,
and Change, Blackwell Business Publishers
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Benyus, Janine (1997) Biomimicry:
Innovation Inspired by Nature, Harper Collins
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Birkeland, Janis ed. (2002)
Design for Sustainability: A Sourcebook of Integrated
Eco-logical Solutions, London: Earthscan Publishers
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Bower, Chet A. (2001) Educating
for Eco-Justice and Community, University of Georgia
Press
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Capra, Fritjof (2002) The Hidden
Connections: A Science for Sustainable Living,
Harper Collins: New York
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Capra, Fritjof (2004) ‘Landscapes
of Learning: Experiencing Ecological Relationships
and Community is the Key to Ecological Literacy’,
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Capra, Fritjof (2005) ‘Preface:
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Dawson, Jonathan (2006) Ecovillages:
New Frontiers of Sustainability, Schumacher Briefing
No. 12, Green Books
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Dawson, Jonathan (2007) Findhorn
Foundation Press Release (18 April 2007) ‘Scottish
Community Scores Lowest Ecological Footprint Ever
Recorded’
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Goodwin, Brian (2001) ‘Holistic
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Mare, Christopher E. ed. (2006)
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for a Sustainable Earth (G EESE),
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McDonough, William & Braungart,
Michael (2002) Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the
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edition
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Orr, David W. (1992) Ecological
Literacy – Education and the Transition
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of Design – Ecology, Culture, and Human
Intention, Oxford University Press
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O’Sullivan, Edmund (1999)
Transformative Learning – Educational Vision
for the 21st Century, London: ZED Books
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Steinberg, Sarah (2007) ‘How
I learned to hug a windmill: An Inside look at
the Findhorn Community Semester’ Communities
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Sterling, Steven (2001) Sustainable
Education – Re-visioning Learning and Change,
Schumacher Briefing No. 6, Green Books & Schumacher
Society UK
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Stone, Michael K. & Barlow,
Zenobia eds. (2005) Ecological Literacy –
Educating Our Children for a Sustainable World,
The Bioneers Series, San Francisco: Sierra Club
Books
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Tinsley, Stephen & George,
Heather (2006) Ecological Footprint of the Findhorn
Foundation and Community, Sustainable Development
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Van der Ryn, Sim & Cowan,
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Wahl, Daniel C. (2006) Design
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Approach to Complexity and Sustainability, PhD
Thesis, Centre for the Study of Natural Design,
University of Dundee, Scotland
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Wahl, Daniel C. (2006) ‘Bionics
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participation in nature’, Design & Nature
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Wahl, Daniel C. (2006) ‘Design
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Wahl, Daniel C. (2007) ‘Scale-linking
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Wann, David (1996) Deep Design:
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Wilber, Ken (2001) A Theory
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