Kindness, Empathy & Compassion (KEC) Week

The Avant-Guard Media is taking to the streets once again with their AG Clean-Up Day along with the Center for Health, Well-Being & Happiness. The event's purpose is to create awareness about wasteful practices and to form communities around the world that can contribute to making a healthier, cleaner planet for all of humanity. Simultaneously, a team in Segovia will be conducting a cleanup as well, and they will be joined by Nacho Dean, a naturalist, professional explorer, and most recently named the first person in history to have walked around the world and swam the 5 continents. However, beyond his feats, what is truly important is his purpose for doing such: sustainability. So come join us!

Where to meet:
Madrid: The main gates of El Palacio Real

Route:
Madrid: we will clean the Madrid Rio Park, focusing on the land surrounding the Manzanares Rio

Coffee has a great impact on our lives beyond keeping us awake. Studies show that this beverage makes us more kind and compassionate as well! Coffee fosters communication and connection, it is an important part of the global economy and has a great impact on the environment.
Come and have a cup of coffee with us over an interesting and awakening conversation!

Have you asked yourself the environmental impact of your daily choices? How can you easily make changes to reduce your footprint? Is our personal effort important in the context of international negotiations and global agreements?

These are some of the issues that we will mention in this session which will include a practical workshop about reducing your environmental footprint.

Soil, oceans and forests are the biggest CO2 sinks. Nature is the third part of the solution for climate change, but it only receives 3% of investment and little attention. We will also talk about regeneration as a way to recover the health of natural ecosystems and our own health.

Eat well = health. That's why Delina's offers 100% homemade and healthy food to their users, including our IE Community at the Tower, helping us have a balanced diet adapted to each of our eating habits.

In this workshop, José Zarza, Executive Chef and Director of Business Development, will show us some recipes that meet all these criteria:
- Healthy & Fresh
- Easy (no need to use electricity to cook)
- Sustainable

Participants will be grouped in teams of 4-5 people to prepare the recipes following José's instructions! Learning by doing at its finest!

In the face of a looming climate crisis, the food industry is adapting to the shift in consumer perceptions about what we eat and how it affects the environment. This talk provides a compelling argument for plantbased entrepreneurship, an economically scalable path to a more sustainable and compassionate world.

• F2F (in person)
• Zoom

Gratitude and empathy are words that are scarcely mentioned within the workplace, yet, are incredibly important. These qualities can drastically improve the way in which you feel about yourself in your personal and professional life. They can strengthen professional relationships, increase work-engagement, work-place satisfaction, motivation and more.

The key takeaways of this workshop are:
1. Gratitude and kindness toolkit (ways to convey these in professional environments)!
2. Scientifically proven benefits/outcomes of gratitude and empathy within the workplace
3. Case-studies

So, what are you waiting for? Join this workshop, on Nov 24th presented by Sanrise Coaching.

• F2F (in person)
• Online (Zoom)

In this workshop we will look at how self-compassion can help us increase our motivation, resilience and overall wellbeing, and help us thrive as we access our boundless potential. As we develop self-compassion we can also apply compassion to others to inspire them to go beyond their self limitations as well. This session will include some theory and practical exercises to help you understand and apply self-compassion in your daily life.

This workshop will be conducted by Professor Victoria Fontana.

• F2F (in person)
• Online (Zoom)

#IamRemarkable is a Google initiative empowering women and underrepresented groups to speak openly about their accomplishments in the workplace and beyond.

The workshop is designed for both women and men, to discuss inclusion & diversity that often leads to reflection and improvement. In this interactive session of 90 mins, you will participate in group discussions and exercises to develop the confidence and skills to promote yourself effectively and to encourage others to do so.

Facilitators: Tania Romero & Gema Molero

#IamRemarkable is a Google initiative empowering women and underrepresented groups to speak openly about their accomplishments in the workplace and beyond.

The workshop is designed for both women and men, to discuss inclusion & diversity that often leads to reflection and improvement. In this interactive session of 90 mins, you will participate in group discussions and exercises to develop the confidence and skills to promote yourself effectively and to encourage others to do so.

Facilitator: Soraya Polanco
*This workshop will be conducted in Spanish

On Monday, November 22nd you are invited to join a Show Cooking conducted by Ben Bensoussan, Co-Founder & Executive Chef of Honest Greens at their restaurant in Calle Velazquez 123 (50ms away from the Maria de Molina campus). Join us to learn healthy, easy, and sustainable recipes that you can prepare in your day to day.

#IamRemarkable is a Google initiative empowering women and underrepresented groups to speak openly about their accomplishments in the workplace and beyond.

The workshop is designed for both women and men, to discuss inclusion & diversity that often leads to reflection and improvement. In this interactive session of 90 mins, you will participate in group discussions and exercises to develop the confidence and skills to promote yourself effectively and to encourage others to do so.

Facilitators: Tania Romero & Gema Molero

As part of Kindness, Empathy & Compassion Week, a daily time and space for meditation will provided as a form of self-care. Each will be 20 minutes long and will have different purposes. Monday and Friday will be based on Self-Compassion, Tuesday on Equal Empathy, Wednesday on Loving Kindness and Thursday on Rain Meditation.

Updated Schedule:
Monday - Friday: 9:15am

Dance for Kindness is a WorldWide Flashmob during which groups from all across the globe unite under the banner of kindness. We join together to perform to the same song, same dance, all happening on the same day.

The purpose of Dance for Kindness is to look beyond ourselves – beyond the boundaries of our country, beyond our culture, our race, our religion and realize that we are citizens of the world and that kindness is the common thread that unites us all.

We want to make IE's participation memorable in the new Tower and would love to have you participate! 

This Exhibition was created in collaboration with Asociación Animalejos, an animal shelter in Segovia, and the IEU Photo Club to raise awareness about pet abandonment and to encourage the IE Community to adopt.

It will be available in both campuses on the following dates:
Segovia Campus (The Cave): From november 4th to the 18th.
IE Tower Campus (Cafeteria in Floor -3): From november 22nd to the 27th (KEC Week)

How to collaborate with the mission of Asociacion Animalejos:
Becoming a member: https://asociacionanimalejos.org/alta-socio-o-padrino/

Paypal Donation: https://www.paypal.com/donate?token=r24hg7phHoaV5PygBDl9QJ9GJwn214E5fonSTffGdIVH14I61Wb79GWgR5U0HMlvT8l_N6ekZEeZC4yV

Teaming (1€/month donation): https://www.teaming.net/asociacionanimalejos-protectora