Lakhdar Brahimi

Lakhdar Brahimi is one of The Elders.

Read his biography

Getting to know Ela R. Bhatt

Ela R. Bhatt is one of The Elders.

Ela R. Bhatt is recognised in the world as one of the most remarkable pioneers and entrepreneurial forces in grassroots development. She has dedicated her life to improving the lives of India’s poorest and most oppressed women workers with Ghandian thinking as a guide. Ela R. Bhatt founded SEWA, Self-employed women´s association in 1972. She is an active advocate of women empowerment.

Read her biography here

Hold on to your beliefs

Peace is not easy to achieve but we should not give up. Listen to some encouraging words from Rev. Desmond Tutu about how we should hold on to our beliefs, encouraging words to all the activists out there.
Then you can listen to the thoughts of Peter Gabriel and Richard Branson about the founding of The Elders.
Encouragement words from Rev. Desmond Tutu
Richard Branson and Peter Gabriel

The Elders

The Elders are an independent group of global leaders, brought together by Nelson Mandela, who offer their high profile, influence and experience to support peace building activities and promote humanity interests.

The Elders are: Martti Ahtisaari, Kofi Annan, Ela Bhatt, Lakhdar Brahimi, Gro Brundtland, Fernando H. Cardoso, Jimmy Carter, Graca Machel, Mary Robinson, Desmond Tutu.

The Honorary Elders are: Nelson Mandela and Aung San Suu Kyi.

The Elders homepage

Cinema for Peace

Since 2002, Cinema for Peace has been a worldwide initiative that promotes humanity through films while inviting members of the international film community to attend the annual Cinema for Peace Award Gala night during the Berlin International Film Festival.

While outstanding works are screened, directors and producers are distinguished with the Cinema for Peace Award for praiseworthy works. The films are a platform for peace and tolerance as they highlight the human condition and human values.

Cinema for Peace brings together international star guests and global personalities from the world of film, business, politics, media, business and society. This event is a symbol of peace, freedom and tolerance, a symbol with a lasting effect on the world of film and media.

Cinema for Peace initiates important projects and promotes the free exchange of ideas. Cinema For Peace itself distributes and produces different movies with inspiring messages.

Read more about Cinema for Peace

Peace One Day achievement in Afghanistan in 2009

Afghanistan's Peace Day polio immunization drive reached almost 1.2 million children in september 2009.
Read more

Let´s increase the number in 2010! Join the efforts www.peaceoneday.org

Elie Wiesel- Nobel Peace Price winner

Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel is a writer, professor at Boston University, political activist, Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor.The author of 57 books, his best known book is Night, a work based on his experiences as a prisoner in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps.

Elie Wiesel was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986. The Norwegian Nobel Committee called him a "messenger to mankind" due to his work in the cause of peace, atonement and human dignity.
Read his full biography

Interview with Elie Wiesel.

Pipes of Peace- Paul McCartney

Make a commitment to Peace.

Please get involved the 21st of september in Peace day, you can make a difference in this world.

The Nobel Peace Prize 1994- Rev. Desmond Tutu

Rev. Desmond Tutu is a South African cleric and activist opponent of apartheid. In 1984, Tutu became the second South African to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Tutu was the first black South African Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa.

He has receive serveral awards, the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984, the Albert Schweitzer Prize for Himanitariasm, the Gandhi Peace Prize in 2005 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009.

He is an advocate for the defense of human rights. He uses his high profile to participate in campaigns to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, homophobia, poverty and racism.

Rev. Desmond Tutu has formulated his objective as "a democratic and just society without racial divisions". He has also compiled several books of his speeches and sayings.

Biography

Interview with Rev. Desmond Tutu.

The Desmond Tutu Peace Centre

Peace song- Dj Bob Sinclair

How did we contribute to achieve peace in our family and in our community this week?
Let´s think about it during the weekend.
Enjoy the sun and the Peace song!

why can´t we all get along?

If they can get pass their enormous differences, why can´t we?

Muhammad Yunus- 2006 Nobel Peace Laureate

Portrait of Muhammad Yunus-

Interview with Muhammad Yunus

A very interesting interview with Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. He gives us his opinion in different important subjects that lead to peace and to end poverty in this world. He talks about human being capacity and how to explode that capacity.
The interviewer is Marika Griehsel, freelance journalist in december 2006.

Music knows no boundaries

We like the initiative Playing for change: Peace through Music.
Music is a universal language, there is music everywhere, there are no boundaries in music. Playing for change is a movement that unite the world through music. Music helps us to persevere through struggles and celebrate our differences which changes the world into a more peaceful place

This track was performed by musicians around the world adding their part to the song as it traveled the globe.



check the Peace for Music film clip

Reflections: Educating the heart & Creativity and Well-Being

This is the third part of a four-part series with the Dalai Lama Center's founding director Victor Chan as part of the 2009 Vancouver Peace Summit. This summit was a global event that brought five Nobel Laureates and many world-renowned thinkers and leaders in social transformation to Vancouver to talk about creating a more compassionate, peaceful world.

The first panel discussed the link between creativity and well-being while the second panel spoke of the importance of heart-mind education.
To watch these interesting discussions, just click the links in blue.

Creativity and Well-Being;
Panel participants:
The Dalai Lama, Sir Ken Robinson, Daniel Segal, Matt Goldman (Blue Man Group), Eckhart Tolle, Murray Gell-Mann.

Heart-Mind Education; Enhancing academic, social, and emotional competence.
Panel participants:
The Dalai Lama, Clyde Hertzman, Kim Schonert-Reichl, Adele Diamond, Stephen Covey and Mairead Maguire.
For more information...

Educating the Heart and Mind: A Path to Universal Responsibility

Nobel Laureautes in Dialogue- connecting for Peace

Nobel Laureates in Dialogue- connecting for Peace was another one of the interesting discussions held during the Peace Summit that took place at The Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education in 2009.

The Panel was moderated by Mary Robinson

Panel participants:
The Dalai Lama
Rev. Mpho Tutu
Mairead Maguire
Betty Williams
Jody Williams


In this inspiring dialogue Four Nobel Laureates(The Dalai Lama, Mairead Maguire, Betty Williams and Jody Williams) discussed their motivations and own experiences of connecting for change. They shared their perspectives on our responsability at the present time.

To watch this interesting discussion follow the link below:

http://watch.ctv.ca/the-2009-peace-summit/vancouver/2009-peace-summit---vancouver---sunday-september-27th-2009/

World Peace through Personal Peace

The first of the dialogues, World Peace through Personal Peace that took place in The Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education during the 2009 Peace Summit in Vancouver, Canada.

An intimate and personal discussion with the Dalai Lama and other respected leaders from across the globe who have inspired societal change through their personal endeavors.
Their thoughts about how personal peace shapes people behaviour and believes and can help us work towards building a peaceful world.

The Panel discussion was moderated by Sir Ken Robinson
Session participants:
The Dalai Lama, Mpho Tutu, Eckhart Tolle, Pierre Omidyar and Matthieu Ricard.

Watch this inspiring video of how to achieve world peace through personal peace.
http://watch.ctv.ca/the-2009-peace-summit/vancouver/2009-peace-summit---vancouver---sunday-september-27th-2009/

Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education

The Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, Canada, that educates through creative learning, facilitating and applying research, and connecting people and ideas.
Founded in 2005 by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Victor Chan, the center embodies his Holiness´ lifelong commitment to compassion and inner well-being.

"Educating the heart" is the Center´s tag line.
By bringing peace into our own lives, the center will help to bring peace into the world.

The Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education hosted the "Vancouver Peace Summit"that took place on Sept 27-29, 2009 and was built on four dialogues:
World Peace through Personal Peace, Nobel Laureautes in Dialogue: Connecting for Peace,Educating the heart and Women, and Peace-building.

In this global peace summit, five Nobel Laureate participated and many more world-renowned thinkers and leaders in social transformation went to Vancouver to talk about creating a more compassionate and peaceful world.
We will share videos and information about this sessions in the following days.

www.dalailamacenter.org

World Peace Festival in Berlin

World Peace Festival is an ongoing world peace initiative that builds sustainable communities. Tom Oliver the creator of this fesival wants to establish a genuine state of global peace and inspire and empower people to be more at peace with themselves, others and their environment.
The World Peace Festival will include interesting seminars, workshops, cultural exhibitions, sports, art and music events. The Festival will take place in Berlin in August 26-28,2011.

Jeanette Ohlsson had the opportunity to meet Tom Oliver. Listen to this interesting interview.