German prosecutors reject complaints against Rudolf Steiner Verlag
 STUTTGART/DORN ACH (NNA) - In the row over allegations of racism in Rudolf Steiner’s works, which has flared up again in Germany and Switzerland in recent months, German state
prosecutors have rejected complaints against the Swiss publisher of Rudolf Steiner’s works, the Rudolf Steiner Verlag in Dornach. Michael Grandt, who has in the past himself been
successfully taken to court over his attacks on Rudolf Steiner and the Waldorf schools, filed a complaint with German prosecutors against the publisher for incitement and racial
discrimination. Previously, the Rudolf Steiner Nachlassverwaltung had already decisively rejected any links between Rudolf Steiner and racism or anti-Semitism. Rudolf Steiner’s works contain no
racist teachings, the administrators of Steiner’s estate emphasised. Full story >
ELIANT launches new signature campaign in Britain
 LOERRACH (NNA) - The European Alliance of Initiatives for Applied Anthroposophy (ELIANT) has launched a new campaign to raise
the number of signatures it has so far collected in Britain. The alliance is seeking to collect one million signatures throughout Europe which it will use to lobby the European Commission and, in
the words of its charter, to “try to influence the development of European policies and to develop and maintain the necessary contacts with European institutions.” But while the total
number of signatures has now risen to a quarter of a million, only some 5,000 people have so far supported the initiative with their signature in Britain. Full story >
Matthew Barton wins BBC wildlife poet of the year award
LONDON (NNA) - The poet and occasional NNA contributor Matthew Barton has won this year’s BBC wildlife poet of the year award with his poem
“Buzzard”. In their comments, the judges said they were “struck by the control and delicacy of this poem, the subtly-judged breaks in the rhythm that make the readers
, like hunter and hunted, hold their breath.” Full story >
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FOREST ROW (NNA) - Emerson College, the international centre for adult education, has appointed Gregg Davis as its new director. Davis has just completed his tenure as
executive director of Camphill Soltane and president of the Camphill Soltane Foundation in the United States. In a statement released by Emerson’s board of trustees, the board said
Davis had come with “the highest recommendations from colleagues and others able to observe the transformation and renewal he brought to the organisation.” 