Vicky Curran, Author at Black Mountains College

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An Essay by Jenny Watt: “From ego-systems to eco-systems. How heart-centred practices offer a way forward to heal our economy”

10 May 2022 Guest Blog

Thoughts on embodied learning from our of our supporters.. Jenny Watt is currently pursuing a MA in Regenerative Economics at Schumacher College. From ego-systems to eco-systems How heart-centred practices offer a way forward to heal our economy “Those who contemplate the… Read more

Meet Shirish! Our Newest Trustee…

13 January 2022 Guest Blog, News

BMC are very proud to welcome Shirish Kulkarni to our Board of Trustees! Shirish is an award-winning investigative journalist, researcher and community organiser, with 25 years’ experience working in all the UK’s major broadcast newsrooms. More recently he’s worked on… Read more

COP26 & Nature Friendly Farming Network

20 October 2021 News

BMC, alongside many other organisations, are supporting the Nature Friendly Farming Network in the generation of the below letter, which will be sent to Wales First Minister, the Minister for Rural Affairs, the Minister for Climate Change, and the Deputy… Read more

Lynn Clausen on Working with BMC

20 October 2021 Further Education, Guest Blog, Higher Education

It is a privilege to be working with BMC, as teacher-trainer and course facilitator. To further the core goals of the BMC, I have applied for and being accepted as one of twenty fellows starting my journey on the Bard… Read more

The BMC Degree – Education as if People and Planet Matter

13 October 2021 Guest Blog, Higher Education

Education as if People and Planet Matter The rationale for Black Mountains College By Natalia Eernstman and Ben Rawlence Before the pandemic quashed mass gatherings, young people worldwide flocked to the streets to express their dismay with the status quo.… Read more

The Repertoire of Thinking by Susan Milne

27 September 2021 Guest Blog, News

In response to the government announcement, July 2021, of 50% cuts to arts subjects at higher education level, Paula Orrell the Director of Contemporary Visual Arts Network commented "They (government) need to find an economic solution to empower the future… Read more

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – The Expression of a Nation’s Progress

16 August 2021 Guest Blog, News

A blog by Prof. Alan Lovell, a member of our Advisory Board, exploring the suitability of using GDP to measure the success of a nation. Much has been written on the inappropriateness of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as the expression… Read more

Through a Different Lense

5 August 2021 Uncategorised

This newsletter is dedicated to alternatives to focusing on GDP growth, such as measuring well-being through considering physical and mental health, pollution levels, non-recycled waste, the gender pay gap, volunteer numbers and over 40 other indicators. It also addresses 'happiness'… Read more

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Author: Vicky Curran

An Essay by Jenny Watt: “From ego-systems to eco-systems. How heart-centred practices offer a way forward to heal our economy”

Meet Shirish! Our Newest Trustee…

COP26 & Nature Friendly Farming Network

Lynn Clausen on Working with BMC

The BMC Degree – Education as if People and Planet Matter

The Repertoire of Thinking by Susan Milne

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – The Expression of a Nation’s Progress

Through a Different Lense

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