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Be generous with your smiles. 2. Commit daily acts of kindness. 3. Respect
the Earth. 4. Walk in a forest. 5. Plant a tree. 6. Contemplate a mountain.
7. Don't pollute. 8. Live simply. 9. Skip a meal each week, and send $5.00
to an organization helping the hungry. 10. Erase a border in your mind.
11. Teach peace to children. 12. Read Chief Seattle's Letter to the President.
13. Be honest. 14. Demand honesty from your government. 15. Think about
consequences. 16. Commit yourself to nonviolence. 17. Support nonviolent
solutions to global problems. 18. Speak up for a healthy planet. 19. Demand
reductions in military expenditures. 20. Be fair. 21. Pledge allegiance
to the Earth and to its varied life forms. 22. Think for yourself. 23.
Ask questions. 24. Recognize your unique potential. 25. Join an organization
working for peace. 26. Be less materialistic. 27. Be more loving. 28.
Support an Arms Trade Code of Conduct. 29. Oppose all weapons of mass
destruction. 30. Sign the Abolition 2000 International Petition. 31. Work
for an international ban on land mines. 32. Use your special talents for
a more harmonious world. 33. Listen to your heart. 34. Help the poor.
35. Fight against militarism. 36. Study the lives of peace heroes. 37.
Help create a community peace park or garden. 38. Commemorate the International
Day of Peace in your community (the third Tuesday in September). 39. Help
strengthen the United Nations. 40. Support the creation of an International
Court to hold individual leaders accountable for crimes against peace,
crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide. 41. Read the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, and demand that your government live by it.
42. Be aware of the rights of future generations. Sign the Cousteau Society
Bill of Rights for Future Generations. 43. Make decisions as though all
life truly matters. It does! 44. Join an action alert network. 45. Make
your voice heard by speaking out for peace. 46. Laugh more. 47. Play with
a child. 48. Support health, education and the arts over more weapons.
49. Help educate the next generation to be compassionate and responsible.
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Sing. 52. Write a poem. 53. Organize a church service on the theme of
peace. 54. Learn about another culture. 55. Help someone. 56. Support
the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). 57. Climb a mountain. 58. Clear your
mind. 59. Breath deeply. 60. Sip tea. 61. Express your views to government
officials. 62. Fight for the environment. 63. Celebrate Earth Day. 64.
Think like an astronaut, recognizing that we have only one Earth. 65.
Be constructive. 66. Ring a bell for peace. 67. Plant seeds for peace.
68. Work in a garden. 69. Change a potential enemy into a friend. 70.
Watch the movie Amazing Grace and Chuck. 71. Share. 72. Be more peaceful.
73. Send a note of appreciation. 74. Tell your friends how much they matter.
75. Say "I love you" more. 76. Don't tolerate prejudice. 77. Demand more
from your elected officials. 78. Walk by the ocean, a river, or a lake.
79. Recognize that all humans have the right to life. 80. Respect the
dignity of each person. 81. Be a leader in the struggle for human decency.
82. Watch the movie the King of the Hearts. 83. Send sunflowers to world
leaders, and call for a world free of nuclear weapons. 84. Oppose technology
that harms the environment. 85. Lose an argument to a loved one. 86. Read
Hiroshima by John Hersey. 87. Walk softly on the Earth. 88. Appreciate
the power of the sun. 89. Speak out for global disarmament. 90. Support
a stronger world order. 91. Teach non-violence by example. 92. Remember
that "No man is an Island". 93. Spend time in nature. 94. Boycott war
toys. 95. Be thankful for the miracle of life. 96. Read All Quiet on the
Western Front or A Time to Love and a Time to Die by Erich Maria Remarque.
97. Remind your leaders that peace matters. 98. Oppose violence in television
programming for children. 99. Listen to Beethoven's Ode to Joy. 100. Celebrate
peace.
AND YOU CAN CREATE A PEACE GARDEN. |
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