"It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it." -Eleanor Roosevelt
Solutions
The Conflict Resolution Network
The Institute of Science, Technology and Public Policy Create Permanent Peace
The Flagstaff Center for Compassionate Communication
The Center for Nonviolent Communication
http://www.worldpeaceemerging.com/
In Politics
The Democratic Party Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) PAC
Band of Brothers PAC - Veterans for a Secure America
In Education
http://pewandgatesforpeace.org/
Concientious Objectors Countering Recruiting in Schools
http://uspgov.org/enews/2006_05_17.html
Spirituality
How did the faith of Jesus come to be known as
pro-rich, pro-war, and pro-American?
-- Jim Wallis
The Message Thing By JIM WALLIS
http://adbusters.org/campaigns/twominutesofsilence/
Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace
More:
http://www.cafegratitude.com/gogratitude/ http://www.ichooselove.org/gratitude.html
http://www.goodstorm.com/stores/bringthemhomenow
"I have no doubt that we will be
successful in harnessing the sun's energy…If sunbeams were weapons of war, we
would have had solar energy centuries ago. "
-Sir George Porter, 1967 Nobel Prize Recipient for Chemistry
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"When you start working with the environment seriously, the whole arena becomes:
human rights, women's rights, environmental rights, children's rights, you know,
everybody's rights. Once you start making these linkages, you can no longer do
just tree-planting."
- Dr. Wangari Maathai — leading African environmentalist and co-founder of
Kenya's influential Greenbelt Movement.
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“ Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will
not himself find peace. ”
- Albert Schweitzer