It’s All About Food - Zoe Weil, The Solutionary Way

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Zoe Weil, The Solutionary Way
Zoe Weil is the co-founder and president of the Institute for Humane Education (IHE). She is the author of seven other books, including Amazon #1 best seller in the Philosophy and Social Aspects of Education, The World Becomes What We Teach: Educating a Generation of Solutionaries; Nautilus Silver Medal winner, Most Good, Least Harm; and Above All, Be Kind: Raising a Humane Child in Challenging Times. She has also written books for young people, including Moonbeam Gold Medal winner, Claude and Medea: The Hellburn Dogs, about 12-year-old activists inspired by their teacher to become solutionaries.

Her blog, Becoming a Solutionary, can be found at PsychologyToday.com.

In 2010, Zoe gave her first TEDx talk, “The World Becomes What You Teach,” which became among the 50 top-rated TEDx talks within a year. Since then she has given five other TEDx talks: “Solutionaries,” “Educating for Freedom,” “How to Be a Solutionary,” “Extending Our Circle of Compassion,” and “How Will You Answer This Question?”

Zoe is a recipient of the NCSS Spirit of America award that honors people who follow their conscience and act against current thinking in order to stand up for equity, freedom, and the American spirit of justice. She was named one of Maine Magazine’s 50 independent leaders transforming their communities and the state and was honored with the Women in Environmental Leadership award at Unity College. Her portrait was painted by Robert Shetterly for the Americans Who Tell The Truth portrait series.

Zoe received a master’s in Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School; a master’s and bachelor’s in English Literature from the University of Pennsylvania; and was awarded an honorary doctorate from Valparaiso University. Zoe is certified in psychosynthesis counseling, a form of psychotherapy which relies upon the intrinsic power of each person’s imagination to promote growth, creativity, health, and transformation.