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Club of Budapest
The philosophy of this international foundation is based on the realization that the enormous challenges that humanity is currently facing can only be overcome through the development of a global cultural consciousness.

Education for a Culture of Peace
Founded by UNESCO mandate in order to "build peace in the minds of men," this organization has developed standard-setting instruments, declarations and action plans which are widely accepted by the international community and provide basic framework for promoting the concept of education for a culture of peace world-wide.

Gladwell.com
Malcolm Gladwell's website discusses his writing, including The Tipping Point, a book that presents a new way of understanding why change so often happens as quickly and as unexpectedly as it does.

Global Intelligence
"The Global Intelligencer" is an online monthly that explores individual, social, and global transformation on a grand scale.

iEARN – USA
Member of iEARN (International Education and Resource Network), the world's largest K-12 non-profit global network that enables young people to use the Internet and other new technologies to engage in collaborative educational projects that both enhance learning and make a difference in the world.

USA Freedom Corps Education
Established to build on the countless acts of service, sacrifice, and generosity that followed September the 11, 2001, this is a volunteer organization that encourages individuals, organziation and companies to perform public service and serve social well-being and education.

An Inconvenient Truth
Al Gore's Academy Award winning pro-active documentary about the consequential impact of the global climate crisis and what can be done about it.

Nonviolent Peaceforce
A nonpartisan unarmed peacekeeping force composed of trained civilians from 60 member organisations from five continents and over 100 supporting organisations. Its members apply proven nonviolent strategies to protect human rights, deter violence, and help create space for local peacemakers to carry out their work.

Paul Collier Home Page
The Oxford professor's works provide a persuasive and important challenge to current thinking with respect to the relationships between politics and economic development for the poorer nations of the world.

Peace Corps
Since its beginnings in 1960 when Senator John F. Kennedy challenged students to make a real difference in the world, more than 187,000 Peace Corps Volunteers have been invited by 139 host countries to work on issues ranging from AIDS education to information technology and environmental preservation.

Peaceful Societies
Offering a tremendous amount of literature, social writing and information about peaceful societies and alternatives to violence and war.

Praxis Peace Institute
An international organization dedicated to studying and promoting every element of world culture that can lead to a more peaceful world and more peaceful solutions for humankind.