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Weekend Sessions: The Quietest Bravest Bucharest Festival

One of the most consistent and strong trends in the last couple of years is the one called „Self seeking” which manifests through the increasing tendency of people to look first at their inner world and who they are before they relate to outer world. Two years ago in Bucharest, Weekend Sessions appeared like a quiet festival meant to offer people the opportunity to manifest this self care in a public place, along others.„The nicest festival in open air” took place in a very special place in the city, the botanical garden. Silvia Floares, the founding partner of the festival, talked to us about the need and benefits of such an event in a dialogue with Adina Vlad. Later in 2023 Adina, Silvia and Robert met again and discussed about the future of the festival in a video interview we invite you to enjoy. The game changers never stop!

Adina Vlad
Founder & Content Creator
Game Changers

Conil: All the kids come in the world to teach us things, not the other way around

Amplified tolerance and empathy are two important trends in 2023, in a Romanian society that is continuously evolving at all levels and by the good-hearted spirit of Romanians. Conil school is an example of social evolution that happens when people gather around a goal and make the change all together, fighting the boundaries of human weaknesses

Adina Vlad
Founder & Content Creator
Game Changers

Stiinta Bucuresti: Sports are amazing through everything happening around them, not just in the field

"Game Changers" conversations bring to light the stories of people who are too busy to do special things and change the world to promote themselves. Yet we believe that drop by drop an ocean has been built and it is important to be inspired by people who fight for their dream. In today's episode we will meet Stiinta sports club through a dialogue between Vlad Andronescu, manager basketball division, and Andreea Lupu, contributor Empath

Andreea Lupu
Contributor
Game Changers

Look4Loops (Canada) - the broad business opportunities of circular economy

Rethink business models? Rethink sustainability? Rethink the idea of growth? All of them and even something more: rethink the way we are understanding life and our impact on the environment. We are not suspended in time and space but anchored in nature. It is time to try making our world a more sustainable place for living, for us, and for the future.

Alec Balasescu
Founder & Content Creator
Game Changers

Learn2Grow (Hong Kong) -technology for better education

Education, regardless age or any other criteria, must be a lovely fun process, engaging personal appetences and particular cognitive features in the process. We should not consider education as a segment independently built from what technology could offer but rather a process which integrated technology as a source of dissemination and empowerment.

Adina Vlad
Founder & Content Creator
Game Changers

From the Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests (Romania), which are the pitfalls of sustainability routines in Romania?

Everywhere on the Globe we talk about sustainability and climate change. How's that feeling in Romania, at the Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests? We summarise the main take outs from our discussion with Raul Pop, state secretary, in 2021. Raul is currently co-founder & member of board of Circular Economy Coalition CERC and continues to stay active in the area of environmental protection

Adina Vlad
Founder & Content Creator
Game Changers

CoalitionWILD (USA): How can we protect the planet from us?

We should not talk about saving planet or nature, but we’d rather consider to save our own future on this planet. We need to ask ourselves: in which world we’d like to live in the future? Nature is not a 3rd party we just relate to, but it is the fundamental share of our origin. Reconnecting with nature prepare ourselves for a better reaction when it comes to manage our relationship with the environment.

Alec Balasescu
Founder & Content Creator
Game Changers

Avenor College: redesign the educational process to prepare for the future

In a century of a well highlighted social development and visible personal self-awareness, education process must focus on freedom of expression and critical thinking. Changing the paradigm of educating people, will change the quality of educational process. Investing more in a tailored education, accustomed to individual needs and profiles, would eventually provide a more dense and resourceful input over generations to come.

Adina Vlad
Founder & Content Creator
Game Changers

Mindvalley (Kuala Lumpur): the key to any type of learning is to know yourself

Education is the main process of shaping human being nature. It is a design tool which not only affects the appearance but also the inner layers, the fundamental meaning, the interior structure. The dynamic of human’s evolution was tuned and refined by our capacity of overcoming our instincts and give them a new meaning and purpose shaped by education and assessing knowledge.

Adina Vlad
Founder & Content Creator
Game Changers
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Look4Loops (Canada) - the broad business opportunities of circular economy

Rethink business models? Rethink sustainability? Rethink the idea of growth? All of them and even something more: rethink the way we are understanding life and our impact on the environment. We are not suspended in time and space but anchored in nature. It is time to try making our world a more sustainable place for living, for us, and for the future.

A photograph of Empath team member Alec Balasescu bursting into laughter during a team meeting.
Alec Balasescu
Founder & Content Creator
Game Changers

Learn2Grow (Hong Kong) -technology for better education

Education, regardless age or any other criteria, must be a lovely fun process, engaging personal appetences and particular cognitive features in the process. We should not consider education as a segment independently built from what technology could offer but rather a process which integrated technology as a source of dissemination and empowerment.

A photograph of Empath team member Adina Vlad kneeling in her blossoming garden, smiling at the camera whilst hugging her black and white pet dog.
Adina Vlad
Founder & Content Creator
Game Changers

CoalitionWILD (USA): How can we protect the planet from us?

We should not talk about saving planet or nature, but we’d rather consider to save our own future on this planet. We need to ask ourselves: in which world we’d like to live in the future? Nature is not a 3rd party we just relate to, but it is the fundamental share of our origin. Reconnecting with nature prepare ourselves for a better reaction when it comes to manage our relationship with the environment.

A photograph of Empath team member Alec Balasescu bursting into laughter during a team meeting.
Alec Balasescu
Founder & Content Creator
Game Changers

From the Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests (Romania), which are the pitfalls of sustainability routines in Romania?

Everywhere on the Globe we talk about sustainability and climate change. How's that feeling in Romania, at the Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests? We summarise the main take outs from our discussion with Raul Pop, state secretary, in 2021. Raul is currently co-founder & member of board of Circular Economy Coalition CERC and continues to stay active in the area of environmental protection

A photograph of Empath team member Adina Vlad kneeling in her blossoming garden, smiling at the camera whilst hugging her black and white pet dog.
Adina Vlad
Founder & Content Creator
Game Changers

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For the past eight years, at the end of each year, we have been collecting data for the trend study for the upcoming year. This was also true for 2024, although there was a justified delay in data collection due to the challenges posed by the presidential elections. In February, we will release the comprehensive trend study for 2025, which promises to reveal many surprises and raise numerous controversies that require clarification. What we can share in advance is that it has become clear that the people are not to blame for their misunderstandings with the government and authorities. On the contrary, the people have progressed at a faster pace than the leaders of this country, and they have found themselves feeling unrepresented. Now, they are ready to "fly their way." Ultimately, success will belong to those who can keep up with the evolving dynamics of Romania and its citizens. The report will be soon available for download.

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Rebuilding Us | 2022 Summary
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Rebuilding Us | 2022 Summary

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2022 brought back normality in the sense of lowering the level of alert produced by the pandemic. At the same time, 2022 was defined by the tensions generated by the social re-construction. This summary comprises a detailed qualitative analysis of trends valid in Romania in 2022, the year we called “Rebuilding Us”. Foreword: Alec Balasescu, Adina Vlad.

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Time to Reset | 2021 Summary
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Time to Reset | 2021 Summary

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2021 was the first year after the pandemic shock in 2020, the year where lots of life rules have been rewritten. People made a lot of discoveries that led to a total or partial reset of their priorities. This summary comprises a detailed qualitative view of what has changed and defined 2021.

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