{"id":220,"date":"2019-07-23T13:27:51","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T13:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pollinatorthereskonrad.wordpress.com\/?p=220"},"modified":"2019-07-23T13:27:51","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T13:27:51","slug":"220","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.thereskonrad.org\/?p=220","title":{"rendered":"Blog post #5: Another one of &#8222;us&#8220;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Marga  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/margapacis3.wixsite.com\/portfolio\" target=\"_blank\">Marga <\/a>and I have quite a lot in common. Just that she is bringing her energy to fruition in Vancouver\/Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She aims to co-create spaces that promote sustainable well-being and one of her aspirations is to transcend silos. She writes <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8222;<em>solving today&#8217;s complex and wicked problems requires collaboration. I am passionate about connecting people to new ideas or groups of people in order to facilitate collective impact. This involves&nbsp;plenty of communication, engagement, and dialogue.&#8220; <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For me, Marga highlights what I meant by &#8222;the power of one&#8220; while only being able to change the world for the better <em>together<\/em>. She as an individual is active in several community initatives, be it as a volunteer or as a coordinator. Her power &#8211; multiplied by the power of other individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although we haven\u00b4t met yet in person I know there is a connection between us. <em>Empowerment<\/em> &#8211; in recognizing that none of us is alone in our endeavors. Geographical distance does not matter in this regard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She unites head, hands and heart to make this world one everyone can thrive in while being nurtured by her passions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For me, this seems like <em>sustainability <\/em>&#8211; from within, carried outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you happen to look for an ambitious and eager agent of change who knows how to connect people for a greater purpose &#8211; why don\u00b4t you reach out to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"her (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/margapacis3.wixsite.com\/portfolio\/collaborate\" target=\"_blank\">her<\/a>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you wonder what might have been a puzzle piece on her way of  becoming an agent of change I can recommend you to check out <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Rob Vanwynsberghe (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.robvanwynsberghe.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rob Vanwynsberghe<\/a>\u00b4s website. He is a committed educator at the University of British Columbia, having introduced the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Education for Sustainability (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.robvanwynsberghe.ca\/efs-projects\" target=\"_blank\">Education for Sustainability<\/a> program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some people are afraid of <em>change<\/em>, starting with the word. Others are simply doing things &#8211; maybe just differently than we used to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marga and I have quite a lot in common. Just that she is bringing her energy to fruition in Vancouver\/Canada. She aims to co-create spaces that promote sustainable well-being and one of her aspirations is to transcend silos. She writes &#8222;solving today&#8217;s complex and wicked problems requires collaboration. I am passionate about connecting people to&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.thereskonrad.org\/?p=220\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Blog post #5: Another one of &#8222;us&#8220;<\/span> weiterlesen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9,15,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-change-agent","category-collaboration","category-north-america","category-sustainability-education","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thereskonrad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thereskonrad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thereskonrad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thereskonrad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thereskonrad.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thereskonrad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thereskonrad.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thereskonrad.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thereskonrad.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}