Planet Earth and Biology cannot any longer in a sustainable manner carry the Human
Race at its present speed and greed. Soil, Water, Air and Energy resources, the
four basic shapes of Nature, the prerequisites for Life, are all negatively influenced
by Man’s behaviour and thus at risk for irreversible degradation.
Reactions to this scenario are heard world-wide, and efforts to find solutions in
a direction of Sustainability are worked on by governmental, intergovernmental,
nongovernmental institutions and organisations as well as within the private sector.
Two such efforts are the UNESCO ASPnet initiative founded in 1953 and today embracing
around 8000 schools in 177 countries, and the younger Life-Link Friendship-Schools
Program founded in
Sweden1987 and used by 550 schools in 80 countries.
Networking and partnership between schools in different countries, and across national
and cultural borders, could be a starting point for necessary international dialogue
and confidence building. Youth, parents and educators at schools are urged to undertake
small practical lectures, “caring and sharing peace actions” locally at and around
their schools, that will as an ultimate goal to protect our common “living-room”
Planet Earth.