Generation Waking Up

      Earth Day 2013 is fast approaching! This global celebration on April 22nd is the perfect opportunity to join Generation Waking Up in taking a stand for our planet, its people, and future generations. This year we’d like to invite you to honor and expand the message of Earth Day to be a day not only centered around …

I still remember the butterflies I had in my stomach almost two years ago as I sat in Hyderabad, India waiting for my Skype interview with Joshua. I had heard about Generation Waking Up and Pachamama on an online teleseries and I knew I had to be a part of it. Hearing the mission ‘to ignite a generation  of young …

Hey beautiful, waking up world! I am ecstatic and truly blessed to be joining the GenUp Team as the Administrator Extraordinaire to help bring about light and love to a planet deeply in need of a transformation. After a wild year of exploring the unknown and deepening my connection to this world, I have returned to the Bay Area to …

“If you look at the science that describes what is happening on earth today and aren’t hopeless, you don’t have the correct data. If you meet the people in this unnamed movement and aren’t optimistic, you haven’t got a heart” – Paul Hawken in Blessed Unrest The science is in on climate change, and things aren’t good.  We don’t have …

Generation Waking Up is excited to be launching the next phase in our programmatic work, a network of Thrive Hubs. These “hubs of change” are an exciting way for young people to sustain the awareness, energy, and commitment that is ignited at WakeUps and our training programs. A Thrive Hub is a creative space for diverse changemakers to build community & …

This past July, Generation Waking Up hosted its first seven-day GenUp Summer Leadership Academy at the Whidbey Institute near Seattle, Washington. A group of 44 young people came together from across North America and from five countries including Mexico, Colombia, Thailand, Canada, and Cameroon. Our week together was high-energy, fast-moving, and filled with transformation. From sharing the depths of our personal stories, building community …

Recently, my desire to engage in learning about the stories, passions and impactful moments in others’ lives took shape in my own.  I’m thankful that I enjoy listening to others present the essence of their philosophy and way of being. Two months ago, if you’d have asked me about my passions, I’d issue a reply about Cardinals baseball, an entity …

A new school year is kicking off in North America and other parts of the world, and it’s the perfect season to host a WakeUp to ignite your school or community. The Generation Waking Up Experience – called a WakeUp for short – continues to be one of the most powerful tools for mobilizing today’s young Millennial generation. With its engaging music & videos, …

Generation Waking Up is looking for an Editor-in-Chief to manage this blog! Check out the job description below for more details: Editor-in-Chief Generation Waking Up, a global campaign to ignite a generation of young people to bring forth a thriving, just, sustainable world, is seeking an Editor. Your purpose in this position will be to manage  a successful and robust …

A certain practiced apathy exists among those who choose to roam the political spectrum. It doesn’t pay to get overly attached to a certain idea or person when in another moment a gigantic media upset could destroy everything any man ever stood for and with that any chance of that individual taking his or her place in office. Take everything …