LifeSkills4Me Community is glad to see your interest in our LifeSkills4Me workshop. We build a community of Life Skills Advocates, who are passionate about personal development & growth, education, training.

- Workshop Topic: LifeSkills4Me: Little changes, big impact. The art of environmental conscious living
- Address: WeWork, no 588 Yan’an East Road, 1 phase, 2nd floor

- Time: March 19th / Tuesday / 19.00-21.00

Agenda 

19.00 - 19.15  Registration, Networking 

19.15 - 19.30  Event & Guest intro

19.30 - 20.30   Workshop Time 

20.30 - 20.55 Life Skills Advocate's time (1-2 mins sharing from workshop participants)

20.55 - 21.00  Life Skills News & Opportunities 

INVITED SPEAKERS

After spending over a decade in the corporate world while volunteering for various causes, Ashley joined Green Initiatives (Gl) as a Partner and Director of Operations and Projects, to pursue his goals of (directly) creating social and environmental impact. He oversees the operations of GI's many recycling projects, and is currently developing a new program for the team. 

He has lived and worked in India, the Middle East and China, working on Supply Chain Management, Operational Efficiency and Project Management. Born and brought Mumbai, he completed his Masters from Hult International Business School, specializing in business and project management. 

Gl is an environmental social entreprise that focuses on education, awareness and action on projects for the community - both students and professionals. Gl has organized over 500 events since its inception in 2009. GI's monthly forums, organized as Green Drinks' events, have been the longest running and highest attended sustainability forums in Shanghai, regularly drawing 70-100 people in each event, and been attended by over 25,000 people till date. 

Ashley is also an avid nature lover and spends most of his spare time in the countryside, hiking or biking in different parts of China. 

Xenia is a fashion designer, who transforms her own understanding of designer mission in 21st century – product should be designed to be sustainable. Born in Russia St. Petersburg, she moved to China in 2011 to work closely with Denim factories. 10 years experience in mass production in textile industry made her decided to found UseDem upcycle project, the first industrial denim upcycling brand in China, that aims to eliminate textile waste. Xenia believes in upcycling as in a solution to decrease textile industry pollution and tool to transform society-consuming mindset. All products are made by Chinese social community, retired and disabled people.

UseDem runs education programs - jeans upcycle classes and lectures for kids, adults, companies - about present nature pollution situation and how everyone can make a difference in our future. UseDem team provides to textile brands consulting to help business integrate sustainability as an essential part of corporate policy.

Xenia took part in personal charity projects such as cooperation with retired and disabled people, “Fox in Nepal” - winter jackets donated to kids in the mountain village after the earthquake, SWAP, and Sale Garage where all profits from sales went to support kids who live with cancer.

Come along to this workshop if you want to learn:

- how to organize your wardrobe

- about clothes transformation and conscious consumerism

- how to develop new daily habits to minimize plastic usage. 

What will happen during the Life Skills Advocate`s time? 
Event participants will have a chance to come on the stage and share their Life Skills tips & hacks for 1-3 mins. It can be a story about the last book you read, a workshop you attended, the story you heard, anything that can help others to learn a useful skill to empower their daily personal growth. 

MARKETING PARTNERS

COMMUNITY PARTNER

VENUE PARTNER 

PHOTOGRAPHER ON THE EVENT 
FengQingyu 冯秦钰

INVITED SPEAKERS 

Xenia Sidorenka

Ashley Fernandes