![]() ![]() ![]() He also spent a summer as an intern at the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs in Washington DC.Īfter leaving the LSE, Steve spent some time working in the environmental movement where he became familiar with the ideas and principles behind the United Nation as Local Agenda 21, which sees local communities as the primary agents for environmental protection and the promotion of sustainability. While studying part time for his MA, Steve worked as a researcher in the House of Commons for Donald Anderson MP, who was Labour front bench spokesperson on Foreign Affairs. ![]() While at the LSE, Steve was President of the European Society, reflecting his committment to internationalism, was the Student Union DJ and organised a series of legendary parties at Carr-Saunders hall of residence. Finally, he became familiar with the works of thinkers such as Karl Jung and other eco-spiritual thinkers about the need for a re-discovery of a sense of connection with nature if we are to avoid the considerable social costs associated with increased alienation and dis-connection. This results in alienation and unhappiness, depression and anxiety. He also studied the impact of urbanisation, industrialisation and the increased role of technology on our lives, and their role in dislocating us from nature. Through his studies, Steve became aware of the core human need for a sense of cultural and spiritual belonging and identity, without which people begin to feel alienated and isolated. He focussed on the so-called ‘ethnic revival’ in Western Europe since the 1960s, the impact of the communications revolution on the emergence of transnational and global identities and institutions and the impact of colonisation and de-colonisation on indigenous African cultural and social institutions. The Director of Indigenous People, Steve studied various aspects of cultural sociology and politics while completing a BSc in International Relations and an MA in International History at the London School of Economics. Steve Peake is a serial social entrepreneur with interests in African cultural, social and economic development and promoting sustainability and conscious / ethical lifestyles in the West. ![]()
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