{"id":8247,"date":"2015-07-23T16:00:56","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T23:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ttinvent.com\/?p=8247"},"modified":"2015-07-23T08:38:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-23T15:38:00","slug":"giving-youth-direction-with-author-john-griffith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/developinginnovators.com\/education\/?p=8247","title":{"rendered":"Giving youth direction with author John Griffith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week on the Table Top Inventing Podcast, I get to interview author and environment conservationist <strong>John Griffith<\/strong>. \u00a0We\u2019ll discuss the importance of diversity, meaningful work, and his involvement with the California Conservation Corps. \u00a0John will tell us how the CCC helps turn around the lives of troubled youth, while helping the environment.<\/p>\n<p>Listen and subscribe: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/InventingPodcast.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/InventingPodcast.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>John, who joins us from Arcata, CA is one busy guy. \u00a0Not only is he the author of Totem Magic: Going MAD, a fast-paced eco-fantasy novel for teens, he is also an environmental educator and crew supervisor for the California Conservation Corps. \u00a0Have I mentioned how cool John is yet? \u00a0(Check out this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wKNhCjA0pdU\" target=\"_blank\">video<\/a> and you\u2019ll see why!) \u00a0John, however hasn\u2019t always been on this path and shares his journey from being a troubled youth himself to the driven, dedicated person he is today. \u00a0Join us to hear his story.<\/p>\n<p>Get today\u2019s episode:<a href=\"http:\/\/InventingPodcast.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/InventingPodcast.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking to give your young inventor direction and inspiration? There&#8217;s still time to have your teen get in on the Inventing Fun!\u00a0 Join us at one of next week&#8217;s\u00a0 <strong>Inventor\u2019s Bootcamps<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>Thousand Oaks session start 7\/27. <br \/>Yorba Linda session starts 7\/27.<\/p>\n<p>Go to <a href=\"http:\/\/learningexploratorium.com\/?grp_pages=inventors-bootcamp-2015\" target=\"_blank\">InventingZone.com<\/a> and turn your teen into a Tesla today!<\/p>\n<p>Keep on Innovating!<\/p>\n<p>Steve Kurti<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ttinvent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/TO4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8252\" src=\"http:\/\/ttinvent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/TO4-350x225.jpg\" alt=\"TO4\" width=\"350\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/developinginnovators.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/TO4-350x225.jpg 350w, http:\/\/developinginnovators.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/TO4-624x402.jpg 624w, http:\/\/developinginnovators.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/TO4-300x193.jpg 300w, http:\/\/developinginnovators.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/TO4-800x515.jpg 800w, http:\/\/developinginnovators.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/TO4-600x386.jpg 600w, http:\/\/developinginnovators.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/TO4.jpg 1010w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week on the Table Top Inventing Podcast, I get to interview author and environment conservationist John Griffith. \u00a0We\u2019ll discuss the importance of diversity, meaningful work, and his involvement with the California Conservation Corps. \u00a0John will tell us how the &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/developinginnovators.com\/education\/?p=8247\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Giving youth direction with author John Griffith<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":8248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[310,126],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/developinginnovators.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Totem-Magic.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9PzL0-291","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/developinginnovators.com\/education\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8247"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/developinginnovators.com\/education\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/developinginnovators.com\/education\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developinginnovators.com\/education\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developinginnovators.com\/education\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8247"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/developinginnovators.com\/education\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8268,"href":"http:\/\/developinginnovators.com\/education\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8247\/revisions\/8268"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developinginnovators.com\/education\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/developinginnovators.com\/education\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developinginnovators.com\/education\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developinginnovators.com\/education\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}