The director of the Peace and Human Rights Program at Fundació Catalunya Voluntària shares how she’s been living her passion since she was 10 years old. Tell me how you got started. My parents have always done peace work in the Philippines. When I was ten, l followed my dad on a disarmament project in …
The past week saw the resignation of one the most powerful CEOs in the world: Tom Albanese of the mining giant Rio Tinto. One of the factors that precipitated his downfall was an embarrassing write-down on the companies coal assets in Mozambique, of roughly 3 billion USD. The loss stemmed primarily from a failure to …
A graphic designer talks about how a simple image he posted on Facebook started a global movement for peace. Israeli graphic designer Ronny Edry used Facebook to post samples of his work. Sometimes he’d get a few comments or a like… until he posted an image of himself and his daughter with the slogan “Iranians, …
Colombian rock star, Juanes, shares how he got aligned with the cause for peace. In this video, Juanes shares how he started using music to escape the violence he felt in Medellín, Colombia where he grew up. But it also became a vehicle for him to express his feelings. And now his music is an …
Local population’s finances and health rise thanks to Amazonian rubbers. by Andreas Perez de Fransius, Peace Is Profitable Contributor The Amazon rainforest has many well-earned claims to fame. A recent story highlights that the lungs of the world are not only home to amazing ecological diversity, industrial espionage and deforestation but also environmental conservation and …
Emily was all about outer peace, until she got cancer. Now she’s also focused on inner peace. Tell me how you got started. I’ve felt the calling toward peace work since age 7, but it really came to a head in 2005 when various peacemakers such as Mahatma Gandhi, Jesus and The Dalai Lama started …
Emily Hine – Peace Officer in Training, Holy Sit! Read More »
