The Spirit of Life Centre – introducing Friends of Resurgence and Schumacher College

We welcome those interested in supporting: Whole Person Development, authentic education,

sustainable education and human ecology

The cultural context we live in

The relentless pursuit of profit can result in a systemically
dysfunctional enterprise or organisation.
If you are an investor, manager or employer you should be
aware of the warning signs before too late.

Don’t take our word for it! See the film, buy the DVD or read
the book: www.thecorporation.com.
There are alternatives to investing in risky ventures!

Holistic perspectives and Human Ecology

Holistic business is not theory! Don’t just take our word for it, do the research
and consider the business case: see: www.bigpicture.tv.

We refer to the published work of Patrick Dixon: Building a Better Business.

See: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Building-Better-Business-Patrick-
Dixon/dp/1861977530
and: www.globalchange.com.

You can apply to join us as a Friend of Resurgence. We have two levels of

membership: Individual and Organisation.

Individual Membership starts at £100 per annum. We welcome applications from

those who want to train with us to teach: yoga, meditation or holistic arts.

Individual Members qualify to enrol at Members’ rates (20% discount).

Organisational Members access Members’ services: see Prospectus.

Organisational Membership includes: Enterprise Support, IT, Communications,
Media, Course Development and Marketing - available starting from £100 p.c.m.

Careers with us
If you are a recent graduate or professional and you
are interested in making an independent living,
running an enterprise or being a business advisor
there is something you should know:

 Principles of Profitable Organisation

 Principles of Natural Harmony: Brand
Management for the 21st Century.
 How to Read the Marketplace – developing an intuitive grasp of customer
needs and market opportunity
 Cultivating Goodwill - a practical basis on which to found successful
sustainable enterprise

All these courses are available to Eco-graduates who apply for a place to study
with us on a weekend course or 5-day residential seminar.

When the cost of your studies attains a total of £1500 or £2500 we provide
access to consultancy and resources, expertise, contacts, introductions and
advice for co-op formation and start up worth a value of £2500.

As a student of Eco-learning you invest in yourself and your education: that is as

risky an investment as you deem it to be!

Friends of Resurgence
Learning and living – in harmony with the needs of People and Planet
© Zen Cafes Media and Publishing 2007
The Spirit of Life Centre – introducing Friends of Resurgence and Schumacher College
We welcome those interested in supporting: Whole Person Development, authentic education,
sustainable education and human ecology

Our understanding of Human Ecology is founded on the Seven Pillars of

Sustainable Education:

1. An holistic perspective – addressing the needs of

Whole Person Development
2. Addressing the individual learner’s needs with a
commitment to human-scale education
3. Identifying self-paced learning needs, enabling
personalised learning
4. Ethical, environmental and social factors are
included in the context of self-managed learning,
with focus on nvc and development of practical
skills
5. Promoting the spirit of enquiry and love of learning
6. A commitment to work-life balance
7. A commitment to continuous improvement

Working with us
There are a number of ways you can contribute time, money or resources:
 As a sponsor interested in Human Ecology
 As an education provider (Co-venture)
 As an educational content provider (Co-venture)
 As an authentic educator
 As a trainee authentic educator
 As a student of Human Ecology
 As an organisation supporting Whole Person Development

Friends of Resurgence
The Resurgence connection with The Spirit of Life Centre and
Schumacher College welcomes teachers, educators, academics
and students who want to study or train for an independent
career, or work with us to develop curricula and courseware for
the next-generation.

We welcome applications from teachers and trainee teachers, tutors, lecturers

and graduate students who want to incorporate a holistic understanding in their
chosen field of interest.

Co-ventures
We offer Co-venture opportunities for social entrepreneurs
who want to set up their own on-Campus Café or Juice Bar
run as a Fair Trade Right Livelihood co-op.
See Zen Cafes Prospectus.

We welcome those who are interested in working for a

positive social purpose.
See: www.authenticbusiness.co.uk.

Grant aid support is available on application for new ventures and those who we
invite to work with us - on the basis of shared values: Fair Trade, Right
Livelihood, continuous improvement – (kai-zen) and a commitment to sustainable
practice. See: www.beyondthebean.com.

Friends of Resurgence
Learning and living – in harmony with the needs of People and Planet
© Zen Cafes Media and Publishing 2007
The Spirit of Life Centre – introducing Friends of Resurgence and Schumacher College
We welcome those interested in supporting: Whole Person Development, authentic education,
sustainable education and human ecology

Members’ benefits:
1. Career Support
On completion of a course or seminar Members have access to Career Support
and Curriculum Development for those delivering Education in Sustainable
Development.

Those who study with us, or Co-venture with Friends of Resurgence and
Schumacher College – their students can redeem the cost of studies with access,
on graduation, to Career Support, and Enterprise Support services.
Organisational Membership includes: Enterprise Support, IT, Communications,
Media, Course Development Marketing and is available starting from £100 p.c.m.

2. Curriculum Development
We offer individual Friends of Resurgence the chance to produce
and publish their own course-books and courseware based on the
holistic perspective that underlies the practice of sustainable
development.

Do you want to get involved in supporting or delivering

sustainable education?

At Eco-learning we take all that we know about Whole Person Development and
apply it to the Art of Making a Living, doing business and running an enterprise.

3. Eco-community Handbook: Eco-learning Curriculum

We offer the Eco-Community Handbook for Social Entrepreneurs.
This is designed for start-ups and new ventures, especially those entering new
markets, new market sectors or Social Enterprise.

The authority we refer to:

(See: Good Business, Flow and the Making of Meaning: by Mihaly
Csikszentmihalyi:
http://www.leadershipnow.com/leadershop/3196-8.html and
www.flowidealism.org).

Social Enterprise commitment

A proportion of the proceeds of Freedom Cola go to: www.zaytoun.org and
www.frankwater.com.

4. Work in the city and country of your choice

For those who we choose to work with us, you can access IT support, Enterprise
Support for your organisation or Career Support for you to run an independent
career, working from home, in the city and country of your choice.

The Secret
The secret of sustainable development lies within. It lies with those who have
learned to read the marketplace, and learned to listen to their customers, using
intuition and analysis to anticipate needs, rather than data on its own. When your
customers have already made up their minds, and switched their buying habits, it
can be an expensive exercise to reverse that decision!

Our points of reference

Take a look at our reference points: the people who inspire us, the organisations
whose values we share:
 International Business Leaders’ Forum
 Alliance for a New Humanity
 The Natural Step
Friends of Resurgence
Learning and living – in harmony with the needs of People and Planet
© Zen Cafes Media and Publishing 2007
The Spirit of Life Centre – introducing Friends of Resurgence and Schumacher College
We welcome those interested in supporting: Whole Person Development, authentic education,
sustainable education and human ecology

 Social Venture Network Europe

 University of Bristol
 Forum for the Future
 Schumacher College
 Resurgence Trust
 Institute of Directors
 The Soros Foundation

References available on request.

5. Eco-visionaries
Eco-graduates are invited to attend an Eco-visionaries course at Schumacher
College, or attend a five-day seminar at The Design School of Central Europe, The
Chateau, Slovakia, loosely based on the Eighth Habit by Stephen Covey.
http://www.stephencovey.com/8thHabit/learnmore.html

6. Creative holidays in Greece

For those who want to realise their creative potential we offer
two week-long retreats in a Mediterranean location: Portugal,
Italy, Spain or Greece using as a handbook the work:
Thinking for a Change by Michael J Gelb.

Greece, UK or Slovakia? You decide! You can redeem the cost

of your studies through access to start-up resources,
consultancy and support. This offer is by invitation only.
Terms and Conditions apply.

Discover the power to create, communicate and lead.

http://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Change-Discovering-Create-
Communicate/dp/0517598248

7. The value of resources that you can access

Co-ventures access courseware and resources up to a value of £190,000 to run
seminars and workshops.

We can also develop bespoke curricula for education providers to market your
own courses independently.

Summary
We specialise in Human Ecology as an inter-disciplinary holistic perspective:
 EFL
 Leadership
 Project management
 Language learning
 Managing multi-culture
 Identifying opportunity
 Managing creativity and
 Continuous improvement - kai-zen.

Flow Internet Cafes welcome Co-ventures who study with us to work with: Flow
PR, Flow IT, Zen Cafes and Suit Yourself Media and Communications.

The curricula we follow include seminar courses on: Marketing, Media and
Management.

Course enrolment starts from £250 per day or £650 per week, including food and
accommodation. (Rates for Members and Friends of Resurgence)

Friends of Resurgence
Learning and living – in harmony with the needs of People and Planet
© Zen Cafes Media and Publishing 2007
The Spirit of Life Centre – introducing Friends of Resurgence and Schumacher College
We welcome those interested in supporting: Whole Person Development, authentic education,
sustainable education and human ecology

When you have completed all four courses at The Spirit of Life Centre, or a one-
week seminar at Schumacher College, you will be invited to work with us to set
up and run your own independent enterprise, Social Enterprise, co-op or
collective.

Come and visit us

You are invited to sign up to Sustainable Enterprise Developers’ Forum or come
and visit us at The Spirit of Life Centre, Greece or at The Design School of Central
Europe, The Chateau, Slovakia.

Support services
The support that we provide educators and their organisations includes:

 Media services – web publishing – streamed content

 Teacher training TEFL Certification
 Career Support services for your students
 Educators’ support (self-publishing)
 Conference facilities
 Workshop programme support
 Partnerships and alliances for delivery of sustainable human-scale
education
 Business Orientation
 Creative training
 Multi-cultural understanding
 Eco-Learning – environmental perspectives,
understanding of eco-systems
 Publishing of schoolbooks and courseware
 Curriculum development
 University marketing
 Co-venture franchises

What we offer our graduates

As a graduate staying at The Design School of Central Europe you qualify for
resources, contacts, services and support to the value of £35,000 to set up your
own education consultancy, or E-Campus, living and working in the city and
country of your choice.

Curriculum development
Study Direct Publishing can help with curriculum development and publication of
books and learning resources in the following specialist fields:

 Personal development
 Healthy lifestyle
 Work-life balance
 English as a Foreign Language
 Language learning
 Ecology
 Creative Arts
 Music, drama, and Performing Arts
 Vocational training
 Business and management
 Communications
Pod-casting
To work with us in setting up your own E-Campus Pod-cast Service with custom-
made or ready-made content – contact us directly.

Friends of Resurgence
Learning and living – in harmony with the needs of People and Planet
© Zen Cafes Media and Publishing 2007
The Spirit of Life Centre – introducing Friends of Resurgence and Schumacher College
We welcome those interested in supporting: Whole Person Development, authentic education,
sustainable education and human ecology

Membership is by invitation
We especially welcome those who want to start, or prepare to start their own
independent co-op.

We welcome collectives of individuals who share a common interest and want to

commit to working together to work as an independent ethical practice.

The next step:

To subscribe to Resurgence Magazine: contact: www.resurgence.org.

We welcome collectives of individuals who share a common interest and want to

commit to working together to work as an independent ethical practice.

1. Individual Members

As a Friend of Resurgence who has enrolled on a course of

study, you can access Resurgence Handbook resources to
develop you own courseware based on published works of
Resurgence and its contributors.

1. We also provide Leadership and Project

Management training through Schumacher
College and approved education providers.

2. We welcome education providers who want to offer Career Support

services for their students and graduates.

3. We can provide ideas incubation, coaching and mentoring for

individual members through Creative Village @The Hub.

Curriculum Development for organisations, or for continuing

professional development

1. Working with us

To access Course Development services, to use our courses at your venue, or to

study or train for a career, you are invited become a Friend of Resurgence –
contact us directly.

2. Sustainable Enterprise and Eco-learning

 Alternatively, development of curricula for Human Ecology courses starts

at the subsidised rate of £5,000 p.a. that you will be free to market
independently
 You can also train your own Curriculum Development team (training starts
at £7,500 p.a.)
You can employ your own full-time Curriculum Development professional
specialising in Human Ecology (starting at £40,000 p.a.)

Friends of Resurgence
Learning and living – in harmony with the needs of People and Planet
© Zen Cafes Media and Publishing 2007