100 Day for the Earth – excerpts from a photo journal
For 100 days, Norwegian artist, poet and activist Åsmund Seip has kept a journal for the earth. Here are a few entries, with photographs by him and Birgitta Eva Hollander.
day 26
Photo: Åsmund Seip
You are nature. You have never been anything else. Never separated from nature, never a stranger to nature. You and nature are the same. Naturally natural. Expressed in human form.…
Logistics: The People’s Climate March
For up-to-date information on events related to the March and other Climate actions, visit http://peoplesclimate.org/
This information is from the official site:
Hundreds of events are popping up all around the world (check out the map to see all of them). In each of the places below there are particularly major and ambitious plans under way. If you live anywhere remotely near to these places…
DISRUPTION: Climate. Change! – a new film by 350.org
‘When it comes to climate change, why do we do so little when we know so much?’
How do we understand the growing environmental and political challenges of global climate change as well as the possibilities for taking action? Why are citizens organizing for the world's largest rally at the People's Climate March in New York City on Sunday, September 21st? Is this the generation that will…
Kosmos’ Dot Maver Joins Hands with Desmond Tutu, Deepak Chopra, Bill McKibben, Others for Global Unity
Kosmos Project Director, Dot Maver, is an educator and lifelong peacebuilder. She is Founding Trustee of the National Peace Academy USA and founder and board member of the Global Alliance for Ministries and Infrastructures of Peace and the River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding. Her work in education, politics and grassroots community organizing is focused on applied peacebuilding utilizing a…
Be a Peace Builder: International Day of Peace
Dear Reader,
To some, the idea of world peace seems cliche', an idealistic fantasy. In the mainstream media we encounter a world awash in violence, division and the threat of mutual oblivion. We see the unrest and terrible suffering.
Most of the world's 'peace work' is unreported however - in the countless NGOs working to address the underlying causes of conflict, in communities working at…
Nancy Roof’s address to the UN’s High-Level Forum on the Culture of Peace
By Nancy Roof
Thank you for inviting me to speak on the topic of a culture of peace—the number one concern of all humanity. We are here because we care. We care that people around the globe are in fear, are in pain and suffering. We are motivated by our deep love of humanity and all life. We are outraged at the injustices we face daily.
All of us together can and will create a culture of…
International Day of Peace Events
International Day of Peace -Selected Events
Basics
- The theme of IDP 2014 is “Right of Peoples to Peace”.
- www.internationaldayofpeace.org is the official website-in-progress, so check it frequently for updates as the IDP draws near.
- Twitter presence: @peaceday and #peaceday
- Observation of a minute of silence is the key global action worldwide…
The Quest for Human Unity
by Dena Merriam
Religious diversity shows that we are in truth complementary, not competitive.
There is no greater need now than cultivating a global understanding of human unity. Faith communities should lead this effort as our spiritual values, such as compassion, love, and peace, are universal and can bring us together as a human community. Why then is this so problematic for many religious…
People’s Climate March in New York City
by Eddie Bautista, for Earth Island Journal
Social justice doesn’t often result from spontaneous demonstrations or an impulsive rush to the streets. It comes from long-term investments in organizing, community building, and grassroots campaigns. Activism requires a lot more meetings than marches.
But now and then, it’s the right time for a march. And on the issue of climate justice, we’ve…
From Big Data to Deep Data
By Otto Scharmer, from his blog
"The one thing that I have learned from all these projects is that the key to transformative change is to make the system see itself. That’s why deep data matters. It matters to the future of our institutions, our societies, and our planet."
Over the past ten months I have chaired and co-facilitated MIT’s IDEAS China program–a ten month innovation journey for a…