Generation Waking Up

Every summer in North America, Generation Waking Up hosts an intensive seven-day leadership training that brings together a diverse group of young changemakers from campuses and communities across the continent, and from around the world. This year’s GenUp Summer Leadership Training is taking place from July 28 – August 4 at the EarthRise Retreat Center at IONS located forty-five minutes …

“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 …

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 …

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 …

Hello GenUp, My name is Weaw. I’m in Oakland, by way of Tokyo, by way of Bangkok. I am an intern with GenUp for two months in this beautiful summer. Here is a bit of my story: Traveling back through the time machine and taking a look back on my life: Both of my grandparent migrated from China to Thailand, …

I am sitting in the Pachamama Alliance and Generation Waking Up shared office drinking green tea, totally fired up from my bike ride to work where I was treated to stunning views of the Golden Gate Bridge and the vast, cold Pacific ocean.  My name is Dan Jubelirer, and I am from Chapel Hill, North Carolina and a college student …

Head-Royce WakeUp Blog Post My name is Kira Poncelet and I am a senior at Head-Royce High School, a small, private school in Oakland, California.   At the end of the year, seniors get a month off of school for Senior Projects, which allow students to intern and shadow jobs in areas of interest.  For my senior project I decided to …

My name is Jose Sanchez and I’m volunteering with the Pachamama Alliance in their Communications Department. I was invited by Generation Waking Up team, which is a partner organization to the Pachamama Alliance, to help facilitate a Wake Up at my Alma Mater Cal Poly. Being a passionate Cal Poly Mustang, how could I refuse? On the weekend of April …

Co-authored by Jeremy Capdevielle Last month about 20 of us joined together at Thrive Bay Area’s first “Village Square.” It marked the beginning of what will be recurring “Village Squares” where bay area friends will be together and share in meaningful conversation. The theme of the Village Square was the power, abundance and possibilities that emerge when we act as …

We are excited to be launching the much anticipated new version of the WakeUp Experience! The updated WakeUp curriculum has been redesigned to be an even more powerful & effective tool for our generation, including:       A new “Who Are We As A Generation” video & additional revised videos       A clear & remastered narrative in the facilitator script       More games & …