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Click below to access your downloadable Family Changemaker Calendar for June. This month’s calendar focuses on the “Patchwork” quadrant of the Changemaker Journey. Enjoy! Click here Patricia Talbot( CEO and Co-Founder )Patti cultivates homegrown changemakers prepared to step into their power and work with others to create the world they want to live in.  Get in touch to find out how you can grow the social changemaker in yourself and those you serve with Blue […]

Click below to access your downloadable Family Changemaker Calendar for May. This month’s calendar focuses on the “Solutions” quadrant of the Changemaker Journey. Enjoy! Click here Patti Talbotwww.blueroadseducation.org

Those of us who were around and old enough at the time will never forget the commercial for Chiffon Margarine proclaiming “It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature!”  https://youtu.be/ijVijP-CDVI Designed to communicate the authentic buttery taste of the fake stuff while Mother Nature declares her wrath upon humanity for tricking her, I remember the commercial but nothing special about the margarine.  What I do remember was the big deal my own mother made whenever we

In Part I, we considered the first two quadrants of the Changemaker Journey “Homegrown Solutions” in light of current recommendations to stay at home as much as possible. In this second installment of “How to be Homebound Changemaker, we are thinking about the “Patchwork World” described in the 3rd and 4th quadrants of the Blue Roads Changemaker Journey.  Here we are encouraged to think beyond our personal experiences to engage with others  from a more

At Blue Roads Education, we’re defining “changemakers” as those creating “Homegrown Solutions for a Patchwork World”.   This gets complicated when we are ordered to stay home and away from our usual efforts at changemaking.  Many of us are trying to figure out how to remain effective changemakers while staying within the four walls of our homes. We are doing our best to practice physical distancing as we attempt to remain socially and ethically engaged.    While

Click below to access your downloadable family activity calendar for the month of April.  Activities are designed to cultivate the 14 characteristics of changemakers using the “Homegrown” theme in the first quadrant of the Changemaker Journey.  Click here Fill out the form below to be added to the Blue Roads list so you don’t miss updates including your monthly changemaker calendar!  Patti Talbotwww.blueroadseducation.org

If you do a Google search for the word “changemaker”, you will inevitably run across Ashoka.org, the worldwide organization leading the way, celebrating and encouraging institutions to develop changemakers capable of doing the work that our world needs to make it a healthier more functional planet for the good of all. You’ll find lists of characteristics published by various changemaker advocacy groups.  Words like “doers”, “reciprocal”, “curious”, “problem solver”, “courageous”, “perspective-taking” and “passion”. You’ll also

Our slogan above is intended to convey four distinct, yet interrelated, priorities: Homegrown: To express our belief in, and commitment to, local community strengths. Solutions:  To communicate the importance of constructive innovations to address pressing issues.    Patchwork:  To honor tradition, in its place, while opening our minds and hearts to include new perspectives. World:  To develop citizens capable of making significant changes locally and globally. The more we work to unpack our purpose as

I’m blessed with three of the most beautiful and energetic grandchildren you can imagine. (I’m not at all biased.  😊) These three young ones challenge and inspire me and give me both great hope and constant trepidation. What kind of world have they come into?  What will the future hold for them?  What can I, as one grandparent, possibly do to assure a healthy world in which they can thrive and reach their fullest potential?