Peace Is Profitable Contributor Howard Rosenberg discusses a model of profitability based on peace and doing what you love. Funny that people have a difficult time equating peace to profitability. This should come as no surprise; much of our economy is fueled by purchases of goods and services bought by people plagued by insecurity. Insecurity …
Tell me how you got started. YogiBreak was an idea that came to me as my own yoga practice evolved over the past 3 years. I was trying to figure out how to integrate my professional life (read: office work) and with my yoga life. Working in an office is often a grind; I saw an …
Ahead of the TEDx Mogadishu idea-spreading conference on May 17, 2012, Ilwad (Elle) Elman was interviewed by the BBC’s Dan Damon on World Update. Elle runs the Elman Peace and Human Rights Center in Mogadishu with her mom, Fartun. Her father was an ardent peace activist in the 1990s, spreading the mantra “Put down the …
EPHRC – Rehabilitating child soldiers in Mogadishu Read More »
It began after I traveled abroad with some friends. We were kind of on this journey, looking for something bigger in our lives. We crossed paths with some remarkable people who were making their mark on the world, and it hit close to home. We realized that everybody has a dream to leave their mark …
Matt Johnson – Living Well… One Project at a Time Read More »
by Andreas Fransius, Peace Is Profitable Contributor My previous two entries have tried to make the case for making peace a profitable corporate strategy, rather than a charitable side-activity. To achieve this goal it is instrumental to build effective partnerships with different stakeholders. While these are undoubtedly attractive ideas, how can they be put into …
