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Zoe Weil is the co-founder and president of the Institute for Humane
Education (www.HumaneEducation.org) and is considered a pioneer in the
comprehensive humane education movement, which provides people with the
knowledge, tools, and motivation to be conscientious choicemakers and
engaged changemakers for a better world. Zoe created the first Master of
Education and Certificate Program in Humane Education in the U.S.
covering the interconnected issues of human rights, environmental
preservation, and animal protection. She has also created acclaimed
online programs and leads workshops and speaks at universities,
conferences, and events across the U.S. and Canada. She has taught tens
of thousands students through her innovative school presentations, and
has trained several thousand teachers through her workshops and
programs.
Zoe's most recent book, Most Good, Least Harm: A Simple
Principle for a Better World and Meaningful Life, won the 2010 Nautilus
silver medal in sustainability and green values. She is the author of
several other books including Above All, Be Kind: Raising a Humane Child
in Challenging Times for parents; The Power and Promise of Humane
Education for educators; and Claude and Medea: The Hellburn Dogs, winner
of the Moonbeam gold medal in juvenile fiction, which follows the
exploits of two seventh graders who become clandestine activists in New
York City, righting wrongs where they find them.
Zoe received a
Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School and a Master
of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania.
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