This is a continuation of my account of TEDxPatagonia, an incredible event that I had the great privilege to attend. Yasna Jelencic began her speech with a simple statement: “Yo soy una profesora orgullosa.” I am a proud teacher. Then she explained the long and somewhat humiliating path that brought her to this point of […]
Last week I gave a speech at la USACH (Universidad de Santiago de Chile), and the university newspaper covered it! Click the image twice to see it at full size (all in Spanish.) Here are the slides from my speech. They’re in Spanish, but I think the pictures make them fairly self-explanatory. I spoke about […]
Last week, I had the great fortune to attend TEDxPatagonia. This expertly-produced event took place at TVN, one of Chile’s television networks. The event was SO inspiring. Each speaker had a different idea of how to reinvent education for Chile. Half the speeches were in person and the others were on video, and the videos […]
If you read my blog for the fun travel photos (you know who you are :) ) please feel free to skip this rather nerdy post and go straight to My 7 Links. If you’re interested in the laws that regulate and incentivize renewable and non-conventional energy in Chile, read on! I’ve recently landed in […]
Hola! Saludos desde Chile! Yesterday, our plane descended through the clouds… … over the Andes… … and we landed in Chile! One of my stated purposes in Chile is to learn about cleantech here. This is the first evidence of cleantech I found, in the ladies’ room in the airport. Not quite what I was […]
Now I’m back in San Francisco, staying with my parents in their beautiful townhouse in an up-and-coming neighborhood. I think they are reliving their 20s: impromptu cocktail parties with the neighbors, nights out at Giants games, standing room at the opera, walks to the local wine bar with Max (the favorite child, the furry one […]