michael thanks for reaching out to my friends and I
i noticed one of your videos mentioned trying to create 1 million jobs in somalia- that alone stimulates me to buy a copy of your book
actually you may have gathered my media friends and I collaborate with young people in many countries around a simple survey
who do you search as the top 10 job creators connected with sustainability goals livelihoods?
i am sure our young people would love to hear your view -collaboration surveys never have a single perfect answer instead we keep on action learning
people like jack ma and sir fazle abed head our current rankings -and for that reason we invest in youth intelligence/ hubs/leaders qyests in china and bangladesh - perhaps the 2 most opposite success stories of end poverty 2000-15 but where we find jobs leaders want to learn from each other especially where they share common need for wizard coders
i would love to share diaries in case there is a chance either for us to meet or you to meet some youth
basically i am dc-based - will always travel to new york or boston - and probably any us city if someone like you is flying through
i get to china or bangladesh or both about once every 6 weeks
happy to travel to europe to my home space but need some help in understanding what collaboration focus can be achieved- for 3 years i helped volunteer edit the european union knowkledgeboard on csr , intangibles valuation and ngo issues but was then thrown out for demanding youth ask questions at various parts of the EU that seemed to me around 2004 to be part of the problem not the solution
i feel the next 10 years are when sustainability will be won or lost by the 3 generations including under 30s alive today- so if there are urgent ways to help youth collaborate and change education in this regard i try my hardest as do all my most linkedin friends
probably the biggest event in a long while from my view is un education summit on september 18- please tell me if vou or any associates are there
since chinese yuxuan and amy, bangladeshi mostofa and canadian-african-new yorker stephanie are the 4 youth who connect the most around the job creating sustainable world we hope to see i have copied them in case they have any more practical queries than I have
cheers chris macrae 240 316 8157
From: Michael Hopkins
To: chris.macrae@yahoo.co.uk
Sent: Wednesday, 17 August 2016, 11:51
Subject: Sustainability/CSR Videos
Dear Chris Macrae
For the European summer months I thought you may like to look at some videos on a number of topics that kept me in front of the camera the past 12 months - do check out https://www.csrfi.com/publications
Happily, my Sustainability/CSR Online course goes from strength to strength and my CSR/Sustainability Text Book is in high demand:
On a flight back to North America from Ghana (August 2016) and had a chance to take a quick look at your book. Impressive. Seems well organized. Good content and rationale support. Covers a range of areas. What I’ve read is a practical and pragmatic blend of theory, practice and research. I look at a lot of CSR books. Few of them are ones that I would really recommend. Yours is different. Congratulations. Wayne Dunn, President & Founder, CSR Training Institute Professor of Practice in Corporate Social Responsibility, McGill University / ISID
Enjoy!
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