Quotations from modern-era advocates of Peace Meet Albert, Johan, John, Desmond, Yoko and Malala. . In most matters the lives and works of acknowledged leaders are valuable starting points for learning and action. That's certainly true of leaders such as these for Peace. Their thoughts and actions are respected because they have already improved or […]
Twentieth century social sciences and thought have revealed how peace is lost and how it can be recaptured and made strong. That knowledge is helping to make peace in some of the world's worst afflicted places. The UN and other peace-makers are however insufficient to help all such places; and each year conflicts descend to […]
Retitle this Post as a more objectively valid starting point as What is Peace. ZAP1 What is Peace? - previously A good place to start Learning Peace 'grows on us' through our lives. Most of us 'like' it, but as with many other intangible things it has no simple definition. Words and symbols for Peace […]
As an idea, whatever we now recognise as peace predates written history. It was probably shaped then by human behaviours and experiences that we now call caution, co-operation, kindness, generosity and sharing. For another's insight on life then read Alice Roberts' 'Wolf Road'. Some of today's variety of European words used for what is called […]
1 THE LOGO A square containing a dove arriving with an olive branch within a Woodbridge Tree for Peace set against a sloping horizon: the latter to be made horizontal when peace stops falling away. 2 SEVERAL PAGES 3 FIFTY (or more) ITEMS ON PEACE This Post about What's on this site Other Posts - […]
PUBLISHED CONTENTS Up to and including 12 February 2026 Number of items = 7 Introduction by the Founder What's on this site Contents What is Peace? How the Trees and Monument will help Peace About this Journal Where did the idea of Peace come from . COMING SOON Other items related to Peace are likely to […]
Peace has a story as long as that of the human race. What we learn today about Peace during ancient times is defined by the surviving possessions, creations and writings of its major characters and their supporters. Evidence about Peace during the most recent millenium has been better preserved by its newer methods of recording […]
UN budget US$ 1.815 billion for 2025 Annual total of national spending on defense estimated at US$ 2.8 trillion Annual cost of violence estimated at US$ 20 trillion Making Peace stronger requires more than can be done by major organisations such as the United Nations Organisation (UNO). In spite of UNO's valuable work the inhumane […]
J 000 This Journal is a collection of items drafted, written or gathered since 2017 when a tree in Woodbridge UK was named as the Suffolk town’s 'Tree for Peace'. Since then Peace has continued to fall globally as a result of widespread and increasingly degenerate endeavours by nations and individuals to resolve conflicting ambitions […]