Christine Cook Mania, M.A., discusses here recently released book, Vegan Minded: Becoming a Steward for Animals, People, and the Planet, she started writing as her master’s capstone project.
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I Am a Humane Educator
Humane educators are innovative social changemakers, using their skills and talents in a variety of ways. There is no typical humane educator. They teach in classrooms and communities; they start their own businesses; they work for non-profit organizations. They bring humane education to careers as diverse as filmmaking, social work, law, health care, veterinary medicine, and design.
Read stories about humane educators in action below.
I Am a Humane Educator: Natalie Amezcua
Natalie Amezcua, M.A., graduated from our gradate programs in humane education with Antioch University and now prepares students to be effective leaders in the movement to end factory farming. Hear about her journey to and through the humane education program.
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I Am a Humane Educator: Elisabetta Romano
An interview with Elisabetta Romano, who completed the Solutionary Micro-Credential Program (SMP) with IHE in 2022 and is now integrating the learnings into her language classes in Australia.
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I Am a Humane Educator: Susan Mwai
An interview with Susan Mwai, who completed the Solutionary Micro-Credential Program (SMP) with IHE and is now a humane education consultant coaching teachers in Kenya.
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I Am a Humane Educator: Natalie Krivas
IHE alumna Natalie Krivas on developing practical solutionary curricula, community involvement, and the impact that a single person can have.
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I Am a Humane Educator: Kyle Hawks
HE alumnus Kyle Hawks on changing paths, meditating to find clarity, and creating an inclusive place for community building and animals in need.
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Paul K. Chappell: Solutionary Spotlight
Introduction: Paul K. Chappell is an international peace educator, author, and founder of Peace Literacy. He graduated from West Point, was deployed to Iraq, and left active duty as a Captain. Realizing that humanity is facing new challenges that require us to become as well-trained in waging peace as soldiers are in waging war, Chappell…
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Transforming our Animal-based Food System: An Interview with Bruce Friedrich
Introduction: Bruce Friedrich is the Founder and CEO of the Good Food Institute (GFI). He is a TED Fellow, Y Combinator alum, 2021 “American Food Hero” (EatingWell Magazine), and popular speaker on food innovation. He has penned op-eds for the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Wired, and many other publications. He has…
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Solutionary-focused education is the transformative approach we most need: An Interview with Katie Coppens
Introduction: Katie Coppens is an award-winning science teacher at Falmouth Middle School, the author of seven STEM-themed children’s books, and an experienced solutionary educator. In 2018 she participated in the Institute for Humane Education’s Solutionary Pilot Program, and her students shared their solutions to the problem of animal testing at our Solutionary Summit in Portland,…
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Less work, more time to be a solutionary: An Interview with Veronika Perková
Veronika Perková is a Czech environmental journalist with bylines in BBC, Mongabay, and Earth Island Journal. She hosts a monthly, solutions-focused podcast, Nature Solutionaries, which tackles conservation and population issues. She is also the author of Ask Great Questions, Get Great Answers; a university lecturer on interviewing; and a wildlife illustrator. Zoe Weil: You’re a…
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