ARTICLES/RECORDED TALKS BY ZOE:

As a pioneer in the comprehensive humane education movement and the co-founder of the Institute for Humane Education, Zoe has written numerous articles (in addition to her books) about humane education and given numerous talks. You can read a sampling of her publications and see/hear a few of her talks below.

2013:

“A Letter to High School Seniors: Don’t Accept College Rejections” From Care2.com, April 29, 2013.

“It’s Not About You: Tips on Widening Your Perspective for a Better Life and World” From Care2.com, April 6, 2013.

“Which is More Likely to Get Past Airport Security? A Real Hamburger or a Fake One?” From Care2.com, March 28, 2013.

“Does Our Short Attention Span Prevent Us From Deep Thinking?” From Care2.com, March 21, 2013.

“Take a Risk and Become Who You Were Meant to Be.” From Care2.com, March 14, 2013.

“4 Ways to Overcome Despair.” From Care2.com, March 7, 2013.

“A Complete Guide to Pursuing Meaningful Education Reform.” From Care2.com, March 6, 2013.

“What is a Solutionary and How Can I Be One?” From Care2.com, February 12, 2013.

“Believe and Never Give Up.” From Care2.com, January 19, 2013.

“What Can We Do When Children Cannot Imagine a Better World?” From Care2.com, January 6, 2013.

2012:

“Let’s Be the Best FOR the World, Not IN the World.” (HTML) From Care2.com, November 29, 2012.

“That Warm, Fuzzy Feeling You Get When You Help Someone in Need.” (HTML) From Care2.com, November 20, 2012.

“The Right Alchemy for Doing Good.” (HTML) From One Green Planet, October 26, 2012.

“We Can (and Should) Care About Both People and Animals.” (HTML) From Care2.com, October 7, 2012.

“Get the Facts Right, Even When It Hurts.” (HTML) From Care2.com, October 1, 2012.

“Since Other Animals Are Predators, Why Shouldn’t We Eat Animals?” (HTML) From Care2.com, September 12, 2012.

“Teaching: The Most Noble Profession.” (HTML) From Care2.com, August 31, 2012.

“Considering the Ethics of Fishing.” (HTML) From Care2.com, August 22, 2012.

“High Heels, Media Literacy, and Reclaiming the Freedom to Choose.” (HTML) From Care2.com, August 6, 2012.

“Savor and Save: The Key to Being a Lifelong Changemaker.” (HTML) From One Green Planet, July 30, 2012.

“Top 5 Ways Humane Education Can Save the World.” (HTML) From Care2.com, July 27, 2012.

“An Open Thank You Letter to Teachers.” (HTML) From Common Dreams, June 15, 2012.

“Does Helping One Lead to Helping Many?” (HTML) From Care2.com, June 14, 2012.

“The Politics of Food: Freedom of Choice ≠ Freedom to Impose Costs on Others.” (HTML) From One Green Planet, May 21, 2012.

“Star Trek, William Shatner and a Humane World for All.” (HTML) From Care2.com, May 10, 2012.

“The Solution to Every Problem That Impacts People, Animals and the Planet.” (HTML) From One Green Planet, April 26, 2012.

“Curiosity and Care: The Core Necessity for Learning.” (HTML) From Care2.com, April 23, 2012.

“50 Words You Should NOT Say on a Standardized Test.” (HTML) From CommonDreams.org, April 13, 2012.

“Creating a Generation of Solutionaries.” (HTML) From Educational Horizons Magazine, April-May 2012.

“The Solutionaries: Education for a Better World.” (HTML) From Independent School Magazine, Spring 2012.

“Hold the Straw…and Other Tips for a Humane and Sustainable Life.” (HTML) From One Green Planet, March 30, 2012.

“Mike Daisey’s Fabrications Must Not Make Us Apathetic or Cynical.” (HTML) From Care2.com, March 20, 2012.

“The Power of “Kony 2012″ and What It Means for Our Future.” (HTML) From One Green Planet, March 12, 2012.

“Humane Education Helps Prepare Students Better.” (HTML) From One Green Planet, March 8, 2012.

“How Finland’s Education System Succeeds, and America’s is at War.” (HTML) From Care2.com, February 29, 2012.

“What is Humanity’s Essential Nature? That’s the Wrong Question.” (HTML) From One Green Planet, February 23, 2012.

“How to Help Our Children Make the World a Better Place.” (HTML) From Care2.com, February 18, 2012.

“I’m An Educator, So Don’t Believe Me.” (HTML) From Care2.com, February 17, 2012.

“Politicians’ Failures of Generosity.” (HTML) From CommonDreams.org, January 30, 2012.

“The Depth of Animal Emotions.” (HTML) From Care2.com, January 26, 2012.

“The Power of Humane Education.” (HTML) From Care2.com, January 23, 2012.

“3 Tips for Helping Raise Kids to Serve.” (HTML) From One Green Planet, January 19, 2012.

“A Prison Without Bars Reminds Us We Can Change Entrenched Systems.” (HTML) From Care2.com, January 19, 2012.

“An Eigth-Grader’s Letter to Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook.” (HTML) From Care2.com, January 18, 2012.

2011:

“Beyond the Starfish: Creating Systemic, Lasting Change in the New Year.” (HTML) From Care2.com, December 30, 2011.

“Localization v. Globalization: A False Dichotomy.” (HTML) From CommonDreams.org, December 6, 2011.

“The True Price of Bottled Water.” (HTML) From One Green Planet, November 8, 2011.

“Nonhuman and Human Animals: More Similarities Than Differences.” (HTML) From Care2.com, November 7, 2011.

“Don’t Wait for Supermen: Foster Solutionaries.” (HTML) From CommonDreams.org, October 29, 2011.

“Occupy Yourself: Action is the Antidote to Despair.” (HTML) From Care2.com, October 18, 2011.

“Earth’s Best Friend is a Changemaker.” (HTML) From Care2.com, October 3, 2011.

“Making MOGO (most good) Choices: The True Price of a T-shirt.” (HTML) From One Green Planet, September 30, 2011.

“Stretching Our Minds to Include the Whole World.” (HTML) From Care2.com, September 28, 2011.

“The Ethical Dilemma Inherent in the Weekday Vegetarian Plan.” (HTML) From Care2.com, September 20, 2011.

“Exposing the Impact of Our Choices on Nonhuman Animals.” (HTML) From Care2.com, September 19, 2011.

“iSchool: Why There’s No Technological Fix to Ailing Education.” (HTML) From CommonDreams.org, September 16, 2011.

“Returning to School: Education for a Liveable Planet.” (HTML) From CommonDreams.org, September 4, 2011.

“Making MOGO (most good) Choices: The True Price of a Cheeseburger.” (HTML) From One Green Planet, August 25, 2011.

“Teaching: The Greatest Responsibility and Opportunity.” (HTML) From CommonDreams.org, August 24, 2011.

“What the Teachers Are Themselves.” (HTML) From Care2.com, August 15, 2011.

“Making Our Children More Humane.” (HTML) From Care2.com, August 3, 2011.

“Including Everyone in Our Circle of Compassion.” (HTML) From One Green Planet, June 23, 2011.

“To Solve the Education Crisis We Must Refute Faulty Assumptions.” (HTML) From CommonDreams.org, June 17, 2011.

“The Hope That Lies at the Root of Humane Education.” (HTML) From Care2.com, June 14, 2011.

“No Controversy Allowed! On Getting Kicked Out of a Middle School.” (HTML) From CommonDreams.org, June 3, 2011.

“Doing the Most Good and the Least Harm.” (HTML) From One Green Planet, May 26, 2011.

“I Married a Vivisector: Challenging Assumptions.” (HTML) From Care2.com, May 10, 2011.

“Including Animals in Our Circle of Concern.” (HTML) From CommonDreams.org, April 29, 2011.

“The World Becomes What You Teach.” (issuu) From Education Revolution, Spring/Summer 2011.
(The article starts on page 4.)

“Want Better Schools? Exalt Great Teachers.” (HTML) From CommonDreams.org, March 24, 2011.

“Teaching: The Most Noble Profession.” (HTML) From CommonDreams.org, March 4, 2011.

“The World Becomes What We Teach.” (HTML) From CommonDreams.org, February 19, 2011.

“Living Ethically Through Humane Education.” (HTML) From Living Green Magazine, 2011.

2010:

“Most Good, Least Harm.” (PDF) From New Connexion, November/December 2010.

“The World Becomes What You Teach.” (PDF) From Green Horizons, Fall/Winter 2010.

“The World Becomes What You Teach.” (HTML) From Democratic Education blog, November 11, 2010.

“The World Becomes What You Teach.” (video) From Their Lives Our Voices Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 12, 2010.

“Most Good, Least Harm: Uncovering the Hidden Connections Between Our Choices and Their Effects.” (audio) From Their Lives Our Voices Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 12, 2010.

“Action is the Antidote to Despair.” (HTML) From Crazy Sexy Life blog, May 18, 2010.

“A Better World, A Meaningful Life.” (mp3) From Unitarian Universalist Church of Ellsworth, Maine, May 16, 2010.

“The World Becomes What You Teach.” (video) From College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine, April 17, 2010.

“Model Your Message AND Work for Change.” (HTML) From The Good Human blog, March 24, 2010.

“Raising a Humane Child.” (HTML) From Eco Child’s Play blog, February 15, 2010.

2009:

“The World Becomes What You Teach: Education for a Peaceful, Sustainable, and Humane World.” (PDF) From Turning Points: 27 Visionaries in Education Tell Their Own Stories, edited by Jerry Mintz & Carlo Ricci. AERO (Alternative Education Resource Organization), 2009.

“Most Good, Least Harm.” (video) From College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine, July 31, 2009.

“How to Be a Good Human.” (HTML) From The Good Human blog, June 15, 2009.

“What is Schooling For?” (HTML) From The Good Human blog, June 1, 2009.

“Choice Words.” (PDF) From Body + Soul magazine, April 2009.

“Living Simply By Necessity and Choice.” (PDF) From Earth Matters, Winter 2008/2009

2008 and older:

“Only Connect.” (PDF) From O Magazine, December 2008.

“Raising Humane Children.” (PDF) From AV Magazine, Summer 2007.

“Changing the World Through Education.”(PDF) From Satya, April/May 2007.

“Every Life of Value: Humane Education for a Peaceful and Sustainable World.” (PDF) From Living a Life of Value, edited by Jason A. Merchey. Values of the Wise Press, 2006.

“Humane Education for a Peaceful and Sustainable World.”(PDF) From Canadian Teacher Magazine, Spring 2006.

“How the Animal Movement Can Succeed.” (PDF) From Satya, June 2005.

“I Married a Vivisector.” (PDF) From Satya, August 2004.

“Begin with Children.”  From Satya, November 2002.

ARTICLES/INTERVIEWS WITH ZOE:

Zoe has also been interviewed and written about extensively. Below are sample articles and interviews with her.

“The Next Level: Education for a More Sustainable World.” (ARTICLE) From National Awakenings, April 2013.

Humane Education interview. (PODCAST) Freedom of Species. March 18, 2013.

Most Good Least Harm interview. (PODCAST) Tranquility du Jour. November 25, 2012.

All Things Vegan radio interview. (RADIO) KPOV in Bend, Oregon. August 14, 2012.

“The Heart of Education: A Discussion with Zoe Weil.” (HTML) From Forbes, April 25, 2012.

“Zoe Weil Talks About Empathy and Humane Education.” (VIDEO) From Culture of Empathy Project, April 2011.

“Learn MOGO Principle This Earth Day.” (HTML) From Care2.com, April 21, 2011.

“Humane Education.” (RADIO) From What Now with Ken Rose, 107.3 FM, April 18, 2011.

(Note: To access the interview, scroll down the right column until 4/18/11 and click on the link for Zoe’s segment.)

“Conversations with Maine: Zoe Weil.” (VIDEO) From MPBN, March 31, 2011.

“Zoe Weil.” (PDF) From Maine Magazine, January/February 2011.

“Interview Series #17: Zoe Weil.” (HTML) From Kiss Me, I’m Vegan, September 30, 2010.

“Interview with Zoe Weil.” From Ahimsa Mama, September 28, 2010.

“Animal Rights Hall of Fame Inductee Zoe Weil Works Toward a Humane, Sustainable & Healthy Society.” (HTML) From Planet Green, August 25, 2010.

“The World Becomes What You Teach.” (HTML) From Animal Rights & AntiOppression, August 12, 2010.

“Transforming People Through Humane Education.” (HTML) From Striking at the Roots, August 8, 2010.

Our Hen House podcast interview. (PODCAST) Our Hen House, August 7, 2010.

Animal Voices Radio interview. (RADIO) CFRO 102.7 FM in Vancouver, B.C. January 15, 2010.

“Learn MOGO for a Better World and a Meaningful Life” interview. (RADIO) KBOO 90.7 FM in Portland, Oregon. November 25, 2009.

“Canvas or Plastic? Weil Engages Others to Make Conscious Choices.” (HTML) From The Weekly Packet. August 13, 2009.

“Surry Author Promotes Ethical Living.” (HTML) From The Working Waterfront. May 2009.

Voices radio interview. (RADIO) WERU 89.9 FM in Blue Hill, Maine. March 17, 2009.

AM Northwest Interview. (VIDEO) From KATU TV in Portland, Oregon. February 6, 2009.

KEAR Radio Interview. From KEAR 610 San Francisco’s “Community Involvement” program. November 10-11, 2008. (Click on links below to hear the interview.)

Listen to Zoe Weil KEAR Interview, Segment 1

Listen to Zoe Weil KEAR Interview, Segment 2

Radio interview. (RADIO) From The Dr. Pat Show. July 1, 2008.

Weekend Voices radio interview. (RADIO) From WERU 89.9 FM in Blue Hill, Maine. February 2, 2008.

“Zoe Weil: Idealist, Teacher, Writer.”(PDF) From The Weekly Packet, November 8, 2007.

Lime.com Radio Interview. From “It’s All Good.” February 16, 2007.

Listen to Zoe’s Lime.com Interview, Segment 1

Listen to Zoe’s Lime.com Interview, Segment 2

Listen to Zoe’s Lime.com Interview, Segment 3

Listen to Zoe’s Lime.com Interview, Segment 4

“Is Compassion the New Black? Teaching Kindness Could Be All the Rage in Your Child’s School.” (PDF) From The Brooklyn Rail, July/August 2006.

“Growing Up Humane.” (HTML) From Best Friends Network Guest Blog, August 7-11, 2006.

“Inspiring Education: The Satya Interview with Zoe Weil.“ (PDF) From Satya, June/July 2006.

Above All Be Kind radio interview (RADIO) From Family Matters, April 20, 2006.

The Power and Promise of Humane Education Video Interview (VIDEO) From  the Books of Our Time television program, Massachusetts School of Law, October 23, 2005.

Above All, Be Kind interview (HTML) From Original Play, Spring 2004.

“Weil’s Ways: Surry Educator Advocates Compassion….” (PDF) From Bangor Daily News, February 2, 2004.