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The career landscape is shifting faster than ever before. Do your students understand the scope of possibilities open to them?
A Bigger Game
Even within traditional fields, new emphases are radically changing the focus. A more integrative approach is making livelihoods more satisfying. Students no longer have to make the choice between a well paid career or making a meaningful contribution. Sustainability and inclusivity are the powerful new drivers.
Students love to dream big. And now, our very lives and the survival of the planet depend on birthing the biggest possible dream. In a warm and engaging way, Ellen presents a rich cornucopia of innovative entrepreneurs and community builders who balance economic vitality and the common good.
Principles, Practices, Connections
If you don’t have a sense of emerging potentials, it’s hard to know which steps to take to get there! Listening to stories of leading edge catalysts is an invaluable tool for students as they are setting priorities and honing their passion.
Whether students are interested in business, science, or the nonprofit arena, they will come away with abundant ideas as to how they can live and work with integrity and authenticity.
PROFILES INCLUDE:
Joel Kreisberg, “Ecologically Sustainable Health Care” — exploring the interdependence of human health, environmental health, and health care practices; also the healing powers of nature. The key concept is not control, but cooperation with nature.
Mike Hannigan, “Business as a Vehicle to Sustain Nonprofits” — creating thriving businesses by donating all profits to nonprofits chosen by customers and employees
Alice Waters, “The Edible Schoolyard” — expanding education to nourish children’s bodies, minds, and spirits
David Yudkin, “Carbon Emissions as a Filter for Gourmet Restaurant Decisions” — minimizing global warming through purchasing local organic vegetables, capturing excess oven heat, and choosing electric mini-cars for the delivery fleet
Paul Stamets, “Mushrooms Remediating Toxic Waste” — harnessing natural processes to break down pesticides, herbicides, and petroleum pollutants
Tom Linzey, “Local Re-Empowerment” — reclaiming the power of the legal system to enable community decisions to prevail over private profit agendas, and to endow nature with inalienable rights
“The widely diverse assembly of students was enraptured, informed, and inspired.
You are an articulate speaker, animated storyteller, and meticulous researcher.”
— Wanda Bishop, Professor, Contra Costa College, CA
Presentations are tailored to fit your interests and your timeframe.
For booking information, call 510-428-1832 or email ellen@storiesofhope.us.
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