Wild Wisdom: Life Lessons from Leading Teams to some of the Most Inhospitable Places in the World

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Christine Amour-Levar

Wild Wisdom

Life Lessons from Leading Teams to some of the Most Inhospitable Places in the World

Christine Amour-Levar

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Penguin Random House SEA
01 November 2022

Memoirs; Adventure holidays

A tale of adventure, pushing limits, humanity and the transformative power of challenging expeditions to help us grow wiser, more compassionate and purposeful with our lives

Wild Wisdom recounts the story of social entrepreneur and philanthropist Christine Amour-Levar and the all-female expeditions she has led across the globe via her two non-profit organisations, Women on a Mission and HER Planet Earth. Over a decade, she has taken hundreds of women, of all nationalities, ages and backgrounds, to off the beaten track locations around the world on challenging, often pioneering, expeditions that really push them outside of their comfort zone. She has run expeditions to some incredible places, from regions of the Arctic circle to the coldest, windiest and most remote continent on earth, Antarctica. Her teams have crossed the largest caves in the world in Vietnam, sailed across remote islands in Asia, were the first all-female team to bike across the frozen Arctic Circle Trail of Greenland and the Danakil Depression of Ethiopia - the hottest place on earth. And all these expeditions have had as mission to raise awareness and funds for vulnerable women, transforming the lives of thousands of women and girls in the process. By sharing her personal story and highlighting her life lessons, from growing up on multiple continents to leading teams on expeditions, she sets the stage for a new approach to caring for the human condition and the planet, at a deeper, more intrinsic, heart level. Ultimately, this is a story about roots and values, sisterhood and adventure, pushing limits and the power of our common humanity and compassion to drive change and impact the world for the better.

By: Christine Amour-Levar
Imprint: Penguin Random House SEA
Country of Publication: Singapore
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 136mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 291g
ISBN: 9789815017076
ISBN 10: 9815017071
Pages: 258
Publication Date: 01 November 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Christine Amour-Levar is a French-Swiss-Filipina philanthropist, adventurer, author and human rights advocate. She has built a global career as a marketing and communications expert and social entrepreneur intent on solving some of the world's most pressing issues. A passionate champion of female empowerment and environmental conservation, Christine co-founded Women on a Mission (WOAM) and founded HER Planet Earth, two award-winning, not-for-profit organizations that take all-female teams on pioneering expeditions as a way to support worthy causes. HER Planet Earth's primary objective is to raise awareness and funds for underprivileged women affected by climate change, while WOAM aims to empower women who have been subjected to violence and abuse. Christine is also an active board member and advisor to several purpose-led organizations in the Social Impact, Fintech and Cellular Agriculture spaces. As a writer she has published The Smart Girl's Handbook to Being Mummylicious in 2012 and contributed to international publications such as Forbes, the HuffPost, the Straits Times of Singapore, the Manila Bulletin Newspaper of the Philippines, etc., and has had speaking engagements with INSEAD, Nike, TBWA, Microsoft, Unilever, Credit Suisse, TEDx and more. Being included on Tatler Asia's Most Influential Impact List 2020, Christine has won multiple awards including the United Women Singapore Gender Equality Impact Changemaker Award, a Women of the Future Kindness and Leadership Southeast Asia Leading Lights 2020 and the '100 Most Influential Filipina Women in the World' Award™. She is currently based in Singapore, where she lives with her husband and four children.