讲坛先由一首情景合唱曲“Everyone is NO. 1”打开序幕。随后由多位同学英文串演环保话剧《Spring is coming》,透过精湛演技以及丰富的感情,多角度向在座人士传达保护环境、关心大自然的信息,再来是讲坛的核心环节——实话实说,我的平步青云路。期间,「联合国全球500佳」暨香港地球之友理事及中国事务委员会主席吴方笑薇女士担任嘉宾主持,以幽默风趣的表达手法,和Eden连番互动交流,以揭开其成长、发明、创业的丰富历程。
作为一名美国青年发明家和创业家,Eden认为兴趣以及对梦想的执着,是驱使她坚持努力的关键。她从小视野就不止于校园,而是以个人或团队形式积极了解、观察社会的需求和发展,以激发设计灵感,并迎合社会的切身需要,逐步实践自己的计划。Eden又即场分享自己协调学习与创业的方法,并鼓励中国的大学生发挥创造力去自主创业,给予在场人士偌大的心灵冲击与激励,赢得满堂掌声喝彩!
这次平步青云讲坛第十五讲活动在爱创家(Ashoka)和中大公民中心(ICS)支持下,由广东外语艺术职业学院绿叶协会承办。期间,来自爱创家的Joan Shang、美国洛克菲勒兄弟基金会杨刚、自然之友广州小组成员洪霞和李雪梅、广东外语艺术职业学院领导、广州市好搭档文化传播有限公司总经理彭暖龙、华南媒体朋友,以及广东各大高校的21个环保社团都出席参加。
拳术表演
American Youth Entrepreneur Eden Full Shared
her Success to the Green Pathfinders
Introduction about Eden Full
Eden Full, majoring in mechanical engineering in Princeton University,, is appointed as the vice-president of the African Developmental Power at school when she is a sophomore. When she was 15, she invented a low-cost Sun Tracking System at the cost of US 10 dollars with bamboo and metal strips. At 17, she established a green energy enterprise, providing renewable energy for the developing countries. And now, she is devoting her time and energy to promote the energy technology all over the world, in order to help solve the social problems with the inexpensive electric power.
At the period of pursuing knowledge, Eden Full, the 17-year-old Canadian Chinese has engaged herself in invention, creation, and even the multi-national technology circulation. In the evening of November 24th, with the invitation of Friends of the Earth (HK) and Green Point Environmental Education Centre, Eden was attending the 15th anniversary of Green Pathfinders Forum, sharing the way she came along. A sophisticated presentation made her win unanimous applause from the audience in the session.
The lecture opened with a chorus called “Everyone is No.1”. A drama followed then, with a few students from the Green Leaves Association playing “Spring is coming”, and conveying to the audience the message of importance of environmental and natural protection.
Next it came to the main part, “My road to Green Pathfinders”. And Ms. Mei Ng, a director from Friends of the Earth (HK) and the chairman the China Affairs Committee awarded the “UN Global Top 500”, hosted the session with her humorous and stylish communication skills, in order to explore the way Eden grew, invented and started her own business.
As an American teenage inventor and entrepreneur, Eden suggested that hobby and pursuit of dreams are the critical drive of her persistence. When she was a child, not only did she focus on the academic study, but she also keep abreast of the social trends and development, so as to stimulate her inspiration while it caters to the social demands. In addition, Eden shared her own methods of balancing study and business with the present students and encouraged them to start their own business in a creative way.
As what Eden said by the end of the session, “we do hope there is someone able to change the world; in fact, everyone could just be that creator.” And the same is true for the environmental protection aspect.
With the support of Ashoka and ICS, the 15th Green Pathfinders Forum was undertaken by the Green Leaves Association of GTCFLA. Meanwhile, Joan Shang from Ashoka, Yang Gang from US Lehman Brothers Foundation, Hong Xia and Li Xue-mei from Friends of the Nature(GZ), the leader representatives from GTCFLA, the general manager Peng Nuan-long from GZ Culture Spreading Co., Ltd, South China Media, and 21 environmental protection associations from different universities in Guangdong Province, attended the lecture all together.