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Robert Swann
Founder of The E. F. Schumacher Society

March 26, 1918-January 13, 2003
Founding President of the E. F. Schumacher Society,
friend and inspiration to us all.

 

Bob Swann's autobiography
Swann's essential essay on Local Currencies
Swann's essential essay on Community Land Trusts
A complete listing of Swann's essays, including his early essays on Local Currencies and Community Land Trusts


Tributes to the life of Bob Swann
Stirred by Necessity and Promise, Susan Witt
A New Peace, Susan Witt
Obituary by Stephanie Mills
Obituary by Tom Long, Boston Globe
Swann Photo Gallery
Robert Swann Memorial Fund
Young Vigor Searching for Light by Stephanie Mills


To My Old Brown Earth
a song by Pete Seeger, 1958

To my old brown Earth
And to my old blue sky
I’ll now give these last few molecules
of “I”
And you, who sing
And you, who stand nearby
I do charge you not to cry
Guard well our human chain
Watch well you keep it strong
As long as sun will shine
And this our home
Keep pure and sweet and green
For now I’m yours
And you are also
Mine
– Pete Seeger