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Teresa Chahine is the first Sheila and Ron Marcelo '92 B.A. Marcelo Social Entrepreneurship Lecturer at the Yale School of Management. She has written "Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship," a twelve-step methodology for creating impactful ventures in new and existing organizations. Teresa was also the driving force behind the launch of Lebanon's first venture philanthropy organization. Listen to the episode to learn more about how we can shift frameworks and look at the world in a new way and see why you're already in the perfect position to start making a social change.

Since 2017, Mark Minneboo has worked as the executive director of Plastic Oceans Chile, and since 2020, as the Regional Director of Plastic Oceans Latin America. He is in charge of development, network building, foreign relations, and education programs geared toward the Latin American market. Mark is a member of the board of the Chilean Plastics Pact and advocates for Chile's transition to a Circular Economy in many workgroups. Listen to the episode to learn about the revolutionary concepts Plastic Oceans International is working on and how we all can start taking action to help our planet.

Can you imagine having to wear shoes that are so small that you have to cut open the front of your shoes to let your toes stick out? That's what Kenton saw in Kenya when he lived and worked in an orphanage with some incredible kids back in 2007. He saw children who had simply outgrown their shoes and couldn't...well, get new ones. So one day Kenton thought: What if there was a shoe that could adjust and expand its size? And the idea for The Shoe That Grows was born. Listen to the episode to learn more about Kenton's journey and the biggest challenges he's overcome.

It is easy being an environmentalist making an environmental argument. The hard part is actually providing a solution. Nick is excellent at combining both and he is not planning to stop anytime soon. He's led campaigns to enact some of the country’s strongest waste reduction laws and regulations, many of which have been subsequently adopted around the US. Listen to the episode and learn more about Nick's experience with finding the line between compromising and actually making a change and how Californians Against Waste are setting an example for other states.