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 […]
Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW) Location: Washington, DC Mission: Building community through the arts For Jill Strachan, CHAW’s Executive Director, peace feels like what you have when people are working in community. “A sense of community is an important stepping stone to peace in the world because it increases the understanding we have of others.
by Andreas Fransius, Peace Is Profitable contributor Responsible business practices are often thought to be a luxury that only first-world multinationals can afford. However, creative new ways to combine profits with respect for workers’ rights and environmental sustainability are just as likely to come from entrepreneurs in poor countries, that are used to overcoming severe
By Andreas Fransius, Peace Is Profitable Contributor While cost-cutting is an important imperative for firms, it is equally important to consider another motivation for responsible practices, namely how firms can reach new consumers. In fact, customers are often willing to pay a premium for products that have been produced in accordance with their values, for
Imagine this: one village hosting a visiting team. The visiting team arrives early in the morning and after a few activities for the villagers to get to know each other, there are 3 football (soccer) matches–the junior game, the women’s game and the men’s match. After all this football playing there’s a big communal dinner
New York Peace Institute’s CEO, Brad Heckman, gives Peace Is Sexy the run down on how peace is possible in New York City, a city with more diversity than there are aspiring stars on Broadway. What’s New York Peace Institute’s mission? Our mission is to build peace in New York City – and beyond. We
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By Andreas Fransius, Peace Is Profitable Contributor Proponents of responsible business practices often end up preaching to the converted, by failing to make a strong case for why such strategies help firms to make more money. By focusing on ethical arguments and lofty rhetoric, such campaigns often fail to convince business leaders who are justifiably
Emmanuel Jal, a former child soldier from Sudan, has taken his story and turned it into some serious beats: a song called “We Want Peace”. Featuring strings by non other than Peter Gabriel, the song, like the campaign, dedicates itself to the realization that peace, is possible. To date, South Sudan‘s referendum has been a
When I was in middle school, I was bullied a lot, for being scrawny. That was what the bullies led me to believe, anyway. Now, years later, I realize that it was my lack of self-esteem and awareness that really caused the bullying. I didn’t embrace the way I was different, and I didn’t know
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
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