100 Ideas for Creating a More Peaceful World

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• Be generous with your smiles.

• Be kind.

• Respect the Earth.

• Walk in a forest.

• Plant a tree.

• Contemplate a mountain.

• Protect the Earth.

• Live simply.

• Help feed the hungry.

• Erase a border in your mind.

• Teach peace to children.

• Read Chief Seattle's Letter to the President.

• Be honest.

• Demand honesty from your government.

• Think about consequences.

• Commit yourself to nonviolence.

• Support nonviolent solutions to global problems.

• Speak up for a healthy planet.

• Demand reductions in military expenditures.

• Be fair.

• Pledge allegiance to the Earth and to its varied life forms.

• Think for yourself.

• Ask questions.

• Recognize your unique potential.

• Join an organization working for peace.

• Be less materialistic.

• Be more loving.

• Empower others to work for peace.

• Oppose all weapons of mass destruction.

• Support equality.

• Speak out for a nuclear weapons-free world.

• Support a Department of Peace.

• Listen to your heart.

• Help the poor.

• Fight against militarism.

• Study the lives of peace heroes.

• Help create a community peace park or garden.

• Commemorate the International Day of Peace.

• Help strengthen the United Nations.

• Support the International Criminal Court.

• Read the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

• Advance the rights of future generations.

• Be a voice for the voiceless.

• Join an action alert network.

• Be forgiving.

• Laugh more.

• Play with a child.

• Support education and the arts over weapons.

• Help educate the next generation to be compassionate.

• Take personal responsibility for creating a better world.

• Sing.

• Write a poem.

• Organize a church service on the theme of peace.

• Learn about another culture.

• Help someone.

• Support the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).

• Oppose the arms trade.

• Clear your mind.

• Breathe deeply.

• Sip tea.

• Express your views on peace to government officials.

• Fight for the environment.

• Celebrate Earth Day.

• Think like an astronaut, recognizing that we have only one Earth.

• Be constructive.

• Let someone else go first.

• Plant seeds of peace.

• Work in a garden.

• Change a potential enemy into a friend.

• Be positive.

• Share.

• Be a good neighbor.

• Send a note of appreciation.

• Tell your friends how much they matter.

• Say "I love you" more.

• Don't tolerate prejudice.

• Demand more from your elected officials.

• Walk by the ocean, a river, or a lake.

• Recognize that all humans have the right to peace.

• Respect the dignity of each person.

• Be a leader in the struggle for human decency.

• Be a friend.

• Send sunflowers to world leaders, and call for a world free of

nuclear weapons.

• Oppose technologies that harm the environment.

• Lose an argument to a loved one.

• Value diversity.

• Walk softly on the Earth.

• Appreciate the power of the sun.

• Speak out for global disarmament.

• Support a democratic order.

• Teach non-violence by example.

• Remember that "No man is an Island."

• Spend time in nature.

• Boycott war toys.

• Be thankful for the miracle of life.

• Seek harmony with nature.

• Remind your leaders that peace matters.

• Oppose violence in television programming for children.

• Listen to Beethoven's Ode to Joy.

• Celebrate peace.