Earth Day was a real production for me this year. I had the unique pleasure of delivering a keynote presentation for over one thousand people at Mark R. Islfeld Secondary School. It was an intense morning but everything went well. The presentation wove together the relationships between marketing, consumerism, and our personal definitions of success. Big business tells us what to think, how to act, and what to buy to become who we think - they think - we should be. "What a headache." In my experience, defining my success is about values and has nothing to do with what I buy, how much money I have, or even who I'm with.
After the presentation at Isfeld I was zipped over to GP Vanier Secondary to deliver three back to back 1 hour presentations that essentially mirrored my keynote from the morning. There were discussions with students that lasted until the end of the day and then teachers until dinner time. Everyone was really charged up about the material in the presentation which makes me happy to know that it struck a chord with most people.
GP Vanier was given a grant of $5000 for their Earth Day celebration. The day brought a keynote from Spirit Bear activist Simon Jackson, and dozens of speakers from environmental clubs, associations and action groups in the Comox Valley. There was an incredible lunch put on with 100% local food. Nothing says Earth Day like a twenty-mile diet and it was really tasty.
After the presentation at Isfeld I was zipped over to GP Vanier Secondary to deliver three back to back 1 hour presentations that essentially mirrored my keynote from the morning. There were discussions with students that lasted until the end of the day and then teachers until dinner time. Everyone was really charged up about the material in the presentation which makes me happy to know that it struck a chord with most people.
GP Vanier was given a grant of $5000 for their Earth Day celebration. The day brought a keynote from Spirit Bear activist Simon Jackson, and dozens of speakers from environmental clubs, associations and action groups in the Comox Valley. There was an incredible lunch put on with 100% local food. Nothing says Earth Day like a twenty-mile diet and it was really tasty.
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