Leading Indian news network IBN recently wrote about projects created in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Programme in Chennai, India. Each of the projects mentioned improved the city in some tangible way. One woman took on having companies adopt sections of bad road in the city for improvement, bringing attention to the issue. Another man is tackling illiteracy by setting up a one-to-one teaching programme. Read about all the different projects at the website of the Indian Broadcasting Network or at Landmark Education News.
In Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Programme, participant Ru Tee Block held a fun singles event that drew 190 people to London on the evening of October 21st.
She did so by having about 30 friends invite their single mates to the event for a fun, relaxing evening that went from 8pm to 1am. The event cost £10 in advance or £15 at the door. Proceeds from the event went to a very good cause – MacMillan Cancer Support – whose mission is to improve the lives of every person living with cancer.
The launch of the Global Solar Hotel Network took place on August 31st at the Hotel Frohsinn in Riga, Switzerland. The Global Solar Hotel Network is the creation of Julianna Priskin, a consultant and lecturer on sustainable tourism, who as her project in Landmark Education’s SELP programme, decided to create a network where people could find find hotel accommodations that derive most of their electricity from solar power. The network is taking suggestions of hotels worldwide – to find out more information or suggest a hotel, visit the Global Solar Hotel Network site.
Zoe Charles created World Femininity Day as her project in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Programme. The day featured simultaneous events in many countries held on July 24th. While this year’s event was about celebrating femininity and raising awareness of the day, the 2012 event will focus on raising money for charities that work to end exploitation of women and children worldwide. On August 31st, World Femininity Day supported a fundraiser in London to support Orchid Project, an organisation working to end genital cutting.
An article for northjersey.com has recognized John Aversano for the project he is bringing forth in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leaedership Program – an effort to promote sustainability across New Jersey. According the article, Aversano is looking to work with high schools across the state this fall.
Aversano, who is working with Greenpeace on the project, is looking to bring this to individual families as well, getting a few families together this summer for a trial run of the project. Aversano is also working with Courtney Cross and Christina Julian to make the project a reality. He says the project is flexible in its methods, supporting a wide variety of approaches to sustainability, including moving to paperless bill paying, reusing cloth shopping bags and not using plastic bottles.
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