Brazil

ELOS INSTITUTE

FROM POWER TO PLAY

Most leaders believe that it’s their job to motivate people, that without their directive control, no work gets done. The most common way to motivate people is through external means, using punishment and reward. Experience Warriors Without Weapons, where play, not power, evokes people’s passion, creativity and motivation to work hard on seemingly overwhelming challenges.

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Excerpt: Jardim das Crianças

Walk a few blocks down from Apene, and you’ll find the site designated for the jardim das crianças, the promised children’s garden. It can’t be true!

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The 2007 Warriors transform trash into a children’s garden.

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Upcycling: Reimagining Our Waste

Over the past decade, a new movement has emerged of people who fold newspapers into window blinds, craft CDs into lampshades, twist empty beer cans into earrings and weave the pop tabs into handbags. They are upcyclers, and they transform trash into treasure.