Louis Brown mobilises people to do good.
Passionate about getting more people off the couch and active on important community issues, Louis Brown is an inspirational social entrepreneur.
Louis Brown won his first job at the age of 11 in the tiny West Coast village of Fairdown skinning discarded dead calves for $1 a pop. Â This set the course for his life, balancing the seesaw of eeking out a living and following visions that make a difference to society.
He studied education and commerce after he finished high school in Christchurch and worked for three years as the Executive Director of the community organisation Social Innovation, which he also co-founded. These were three of the most important and meaningful years of his working life, spearheading the large-scale Love your Coast and Student Volunteer Army social movements.
Louis is working on the Scarfie Army, a new movement for Dunedin students and other start-ups to drive and support thousands more citizens to be a ‘working voice’ for a better future.
Shane’s number of the week: Â 400. Â (NASA).
Sam’s joined-up-thinking:Â Back from a whistle-stop tour of Europe, Sam is brimming with things to talk about and people he’s met. Â Some great shows coming up.