A diverse group of religious and spiritual individuals who are internationally known and respected and who have decided to come together, as the Dalai Lama wrote in a recent letter, "to understand one another and work together so that those of us who profess belief in our respective faiths can work for the common cause of humanity." He added, "I believe that such a joint effort can set the right example for the rest of the world." THE MISSION OF THE PEACE COUNCIL is to demonstrate that peace is possible, and that effective interreligious collaboration to make peace also is possible.
Interfaith education offers the capacity for profound personal and societal growth, which is essential to fostering and sustaining cultures of peace. As a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in Consultative Status with the UN Economic and Social Council, the TOU is an active player in the NGO community working on the inside of the United Nations.
Online and grassroots non-profit 501(c)3 public interest organization campaigning for health, justice, and sustainability. The OCA deals with crucial issues of food safety, industrial agriculture, genetic engineering, children's health, corporate accountability, Fair Trade, environmental sustainability and other key topics.
A nonprofit organization that promotes preventive medicine, conducts clinical research, and encourages higher standards for ethics and effectiveness in research. The leading killers in the Western world—heart disease, cancer, and stroke—can often be prevented—and even treated—with dietary and lifestyle measures. PCRM resources help both medical professionals and laypeople put powerful preventive medicine to work.
Strong advocate for nutrition and health, food safety, alcohol policy, and sound science. Leading the efforts to win passage of laws that require Nutrition Facts on packaged foods (and, later, to include trans fat on those labels), define the term “organic” for foods, and put warning notices on alcoholic beverages. Spurred new policies in some cities and states to remove soda and junk foods from schools. Its award-winning newsletter, Nutrition Action Healthletter, with some 900,000 subscribers in the United States and Canada, is the largest-circulation health newsletter in North America.
Earth Island Institute (EII), founded in 1982 by veteran environmentalist David Brower, fosters the efforts of creative individuals by providing organizational support in developing projects for the conservation, preservation, and restoration of the global environment.
The Chez Panisse Foundation seeks to change the way children eat. Rather than tell them what not to eat, they want to bring them into a new relationship with food. When children grow and prepare fresh, healthly food themselves, every day, they choose nourishing means and learn responsibilities and values.
Part 1: The Edible Schoolyard Part 2: The School Lunch Initiative Part 3: Program Replication
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