BuildingACultureOfPeace Web Dec07
Building a Culture of
Peace
For the Children of the World
This exhibit brings together the ideas of hundreds of people and organizations dedicated to finding a path to lasting peace.
We hope that you will leave with renewed confidence that a culture of peace is possible— and a necessity for life on earth.
Everything that is needed to build a culture of peace already exists in each of our hearts. As stated in the United Nations definition, a Culture of Peace is a set of values, attitudes, modes of behavior and ways of life that reject violence and prevent conflicts by tackling their root causes and solving problems through dialogue and negotiation among individuals, groups and nations.
Barriers to Peace
Environmental
Irresponsibility
Pollution and the destruction of the natural environment require solutions that go beyond national boundaries.
Global warming could cause 40 to 50 percent of the world’s population to be affected by insect-transmitted diseases such as malaria and dengue fever.
Isolationism
People can become frightened by the rising tide of internationalism. Some retreat to familiar places and customs and avoid encounters with “foreigners.”
Ignorance of other cultures and countries creates a narrow, distorted view of life and the world.
Education is key to fostering global-minded individuals. “It is not the violence of a few that scares me, it is the silence of the many.”
—Martin Luther King, Jr.
Poverty
Need is the root cause of many of the conflicts in the world. Where children are hungry, there can be no peace.
78% of Sub-Saharan Africans and 84% of South Asians live on less than $2 a day.
Of the world’s 1.3 billion poor people, it is estimated that nearly 70 % are women.
Greed
A struggle between powers for territorial dominance led to two
World Wars and the Cold War.
The struggle now is for economic domination. Europe consumes roughly 14 times the resources it contains. The United
States, with just over 4 % of the world’s people, consumes 28%
Peace
For the Children of the World
This exhibit brings together the ideas of hundreds of people and organizations dedicated to finding a path to lasting peace.
We hope that you will leave with renewed confidence that a culture of peace is possible— and a necessity for life on earth.
Everything that is needed to build a culture of peace already exists in each of our hearts. As stated in the United Nations definition, a Culture of Peace is a set of values, attitudes, modes of behavior and ways of life that reject violence and prevent conflicts by tackling their root causes and solving problems through dialogue and negotiation among individuals, groups and nations.
Barriers to Peace
Environmental
Irresponsibility
Pollution and the destruction of the natural environment require solutions that go beyond national boundaries.
Global warming could cause 40 to 50 percent of the world’s population to be affected by insect-transmitted diseases such as malaria and dengue fever.
Isolationism
People can become frightened by the rising tide of internationalism. Some retreat to familiar places and customs and avoid encounters with “foreigners.”
Ignorance of other cultures and countries creates a narrow, distorted view of life and the world.
Education is key to fostering global-minded individuals. “It is not the violence of a few that scares me, it is the silence of the many.”
—Martin Luther King, Jr.
Poverty
Need is the root cause of many of the conflicts in the world. Where children are hungry, there can be no peace.
78% of Sub-Saharan Africans and 84% of South Asians live on less than $2 a day.
Of the world’s 1.3 billion poor people, it is estimated that nearly 70 % are women.
Greed
A struggle between powers for territorial dominance led to two
World Wars and the Cold War.
The struggle now is for economic domination. Europe consumes roughly 14 times the resources it contains. The United
States, with just over 4 % of the world’s people, consumes 28%