News from the School

Biodynamic preparations promote microorganisms in the soil
19 June 2025

Biodynamic preparations promote microorganisms in the soil

Anna Storchenegger
The use of specific preparations is a central part of biodynamics, but until recently there had been no scientific explanation for the way they work. ...
“Agriculture needs cooperation”
30 May 2025

“Agriculture needs cooperation”

Sebastian Jüngel
Agriculture is under pressure due to climate change, monocultures and soil erosion. Fields are devastated by wars and the earth is poisoned by ...
Argentinian Portrait
28 May 2025

Argentinian Portrait

Mayumi Matsumiya
The Alma Humana! Conference will take place at the Goetheanum from July 23 to 27, 2025. Mayumi Matsumiya will be holding a workshop on the artistic ...
Experiencing farming with active senses
31 March 2025

Experiencing farming with active senses

Anna Storchenegger
After six years of development and testing, the Section for Agriculture at the Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland, has handed over study modules on ...
Contributions from adults with assistance needs to their social environment
18 February 2025

Contributions from adults with assistance needs to their social environment

Stefanie Schälin
To this day people with assistance needs experience discrimination and exclusion, although knowing and recognizing their contributions to the social ...
Screen Culture
18 February 2025

Screen Culture

Nathaniel Williams
A research project of the Youth Section at the Goetheanum is dedicated to understanding today's interactive screen technologies; at the same time, ...
The Earth Lives
28 January 2025

The Earth Lives

Ueli Hurter, Eduardo Rincón
A biodynamically managed farm is seen as an organism, a living being. At the annual conference “The Earth as a Living Being” from February 5 to 8, ...
Does Waldorf School Make Children Healthy, Strong, and Confident?
24 January 2025

Does Waldorf School Make Children Healthy, Strong, and Confident?

Wolfgang Held
Belle Leung and Jacinta Gorchs from the Pedagogical Section are coordinating the Resilience and Pedagogy research project.
Podcast on therapeutic intuition by the Medical Section at the Goetheanum
30 October 2024

Podcast on therapeutic intuition by the Medical Section at the Goetheanum

Julia Demming
What remains when all the knowledge from guidelines and textbooks does not suit the individual patients one meets as a physician or therapist? Erik ...
Supporting self-sufficiency and independence
26 September 2024

Supporting self-sufficiency and independence

Sebastian Jüngel
Biodynamic projects give small farmers and their families access to food through self-sufficiency, promoting self-reliance and sustainable food ...
A Path to Promote Life
17 September 2024

A Path to Promote Life

Vesna Forštnerič Lesjak
Vesna Forštnerič Lesjak has co-led the Natural Science Section of the School of Spiritual Science with Matthias Rang since 2023. We ask where she ...
Civilizational tasks: 100 Years‘ School of Spiritual Science
27 August 2024

Civilizational tasks: 100 Years‘ School of Spiritual Science

Sebastian Jüngel
For 100 years the Sections of the School of Spiritual Science at the Goetheanum have been working with an understanding of life under cosmic, earthly ...