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| 2009 Parliament for the World's Religions | World Social Forum 2008 and 2009: Meeting defines mobilisation schedule for process and working groups | |||
| "The Parliaments of the World's Religions really have two chief purposes: first, mutual education, networking, and the building of interfaith trust .. and, second, marshaling the forces of religions to work together for peace, social justice, and the health of the earth. " | "The meeting had two main agendas: the preparation for the week and day of mobilisation and global action (January 26 2008) and discussions on the first initiatives towards 2009 event organisation" | |||
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| Book Publication: Peace: A World History | The 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights | |||
| "Peace: A World History is the first study to explore the full spectrum of peace and peacemaking from prehistoric to contemporary times in a single volume aimed at improving their prospects." | "A group of Human Rights 'elders' has a sign-up page on the Internet to garner a billion signatures this year for the 60th Anniversary ... I appeal to all CPNN readers to assess their feelings about the UDHR and to consider participating in this endeavor." | |||
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| Living Faiths Together – Tool kit on inter-religious dialogue in youth work | Gathering the Pieces of Peace | |||
| "EYCE and its inter-religious partners combined their expertise in the pioneer field of inter-religious youth work and wrote this special hand book in a unique, consensus-based process. " | "I thought the best way to reach people was using the internet so I created a site ... with the aim to connect the web sites to each other that support world peace. " | |||
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| International Renewable Energy Agency founded in Germany | Culture of Peace Advances Despite Media Silence | |||
| "Swift action has to be taken in order to change current trends in climate change. In addition to energy efficiency, increasing the use of renewable energy will be an essential factor in mitigating climate change." | "700 organizations participating from over 100 countries in the 2005 World Report on the Culture of Peace ... report provides the first comprehensive view of the progress of the global movement for a culture of peace, since it was called for in 1999 by United Nations Resolution A/53/243. " | |||
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| World Social Forum in Belem, Brazil | Book Publication: Peace: A World History | |||
| "the indigenous peoples spoke as an important voice of the forum ... They came in their warpaint; one indigenous woman explained to me that they consider themselves engaged in a fight to save their forest from exploitation and destruction " | "Peace: A World History is the first study to explore the full spectrum of peace and peacemaking from prehistoric to contemporary times in a single volume aimed at improving their prospects." | |||
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