August 8-14, 2013
Youth Creativity, Innovation & Sustainable Leadership Program
with Hiroo Gakuen Senior High School
A workshop to explore the creative universe of young students for the benefit of environmental sustainability. Organized in collaboration with GPI US.

Venue: Stanford University

Students from the Hiroo Gakuen Senior High School visited Stanford and the Bay Area for a CSDGC Youth Leadership Development workshop. The workshop focused on discovering creative energy and experiencing life lessons in leadership through innovative thinking and action.

Key elements of this workshop include:

• A talk on Emotional Intelligence by Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu.
• A talk about the Stanford Solar Decathlon House Project by Alex Nutkiewicz, Victoria Lee and Diniana Piekutowski.
• A tour of the Stanford Environmental Engineering Laboratory and the Enviromental Fluid Mechanics Laboratory hosted by Royal Kopperud.
• A talk about sustainability and bioplastics by Allison Pieja.
• Visits to the Computer History Museum and the Cantors Arts Museum - to learn about discovery and innovation.
• Discussions about identifying opportunities, emotional intelligence, instrinsic motivation and meaningful innovation for the youth context.
• Interactive activities to spark creative energy and highlight innovation processes.
• Mentoring by CSDGC interns.