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Journal

The Woodbridge Trees for Peace are publicly dedicated as tangible symbols for the invisible condition we call 'peace' that is vital for human and other life on Earth.

Thought, hope, many faith traditions and special international organisations cherish Peace, but are proving insufficient to keep it strong.

This Journal lists, explains and shapes simple practical peace-enhancing steps, 'Gifts to Peace', that we can take, individually or with others to reverse its 21st century decline.

Contents

PUBLISHED CONTENTS up to and including 16 November 2025 Number of items = 4 . . . . . . Updated Contents list About this Journal What is Peace? How the Trees and Monument will help Peace . . COMING SOON The Origin of Peace Measuring Peace How Peace grows

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What is Peace?

What is Peace? Is there a simple definition of peace? Peace lacks a simple agreed definition. That’s a problem even for its researchers.  They see for example that “Peace is too important a goal to be without a firm conceptual basis for research and action." (From 'Measuring Peace', Richard Caplan, 2019) Clarifying what Peace means […]

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How the Trees and Monument will help Peace

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 impacts of modern violence challenge our optimism, our faiths and our hopes. Optimism does not resolve conflicts Faith does not break cycles of violence and revenge Hope is […]

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About this Journal

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 […]

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