Emanuel Kuntzelman
Since his days as a university student in the 1970s, Emanuel has endeavored to model his life as a citizen of the world and do his part to help ward off the perils facing our society. Born in the United States, he studied first at Tulane in New Orleans and then at the Sorbonne in Paris, at which time he took the decision to reside permanently in Europe. Inspired by a university professor's lecture that illustrated the world's current political and environmental situation as the most serious crisis since the appearance of human kind, Emanuel decided to spend his life directing his energies towards the promotion of understanding between different cultures and to raising consciousness about environmental concerns.
In 1985, he founded the Centre for Cultural Interchange, a not-for-profit student exchange organization that annually receives several thousand high school and university age participants into Spain and the U.S., from over 50 countries world-wide.
In 1995, he and his wife Laura, established the Foundation for the Future in Spain, with the aim to further promote global cultural and ecological activities. In addition to his work with these foundations, Emanuel is also a writer, lecturer and spiritual seeker. He is currently working on a book about the evolution of consciousness, which he hopes will contribute to a transformation in human thinking towards a more spiritual and compassionate world outlook.
