If I had learned more about business ahead of time, I would have been shaped into believing that it was only about finances and quality management.

But if you can create an honorable livelihood, where you take your skills and use them and you earn a living from it, it gives you a sense of freedom and allows you to balance your life the way you want.

Years ago nobody was elected on the economic ticket. It was either the education platform, or it was health or it was other issues. It is only recently that economic values have superceded every other human value.

The Body Shop Foundation is run by our staff and supports social activism and environmental activism. We don't tend to support big agencies.