Mary Pat Champeau, Director of Graduate Programs at the Institute for Humane Education, reflects on a lifetime of work in global education systems—from the Peace Corps to refugee camps to the World Trade Institute to writing teachers’ editions of textbooks—and how those experiences shaped her approach to teaching and leadership. She emphasizes the importance of cultivating curiosity, critical thinking, and moral imagination as essential tools for addressing complex, interconnected challenges. Mary Pat centers education in general, and humane education in particular, not as information transfer, but as a process of liberating thought and expanding perspectives. She invites us to understand humane education as a dynamic, evolving practice that prepares people to think systemically and act with intention.
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About the Podcast
Solutionary Voices is a podcast hosted by Zoe Weil and produced by the Institute for Humane Education. Each episode highlights individuals who are working on the forefront of building a more humane, just, and healthy world for all people, animals, and the ecosystems that sustain life. Episodes:
• Bring solutionary thinkers to a wide audience
• Offer ideas for solving the problems we face in a range of arenas
• Provide actionable ideas
• Turn values into measurable impact
