Mark Vonesch is the Founder and Director of Reel Youth, a media empowerment organization that supports young people in producing and distributing films about their visions for a more just and sustainable world. RY works with organizations looking for meaningful ways to engage youth and their communities in using film for social and environmental change. In this, the second interview with participants at Social Venture Institute 2009 (#svihh), hanspetermeyer asks Mark what brought him to SVI09, and why he keeps coming back.

Mark is a compassionate facilitator and experienced filmmaker, having worked in remote First Nations communities across BC, with street children in India, and child soldiers in Nepal. Mark is also the principal of Mobius Media, producing mission based Internet videos for a diverse set of clients in the Pacific Northwest.

Hollyhock Leadership Institute on Cortes Island is the host of the Social Venture Institute, “an intensive, interactive inquiry into how to face the day-to-day challenges of running a socially conscious enterprise.”

hanspetermeyer interviews Chef Ronald St. Pierre after this summer’s amazing Table Champêtre event at Tannadice Farms in the Comox Valley. This is the fourth in a series of interviews with Chef Ronald. Earlier interviews can be found at www.bonvivantvancouverisland.blogspot.com (text = http://ow.ly/gPKh), on Tumblr (audio = http://ow.ly/homh), and on YouTube (video = http://ow.ly/hBXe). A review of the event appears at www.thrivevancouverisland.wordpress.com (http://ow.ly/nnRX) at at www.tastingvancouver.com.

Chef Ronald and Locals Restaurant are hosting the Comox Valley’s next Table Champêtre October 11, 2009 indoors at Locals.

Enjoy!