Tag Archives: conflict

Turtle Conservation in Solomon Islands

January 7, 2008 – 12:06 am

From The Nature Conservancy.
Neither British colonists nor Christian missionaries nor government entities could tamp down conflicts among tribes in this remote South Pacific island nation. But when turtles started disappearing, the local people finally started talking.
The Solomon Islands, a remote Pacific archipelago strung southeast of Papua New Guinea, are probably best known as the site [...]

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Appreciative Relationships Help Resolve Conflict

November 3, 2007 – 4:47 pm

Original article at Seishindo by Charlie Badenhop.
I witnessed a beautiful scene the other day that epitomizes the way many Japanese approach conflict and relationships. I share this story with you now, hoping it will help you better deal with conflict in your own life.
A rather old man who lives in my Tokyo neighborhood came shuffling [...]

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Hoops and Harmony: How PeacePlayers is Changing the Middle East

October 1, 2007 – 11:36 pm

From ESPN.com by Chad Ford.
In this old, dusty village, two cousins — Ghassan and Samer Alayan — wearing sweat-drenched PeacePlayers International shirts sit and talk about the history of Beit Safafa. They speak of resistance and cooperation, roots and exile, the joy and the despair of everyone, on both sides, who chooses to live in [...]

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