Zoe Weil, the co-founder and president of the Institute for Humane Education (IHE), regularly gives presentations and leads workshops across the US, Canada, and overseas. To see an example of a short presentation (17 minutes), watch Zoe’s TEDx talk, “The World Becomes What You Teach.”

The fee to bring Zoe to speak or lead a workshop varies, depending on the location, size of group, length of talk or workshop, and budget of the organizer.* If you’re interested in having Zoe speak in your community, college, or school, or at a conference or festival, please contact her at Zoe@HumaneEducation.org.

*Zoe donates 100% of her honoraria fees directly to IHE to advance the organization’s work.

Check out other events sponsored by the Institute for Humane Education.

SCHEDULED PRESENTATIONS, CLASSES, WORKSHOPS & APPEARANCES:

6/7/13: Ellsworth, Maine – Zoe is performing her 1-woman show, “My Ongoing Problems with Kindness: Confessions of MOGO Girl,” at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Ellsworth, Maine @ 7:30 pm. Find out more.

6/24-6/28/13: Surry, Maine – Zoe is leading the Institute for Humane Education’s week-long residency for its M.Ed. and M.A. students. Find out more.

9/21/13: New York, New York – Zoe will be a keynote speaker at IHE’s upcoming humane education conference at New York University. Details to come.

11/9-11/10/13: Flint, Michigan – Zoe will be a featured speaker at the Hero Roundtable Conference. Details to follow.

RECENT PRESENTATIONS, CLASSES, WORKSHOPS & APPEARANCES:

5/9/13: Princeton, New Jersey - Zoe gave a free public talk, “The World Becomes What You Teach,” at the Princeton Friends School.

4/30/13: Online - Zoe participated in the Food Revolution Summit as one of the featured speakers. Her interview was on April 30.

3/28-30/13: Shanghai, China -  Zoe gave a keynote and led 4 workshops at the EARCOS (East Asia Regional Council of Schools) Teachers’ Conference.

3/3/13: New York, New York – Zoe performed her 1-woman show, ”My Ongoing Problems with Kindness: Confessions of MOGO Girl,” at the New York City Vegetarian Food Festival.

2/16/13: Chicago, Illinois -  Zoe performed her 1-woman show, ”My Ongoing Problems with Kindness: Confessions of MOGO Girl”, at Northwestern University.

2/16/13: Valparaiso, Indiana – Zoe gave a keynote speech at the Peace and Justice Symposium at Valparaiso University.

2/5/13: Hamden, Connecticut – Zoe spoke at Quinnipiac University. The title of her talk was: “The Interconnectedness of All Life: Animal Welfare, Environmental Preservation and Human Rights.”

1/19/13: Detroit, Michigan – Zoe performed her 1-woman show, “My Ongoing Problems with Kindness: Confessions of MOGO Girl”, at Cass Corridor Commons in Detroit.

12/11-14/12: Nassau, Bahamas – Zoe led a MOGO workshop at the Sivananda Ashram.

12/7/12: Cape Elizabeth, Maine – Zoe gave a TEDx talk for TEDxYouth@CEHS at Cape Elizabeth High School.

11/30/12: Fairfield, Connecticut – Zoe presented to the students and community at Unquowa School.

11/29/12: Lee, Massachusetts – Zoe performed her 1-woman show, “My Ongoing Problems with Kindness: Confessions of MOGO Girl,” at the Spectrum Playhouse.

11/15-16/12: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada – Zoe was a keynote speaker and workshop presenter at the Sustainability: Education for ACTion Conference co-sponsored by the Manitoba Association of School Superintendents and Manitoba Education.

11/5/12: Charlottesville, Virginia – Zoe was a keynote speaker for the Albermarle School District Teacher Professional Development Day.

11/3/12: Washington, DC – Zoe performed her 1-woman show, “My Ongoing Problems with Kindness: Confessions of MOGO Girl,” at American University.

11/2/12: Washington, DC – Zoe led a workshop at the 19th National Forum on Character Education.

10/16/12: Boston, Massachusetts – Zoe performed her 1-woman show, “My Ongoing Problems with Kindness: Confessions of MOGO Girl,” at Boston University.

10/13/12: New York, New York – Zoe performed her 1-woman show, “My Ongoing Problems with Kindness: Confessions of MOGO Girl,” to a sold-out audience as part of United Solot, the world’s largest solo theatre festival.

9/22/12: Brooklyn, New York – Zoe gave a talk at this year’s TEDxYouth at Brooklyn Free School.

9/14/12: Stonington, Maine – Zoe performed her 1-woman show, “My Ongoing Problem with Kindness: Confessions of MOGO Girl” at the Stonington Opera House.

8/2-5/12: Burlington, Vermont – Zoe was a keynote speaker at the ToDo Institute’s 20th anniversary celebration.

7/14/12: Surry, Maine - Zoe led a MOGO (most good) Workshop at the Institute for Humane Education.

6/25-6/29/12: Surry, Maine – Zoe led the Institute for Humane Education’s Student Residency. IHE’s graduate students spent a week of hands-on learning and connecting at the IHE campus.

6/22-23/12: Farmingdale, New Jersey – Zoe was a keynote speaker and workshop presenter at an education peace conference: “Live, Think, Practice Peace.”

5/24/12: Gorham, Maine – Zoe was the keynote speaker at the Kids Consortium 2012 Student Summit at the University of Southern Maine – Gorham.

5/11/12: Portland, Maine – Zoe gave a presentation at a reception at Think Tank for the Institute for Humane Education.

5/10/12: Brunswick, Maine – Zoe performed the U.S. debut of her 1-woman show, “My Ongoing Problem with Kindness: Confessions of MOGO Girl” at the Frontier Cafe.

4/28/12: New York, New York – Zoe co-led a workshop for educators called Teaching for the 21st Century: Bringing Humane Education into Classrooms.

4/14/12: Fredericton, New Brunswick – Zoe led a MOGO Workshop at the University of New Brunswick.

4/13/12: Fredericton, New Brunswick – Zoe opened her 1-woman show, “My Ongoing Problem with Kindness: Confessions of  MOGO Girl”, at the Charlotte Street Arts Center.

4/10/12: Unity, Maine – Zoe spoke at Unity College, where she received the 2012 Women’s Environmental Leadership Award. The award is given to a woman who is an outstanding leader in an environmental field and is a model for future generations of women environmental leaders.

3/31/12: Thousand Oaks, California – Zoe spoke at the 2012 TEDx Conejo about The Solutionary Generation.

2/8/12: Gill, Massachusetts – Zoe spoke to students at Northfield Mount Hermon School on the topic: “Leading a Life of Purpose, Meaning, and Service.”

1/9-13/12: Blue Hill, Maine – Zoe taught a week-long humane education course for 8th graders at the Bay School.

12/10/11: Boston, Massachusetts – Zoe was a featured speaker at the Humane League of Boston’s Holiday Party for the Animals.

11/3/11: Blue Hill, Maine – Zoe was one of the speakers for Blue Hill’s Pecha Kucha Night (“chit chat” in Japanese). Speakers had 6.66 minutes (20 slides x 20 seconds per slide) to share new ideas.

10/30/11: New York, New York – Zoe appeared at the Crystal Ball NYC 15th anniversary celebration for IHE at JivamukTea Cafe.

10/29/11: Saugerties, New York -  Zoe led a MOGO Workshop, sponsored by Catskill Animal Sanctuary.

10/14/11: Portland, Maine – Zoe was one of the speakers at the SLANT Storytelling event at the Space Gallery.

10/13/11: Falmouth, Maine – Zoe spoke at a cocktail reception in IHE’s honor.

9/13/11: Bar Harbor, Maine – Zoe was part of a panel discussion for education students about what schools should be for at the College of the Atlantic.

8/6-7/11: Watkins Glen, New York – Zoe spoke at the Farm Sanctuary Hoe Down.

6/18/11: Saugerties, New York – Zoe was the keynote speaker at the Catskill Animal Sanctuary Shindig.

5/21/11: Seattle, Washington – Zoe was a Main Stage speaker at the Seattle Green Festival.

5/11-12/11: Nassau, Bahamas – Zoe spoke as part of the Yoga for Peace Symposium at the Sivanandra Ashram Yoga Retreat.

4/18/11: Radio – Zoe was interviewed on What Now radio with Ken Rose on KOWS 107.3 FM.

4/9/11: San Francisco, California – Zoe spoke on the Main Stage at this year’s Green Fest in San Francisco.

4/8/11: Berkeley, CA – Zoe led a mini-MOGO Workshop at the University of California – Berkeley.

3/31/11: Maine PBS TV - Zoe was intereviewed about her work, humane education, and living a life that does the most good and least harm on the Maine PBS television program, Conversations with Maine.

3/22/11: Orono, Maine - Zoe spoke to a Peace Studies class at the University of Maine – Orono, about the MOGO Principle.