Mary Kaldor

Mary Kaldor is a British academic, currently Professor of Global Governance at the London School of Economics, where she is also the Director of its Centre for the Study of Global Governance. She has been a key figure in the development of cosmopolitan democracy. She writes on globalisation, international relations and humanitarian intervention, global civil society and global governance, as well…

A Soft Gaze into the Natural World

The waxwing veil drawings were inspired by an encounter with a flock of cedar waxwings one late February. It was one of those despairing mornings. My mind was deep in thoughts of global climate change and watching the vitality drain out of the woods. Suddenly, I was surrounded by what seemed like a thousand cedar waxwings. They were splashing in puddles at my feet, flitting around my head, and…

Finding Sustainability in Ecosystem Restoration

A Breakthough of Worldwide Importance In 1995, as the Chinese government and people were beginning an ambitious effort to restore the cradle of Chinese civilization, I was asked by the World Bank to document the “Loess Plateau Watershed Rehabilitation Project.” Originally the Loess Plateau had been fully vegetated with massive forests and grasslands. Resources extracted from the giant forests,…

Fall-Winter 2011

In this IssuePraying for the Earth - by Llewellyn Vaughan-LeePeace from the Inside Out and the Bottom Up - by James O'DeaThe Great Transition: Journey of an Idea - by Paul RaskinA Culture of Peace, September 6, 2013 - by Kosmos JournalThe Arab Spring: A Mythological Journey or a Myth? - by Said E. Dawlabani→ Read more about this issue

Peace from the Inside Out and the Bottom Up

Global Youth Evolution-Revolution If we are to have peace on Earth it will require nothing less than a global youth revolution unprecedented in the history of humanity: an evolution-revolution, not a violent one. While it cannot be violent, it will need to passionately and effectively disrupt the current planetary crisis which spirals downward in dead-end, business as-usual strategies. Let’s…

Another Turn on the Axis: Religious and Spiritual Evolution in the 21st Century

In 1798, the German cleric Friedrich Schleiermacher gave in to the urgings of a circle of prominent friends—every one contemptuous of religion—and began to write. Eight months later, he completed the manuscript of On Religion: Speeches to Its Cultured Despisers, his compelling attempt to reconcile the human religious intuition with the rationality so prized by the philosophers of the…

Commons for Peace

Although the term ‘human security’ has various meanings, two have predominated. Following the Cold War, several major studies—including the UN Secretary-General’s 1992 report, Agenda for Peace; the 1994 World Development Report of the UN Development Program; and the 2003 report, Human Security Now, by the UN Commission on Human Security—proposed peaceful alternatives…

The Healing Logic of the Commons

Economics is the science of generating wealth. The only problem is that it is interested only in a certain kind of wealth—wealth that comes encased in private property rights and has a price attached to it. This standard economic narrative doesn’t have much to say about the great stores of value that don’t have price tags. How much is the Earth’s atmosphere worth? What…

Valerie L. Serrels

Valerie Serrels is a recent Masters graduate from the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University, where she interned with the 3D Security Initiative, recently renamed 3P Human Security: Partners for Peacebuilding Policy.  She currently works for Kids vs. Global Warming on the iMatter Campaign, empowering young people to action as legitimate stakeholders…