July 23-27, 2014
Youth Creativity, Innovation & Sustainable Leadership Program
with Asano Gakuen
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 Asano 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 included:

• Talks with Jim Leckie, Allison Pieja (Mango Materials), Shivani Govil (SAP) and Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu.
• Visits to the the Stanford Environmental Engineering Laboratory, the Stanford Environmental Fluid Mechanics Laboratory, the Stanford d.school, and the Cantor Arts Center - to learn about discovery and innovation.
• Discussions about identifying opportunities, emotional intelligence, instrinsic motivation and meaningful innovation for the youth context.
• Exercises in fast thinking, teamwork, teambuilding, engagement, and emotional intelligence.
• Mentoring by CSDGC interns.