Posts by Metta Center

Making a Difference: The Nonviolent Life

Making a Difference: The Nonviolent Life Presented by Richard Deats Nov. 2-4, 2007 Participants will hear stories and struggles of these past decades and how Richard Deats built a peace vocation across racial, international and religious lines. He will share his understanding and experiences of active nonviolence and how it continues to develop, even alongside… read more

Educators for Nonviolence Holds Successful Second Annual Teachers’ Conference

Nearly 100 people came out for the second annual Educators for Nonviolence (EFNV) Teachers’ Conference held at the U.C. Berkeley campus on July 20th and 21st.  The conference included such notable speakers as Dr. Michael Nagler of the Metta Center for Nonviolence Education, Azim Khamisa of the Tariq Khamisa Foundation, Dr. Joseph Marshall of the… read more

Study finds nonviolence more effective than violence

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Maria Stephan of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC) and Erica Chenoweth of the University of Colorado Boulder have discovered remarkable findings in their study of the relative strategic effectiveness of violent and nonviolent asymmetric conflict. Their study of terrorist groups, guerrilla movements, and nonviolent resistance movements found that nonviolent resistance movements have achieved… read more

FOR Delegation “Lifting the Veil” in Iran

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Monday’s talks between the United States and Iran (the first in almost three decades) have been eagerly followed in the international press, touted as a landmark event in the countries’ relations. While certainly a step in the right direction, away from the last year’s ever-increasing tension and military threat, the prospect of real, sustained reconciliation… read more

Educators for Nonviolence Summer Teachers’ Conference!

Educators for Nonviolence, a joint project of the Metta Center and the Dalai Lama Foundation, will host its second annual summer teachers’ conference: “Building a Culture of Nonviolence” July 20th (7:00pm-9:30pm) and July 21st (8:00am-6:00pm) at the University of California, Berkeley Join teachers and educators from across the country to learn how you can manage… read more

On Mother’s Day: What we should learn at our mother’s knee – How to raise keepers of the peace

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On Mother’s Day: What we should learn at our mother’s knee How to raise keepers of the peace Susie Tompkins Buell, Naila Bolus Sunday, May 13, 2007 SFGate A suicide bomber detonates himself in a crowded marketplace in Iraq, killing dozens. Tensions over North Korea’s and Iran’s nuclear programs continue to build, despite protest from… read more

Tip of the Week – Stewardship

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TRY THIS: Practice ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP! Thoreau once wrote: “Humans are part of nature and we function best, as individuals and society, when we are conscious of that fact.” Consider how your choices might change when you think of yourself being in relationship with nature. What gifts do you receive from the natural world? What are… read more

The First Step to Action on Climate Change is Facing Its Reality

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Published on Wednesday, May 2, 2007 by CommonDreams.org by Elizabeth R. Sawin In a past column I have written about a narrow window of opportunity, a period of perhaps as few as ten years within which humanity must make dramatic reductions in worldwide CO2 emissions or run the risk of unleashing dangerous cascades of “runaway”… read more