By Maggie Kaplan -

What a delightful afternoon I spent at Presidio Graduate School (PGS) the other day -- being honored for supporting graduate student scholarships at a heartwarming luncheon at the PGS Headquarters in San Francisco's Presidio.  Knowing of the high level of student debt these days and wanting to help entice students to select PGS' innovative MBA/MPA and Dual Degree programs bridging the gap between commerce and the common good, I agreed to fund student scholarships over a 3 year period. » Read More

This Spring, as the trees grow blossoms that will soon bear new fruit, we are happy to share news of the collaborations blooming in our Invoking the Pause community. We selected from this year's dynamic candidates three Grant Partners who will receive funding to "invoke a pause" in 2013.

• A Creative Pause to Build a Narrative Strategy: Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA)
• HighWaterLine: Eve Mosher, Heidi Quante and other collaborators
• Memorial for Winters Past: Isaac Kestenbaum and Josie Holtzman
  

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Please read the latest blog post by ITP Pilot Program Grant Partner and Advisory Committee member, and Executive Director of Pepperwood Preserve, Dr. Lisa Micheli.

Read post here.

ITP is pleased to announce a continuation of our fertile relationships with several of the 2012 Grant Partners.  They have harvested the fruits of their initial "Pauses" and are moving into fertilizing their "next stages" with a "Seeding Possibilities" grant.  » Read More

We are pleased to present you the findings of Science House Foundation's White Paper about Brazil - Transforming Cross-Cultural Collaboration and Science Education - courtesy of 2012 ITP Grant Partner and Science House Foundation Executive Director Joshua Fouts.

His 2012 grant: Science, Imagination and the Art of Adaption: Understanding Climate Change Awareness Through the Prism of Brazil is featured.  Also mentioned is his new ITP "Seeding Possibilities" grant to develop an iPhone/iPad app game about climate change and indigenous culture in the Amazon.

Eileen Thorsos is the Sustainability Education Program Coordinator for the Duke University Environmental Leadership Program & Duke University Superfund Research Center.  Her work includes integrating sustainability into Duke curricula and communicating with professional and general audiences about environmental health and toxicology.  She is interested in implementing effective communications approaches for shifting people's attitudes and behaviors related to climate change. 

Eileen 'invoked the pause' in the hills of North Carolina last fall with the Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment team.  She recently spoke to us about this experience and the ensuing 'collateral delights'.

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MULTI-YEAR COMMITMENT TO PRESIDIO GRADUATE SCHOOL FOR NEW 'INVOKING THE PAUSE ' SCHOLARSHIP FUND

SAN FRANCISCO, January 7, 2013 - Maggie Kaplan 'Invokes the Pause' for sustainable management students at Presidio Graduate School.  A retired California-based corporate attorney turned philanthropist, artist, and change maker Maggie Kaplan has partnered with Presidio Graduate School to create the Invoking the Pause (ITP) Scholarship Fund.

The ITP Scholarship will provide financial support to incoming MBA, MPA and Dual MBA/MPA sustainable management students starting with the Spring 2013 cohort. » Read More

A Sonoma Sampler

Come experience the best of Sonoma County - the sights, sounds, and flavors of wine country.
Catch a short sneak-peak of the feature documentary The Organic Life, while enjoying an organic seasonal juice concoction by the delightful pop-up juice bar Sow, featuring the organic vegetables of Sonoma's own Paul's Produce. Sip on artisanal wines and then savor the sounds of Sonoma's finest folk bands: Stacey Tuel and Uncle Jesse and the Porch Junkies.

Bid in a one-of-a-kind silent auction featuring the finest of Sonoma Valley to remember this magical evening and the bounty of your northern neighbors for years to come.

February 23rd, 5-9pm
518 Valencia St. San Francisco

Buy your tickets here: http://asonomasampler.brownpapertickets.com/

 

On a beautiful weekend in Carmel Valley, California, we came together to reflect on and discuss Change to Climate (C2C). With the inspiration of invoking the pause, the schedule of the weekend was a sound interplay of reflections, meditations, coffee, project visioning, nature walks and collective thinking.

The people involved were Bodhi Garrett, Erik Rogers, Lena Bumiller, Lilia Villa and Meghan Thomas. Together they formed a group of fellow visionaries with different backgrounds and skills, ready to face the challenges of our time. » Read More