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Thank you for taking the time to visit our JustGiving page. We are raising money for the Field Centre through the Ruskin Mill Trust page.
The active intention of the Field Centre is focused on education and trans-disciplinary research arising out of the work of Rudolf Steiner’s Spiritual Science. The aim will be to have three sponsored research chairs, workshops and the MSc in Practical SkillsTherapeutic Education. The Field Centre will also be actively engaged in undertaking research into the work carried out by Ruskin Mill Trust.
The three research chairs will be:
- Biodynamic Agriculture - the impact of the biodynamic farm for restorative human development.
- Therapeutic Education - the opportunities that practical skills therapeutic education provide for human autonomy.
- Consciousness Studies – the contemporary language of the Philosophy of Freedom
Other activities include – but are not limited to – the development of teaching, learning and research in the following areas:
- Research Methodologies
- Therapeutic Education
- Waldorf Adult Education
- Anthroposophic Medicine
- Biodynamic Agriculture
- Nutrition and Food Quality and Security
- Crafts and Arts
- Outdoor Practical Skills
- Goethean Science and Phenomenology
- Social Ecology
- Value-based and Holistic Leadership and Management
- Epistemology and Consciousness Studies
Further and Higher Education
The Field Centre will be a place for international further and higher education. Through partnerships with Crossfields Institute and affiliated organizations, Alanus University (Germany), Rudolf Steiner University College (Norway) and Rudolf Steiner College (USA), the Hiram Institute is currently building capacity to develop a series of further and higher education programmes.
Courses are already opening up to the general public and the overall aim is that the centre will be a platform for a diverse portfolio of subjects and learning models for students and researchers from all cultures and walks of life.The building method for the Field Centre expresses the genius of locality and activity, taking into account its placement in the landscape, taking its materials from its location and its inspiration from both the past activity leading up to the build and the future activity which will happen in the building itself. The building makes visible the relationship of the human being to nature, cosmos, earth, time and the dimensions of human working, translating these into the geometry of architecture.
This fantastic building is almost finished and we need your help to complete it.
We just need £243,000 to achieve our target of £1,200,000 to ensure that the Field Centre will be ready to welcome guests and students in the summer.
Funding has been raised through a combination of grants, donations and loans from organisations and individuals and we are enormously grateful to everyone who has contributed. £107,000 was raised by our recent fundraising event in August 2012.
Please make a contribution now; there are many ways you can donate and all gifts, large or small are very welcome. Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate.