| Welcome to the Library of the E. F. Schumacher Society. Housed in South
Egremont, Massachusetts, the library is an 11,000 volume collection of
materials focusing on decentralism and exploring the viability of ecologically,
economically, and socially responsible societies, built on the ideal of human
scale. Established in 1990 to meet the growing need for a research library to
preserve and make accessible the rich decentralist tradition, the library has
become home to a number of special collections and archives. The library has
been thoroughly indexed and cataloged and the collection may be searched
on-line, providing a unique tool for individuals researching community
economics. Researchers and community activists visiting this collection have
been led directly to the economic, social, and environmental building blocks
they need to re-shape society. |