The particular contribution of Fritz Schumacher was to bring a profound wisdom and humanity to bear on the practical challenges of our time, and the Briefing both illuminates Schumacher’s thinking and shows the ways in which each of us can help to turn our present crisis into the opportunity to build a more kind, just and ecologically sustainable society.

The Biochar Debate sets out experimental and scientific aspects of biochar in the context of global warming, the global economy and negotiations for the future of the Kyoto protocol. It concludes with suggestions for how any individual can make our contribution to saving the planet.

Unless humanity learns how to rekindle community, all other efforts will wither on the vine. This timely new Schumacher Briefing explores three integrated pillars of community Ñ with one another, with the natural environment and with the spiritual ground of all being.

In this Briefing, David Woollcombe explains why youth is such a promising new field for overseas development assistance. He argues that youth should be at the centre of all development policy, and offers examples of where young peopleås interventions are most effective.

The Converging World is based on the principle of ëcontraction and convergenceí in regard to climate change, which means reducing the ecological footprint of some while increasing that of others.

This Briefing describes the history and potential of the ecovillage movement, including the evolution of the Global Ecovillage Network and the current developments in both North and South.

How can we put the pulsing heart of conviviality back into our cities? How can we make sure of creating cities of diversity for the new millennium—places of cultural vigour and physical beauty that are also sustainable in economic and environmental terms? This Schumacher Briefing shows the way forward.

Tells the story of the evolution of The Natural Step from its start in Sweden to the present day. Whilst the fundamentals of TNS remain the same, it has responded to the ever-evolving sustainability debate. Based upon science and systems thinking, the basic components of the TNS framework are laid out in the text.

In this Briefing Dave Elliott establishes the basic sustainable energy options, but the main aim is to to look at potential problems ahead in the short, medium and long term, and deal with the counter-arguments.

Shows how we can meet more of our needs for wood products, paper, textiles, food and housing from local renewable and waste resources. Outlines the theoretical framework of bioregional development and the award winning practical solutions that BioRegional have developed with industry partners.

The Briefing then shows how ‘sustainable education’—a systemic change of educational culture towards the realization of human potential and the interdependence of social, economic and ecological wellbeing—can lead to transformative learning.

The C&C framework, which has been pioneered and advocated by GCI at the United Nations over the past decade, is based on the thesis of âEquity & Survivalå. It seeks to ensure future prosperity and choice by applying the global rationale of precaution, equity and efficiency, in that order.

In this Briefing Robin Stott proposes solutions to the key problems that beset our present health system. He argues that if we are to develop a true public health service rather than a 'disease service', we must make radical changes to the decision-making processes.

In this Schumacher Briefing, Richard Douthwaite argues that just as different insects and animals have different effects on human society and the natural world, money has different effects according to its origins and purposes.

Outlines measures for building a healthier and more equal world and identifies key ways in which people can work together to transform the economics of food and farming, work and livelihoods, local development, travel and transport, energy, technology and international trade.