Entries by Ed Antoine

Finding a New Equilibrium

A lesson from our cause, Altruistic Odyssey. Sometimes projects change over time due to a variety of positive or negative factors, and that change can be difficult to come to terms with. What if you realize your project is no longer delivering what you envisioned? I just returned from a trip to our Computer Learning […]

CREATIVITY AND COOPERATION, A lesson from our cause, Altruistic Odyssey

As 2019 approaches its last months, I want to say how proud I am of the work that the association that I founded, Altruistic Odyssey, has done so far this year, first and foremost. Since January, we have signed a new agreement with Inner Will, a Nepali local NGO, we have  engaged and signed a […]

“A very happy new year to all! (Really?)

The US government is shut down; the Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vests) are regaining traction in France; and Brexit may happen without any agreement. Most financial analysts talk about another “imminent” recession. Not to mention more people globally die today from illnesses linked to overeating than people who are starving from hunger, which, of course, doesn’t diminish the pain for the […]

Have you embraced nature yet?

Over the past seven years, I have brought numerous people to the beautiful Himalayas in Nepal. Initially, my project started in Buthan after I had attended a couple of workshops with the MIT Business school teachers Peter Senge and Otto Sharmer, who were studying the country’s “National Index of Happiness”. This index attempts to measure […]