World for our Mokopuna

Around the world, everyone wants the best for their descendants and has a vision of what that might look like. Mine features a peaceful world without poverty or discrimination, where people co-operate to live sustainably and preserve the natural world.

This site aims to share ideas and practical steps to create a world in which everyone’s descendants can thrive. Ideas welcome.

Introduction

I was incredibly heartened to find the personal vision above reflects a much more comprehensive vision adopted by all 193 member countries of the United Nations in September 2015. That vision, together with its goals, targets and practical steps form a resolution described in the Sustainability pages. Those ideas anchor this site.

The preamble to the resolution states:

We are determined to foster peaceful, just and inclusive societies which are free from fear and violence. There can be no sustainable development without peace and no peace without sustainable development.

Questions arise as to how peaceful the world is and whether it is becoming more or less peaceful. The Global Peace Index is a tool especially developed to answer such questions and to analyse the factors underpinning peace. The Global Peace Index is described in the Towards Peace pages.

The third page Readers' Ideas is an opportunity to share ideas from our various situations with a focus on creating a better world for all. Email ideas via the Contact and Links page.

Across the world, kids enjoy cooling off in the water. Wouldn't it be great if they all had the opportunity? Children from New Zealand (top), Pakistan (left) and USA (right). Photos: Administrator (top), Wikimedia Commons (lower). Photos taken 2016/17.