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• Sustainability: Learning for Empowerment
• Learning to Open Our Minds An interview with Kartikeya Sarabhai
• The Flowering of Ordinary Possibilities: Humanistic Education and Sustainability Today By Connie Lasher
• Environmental Education Toward a Well-Prepared World An interview with Pam Puntenney
• Bringing the Earth Charter to Life By Cardiela Amézcua Luna
• A Growing Relationship An interview with Arthur Potts Dawson
• Protecting Our Future
• Youth Power and the Climate Crisis By Ellen Sandell
• Learn, Reflect, Empower: SGI and Education for Sustainable Development By Nobuyuki Asai
• Nurturing Seeds of Hope in the Amazon By Celso Hama, Vice General Director, Brazil SGI Association

• Developing Creativity
• The Creative Struggle By Julie Burstein
• Grassroots Innovation An interview with Anil Gupta
• The Flowering of Creative Life Force By Daisaku Ikeda
• Adventures on the Golden Mean An interview with Wayne Shorter
• Natural Inspiration An interview with Yuki Iwanaga
• Creating Value By Jason Goulah
• Are You Part of the Developing World? By Fredrik Härén
• The Energy of Human Renaissance

• Human Rights Education Today
• An Education in Human Rights By Andrew Fagan
• Preparation for a Responsible Life By Nancy Flowers
• Building Peaceful Communities By Sarah Motha
• Responsive Policing Services By Scott Davis
• The Bodhisattva Ideal and Human Rights Culture By Daisaku Ikeda
• A Legacy of Human Transformation A dialogue between Austregésilo de Athayde and Daisaku Ikeda
• Religion and Human Rights Education By Peter Prove
• The United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training An interview with Marcia V. J. Kran
• The Empowerment of Individuals An interview with Kazunari Fujii
• Strive by Teaching and Education to Promote Respect for These Rights By Charlie Clements

• Finding Freedom
• Faith in Freedom By Stein Ringen
• The Enduring Fact of Slavery By Tina Davis
• Tina Frundt: A Survivor's Story By Kate Rosin
• A Journey of Song An interview with Tu Nokwe
• Ways Out of Poverty An interview with Mary Ann Guzman
• What Is Freedom?
• My Kidnap Ordeal By Alan Johnston

• On Communication
• Nonviolent Communication: Mutual Giving from the Heart An interview with Myra Walden
• How Digital Media Can Help Make Peace By Patrick Towell
• Social Media in Armenia-Azerbaijan Peacebuilding By Onnik Krikorian
• Learning to Be Different From an interview with Natasha Richardson
• Buddhism and Communication From the Editor
• Evolving Consensus Through Dialogue An interview with Virginia Benson
• The Media in War and Peace: An Agenda for Thought, Reflection and Action By Dov Shinar
• Intercultural Communication: Challenges and Pitfalls By Edith Sizoo
• The Human Connection An interview with Sarah Wider

• Women Building Peace -- Jan. 2011 issue
• Promoting Women's Participation: How Women Are Building Peace By Kavitha Suthanthiraraj
• Being at the Table Interview with Carolyn McAskie
• Unleashing the Power of Women Interview with Leymah Gbowee
• Women at the Center of Peace: UN Security Council Resolution 1324 By Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury
• An Action Plan for the Philippines By Jasmin Nario-Galace
• The Courage of Conviction A Dialogue Between Daisaku Ikeda and Betty Williams
• Making Peace Cultures Happen A Dialogue Between Daisaku Ikeda and Elise Boulding
• Restoring Peace in Mt. Elgon By Selline Korir
• Striking a Balance Interview with Marianne Borgen
• Building Cultures of Peace Women from various cultures and faiths reflect on peace

• A New Era of Nuclear Abolition -- Oct. 2010 issue
• Taking Responsibility for Future Generations By Christopher Weeramantry
• The Health and Environmental Effects of Nuclear Weapons By Tilman Ruff
• A Green Light for a Nuclear Weapons Convention By Rebecca Johnson
• The Nuclear Taboo Interview with Nina Tannenwald
• Human Security and Nuclear Disarmament By Ray Acheson
• Building Global Solidarity Toward a Nuclear-Free World By Kimiaki Kawai
• SGI Youth Initiatives for Nuclear Abolition Interview with Takahisa Miyao and Kenji Shiratsuchi
• Nuclear Abolition Facts and Figures
• A Timeline of Events in the Nuclear Age
• Hiroshima and Nagasaki Survivors Speak Out

• Religion and Ecology -- Jul. 2010 issue
• The Alliance of World Religions and Ecology By Mary Evelyn Tucker
• Restoring Compassion Interview with Rabbi Awraham Soetendorp
• Transforming the Land Interview with Dr. A. T. Ariyaratne
• Life and the Environment: A Buddhist Perspective By Daisaku Ikeda
• A Panoramic Vision of the World Interview with Patriarch Bartholomew
• Hindu Ecology By Makarand R. Paranjape
• Evangelicals and the Environment Interview with Rev. Richard Cizik
• Reviving Traditions of Stewardship Interview with Fazlun Khalid

• Living Oceans
• The Embracing Sea By Fabien Cousteau
• World Ocean Facts
• Fishing for the Future Interview with Carl Safina
• A Census of Ocean Life On the Difficulty and Joy of Seeing What Is Near and Far
  By Jesse H. Ausubel
• Mountains of the Deep From an interview with Karen Stocks
• The Oceans and Human Life By Shoji Saito
• Building a Bridge Traditional Knowledge and Bioresource Management in Lakshadweep
  By Anitha Sharma
• Alone with the Sea From an interview with Roz Savage
• If You Go Down to the Beach Today Interview with Edo Heinrich-Sanchez

• Mentoring: A Path of Growth
• Imagining Mentoring By Alan Mandell and Lee Herman
• Opening New Horizons Interview with Tara June Winch
• Youth Mentoring: An Idea Whose Time Has Come By Susan G. Weinberger
• Sharing the Tradition Interview with David Williams and Stephen Byrne
• Finding Your Unique Voice Interview with Abdullah Ibrahim
• A Guiding Hand From an Interview with Alphege Bell
• A Person of Great Character Interview with Mikhail Leontyev
• Tolstoy and Gandhi's Law of Love By Thomas Weber
• Sharing the Tradition Interview with David Williams and Stephen Byrne
• Imagining Mentoring By Alan Mandell and Lee Herman

• The Passion and Energy of Youth
• Living Your Commitment A Discussion with Kimmie Weeks
• An Active Profile Interview with Melanie Poole
• Making a Difference From an Interview with Tanawat Phaovibul
• Intergenerational Partnership for Sustainability By Dominic Stucker
• Prioritizing Climate Awareness By Ssekika Edward
• Colombia, Witness to Climate Change By Maria C. Valencia
• The Other Person's Point of View
• Blogging for a Change From a Discussion with Mona Eltahawy
• New Perspectives From an Interview with Tian Yuan

• The Life of Food
• Rethinking Food Interview with Carlo Petrini
• Seeing Hunger Through New Eyes By Frances Moore Lappé
• On the Ground in Africa From an interview with Ibrahima Coulibaly
• Saving Seeds, Feeding the Future Interview with Vandana Shiva
• An Evergreen Revolution Interview with M. S. Swaminathan
• From Industrial Agriculture to Community Culture Interview with Grazia Mammuccini
• Personal Reflections from Darfur By Margie Buchanan-Smith

• The Arctic and Its Future
• Managing the Arctic Interview with David Leary
• A Changing Climate By Susan Joy Hassol and Robert W. Corell
• The Arctic: Indicator of Global Change By Patricia Cochran
• Toward a Nuclear-Free Arctic By Adele Buckley
• Facing a New Future
• Reality Check
• Bringing Connectivity to the Top of the World By Carolyn Sloan
• "The Prize of the Centuries": The Centennial of the Discovery of the North Pole

• Parents and Children
• Parenting Across Cultures By Sara Harkness and Charles M. Super
• Advice to Parents By Christina Hardyment
• Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves Interview with Naomi Aldort
• Becoming a Parent
• Happy Places By John Guzlowski
• A Woman of Few Words By Daisaku Ikeda
• The Angle of the Gaze By Gabeba Baderoon
• Stay-at-home Fatherhood By David Neiwert
• Young People's Perspectives on Parents

• Dignity for All: Building a Culture of Human Rights
• Dream Your Dreams Interview with Desmond Tutu
• Our Common Humanity By Ishmael Beah
• The Essence of Human Rights A Discussion Between SGI President Ikeda and Youth Representatives
• A Window on the Future Youth Perspectives on Human Rights
• A Means to an End Interview with Brad Adams
• Paving a Way to Dignity From an interview with Khadija Al-Salami
• Hope in the Future By Shantha Sinha
• Human Rights and Education By Elena Ippoliti
• Promoting Human Rights: SGI's Efforts By Kazunari Fujii
• About the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

• Water Matters
• When Rivers Run Dry By Fred Pearce
• Water and Sanitation Facts and Figures
• In Times of Crisis By Andy Bastable
• A Treacherous Trek to the Crater's Edge By Sarah Stuteville
• Saving Rain A profile of Jesús León Santos
• Water--At Much More Than a Turn of the Tap By Zofeen Ebrahim
• Putting Recycling into the Water Cycle By Jenifer Simpson
• Water and Gardens in Islamic Desert Culture From an interview with Penelope Hobhouse
• The Gardens of Marrakech Interview with Mohammed El Faïz
• Water Revives a Village By Ajeet Oak

• Imperatives for Cooperation By Sai Felicia Krishna-Hensel
• The Cooperation Revolution By Howard Rheingold
• Between Denial and Despair: Communities Cooperating to Solve Climate Change By Robin Oakley
• The Imam and the Pastor: Cooperating for Peace Interview with Imam Muhammad Ashafa and Pastor James Wuye
• Creating Change in the System Interview with William Reckmeyer
• It Doesn't Have to Be That Way Interview with Betty Reardon
• Small Victories By Jan Øberg
• Juggling and the Kashmir-Jammu Conflict By Alyn Ware
• The EU, a Model of Cooperation By Etienne Reuter
• Believing in Change By Robert Muller
• When Discord Becomes Solidarity By Merlys Mosquera Chamat

• The Poetic Heart: Connecting Humanity
• Poetry in the Air Interview with Sarah Wider
• Restoring Our Connections By Daisaku Ikeda
• The Rose and the Nightingale: The role of poetry in Persian culture By Dr. Hossein Elahi Ghomshei
• So Much to Say, So Much to Do By Hector Verdugo
• The Light of the Poetic Spirit By Mbuyiseni Oswald Mtshali
• Poetry, Flame of Hope By Thiago de Mello
• When I Walk By Eleanor Margolies
• Old English Poetry By Paul Bibire

• The Search for Meaning: Creative Responses to Depression
• Understanding Depression Interview with Gordon Parker
• Philosophy and Depression By Tim Ruggiero
• Seeking Happiness, Finding Depression By John F. Schumaker
• Being Creative About Your Blues By Greg Johns
• Coming Through the Darkness An Experience of Friendship
• Choosing a Life Apart By Michael Zielenziger
• The Power of Polyphony By Ali Bailey
• Creative Transformations By Maxine Hong Kingston

• Toward a World Free of Nuclear Weapons
• Hope for a Nuclear Thaw Interview with Jayantha Dhanapala
• Why I Oppose Nuclear Weapons By David Krieger
• The Nuclear Threat By Mikhail Gorbachev
• Confronting a Common Threat By Sam Nunn
• The Human Factor--Revising Einstein By Alyn Ware
• The Power of Youth Interview with Julia Kramer from the BANg Nuclear Disarmament Network
• Speaking Out for Life Interview with Dr. Helen Caldicott
• Tapping a Power for Peace Interview with Angie Zelter
• Nuclear Facts
• SGI's Antinuclear Activities

• Creating Humane and Sustainable Cities
• Cities for People By Lester Brown
• Return to a Walkable City By Andy Kunz
• The Human Face of Slums Interview with Robert Neuwirth
• The People's Agenda By Cintia Okamura
• Uniting for Change Interview with Jockin Arputham
• A Patch of Green Earth Lydia Lobenthal talks to Felicia Young
• Dramatic Connections By Ali Bailey

• The Possibilities of Dialogue
• Dialogue--A Good Conversation Interview with Robert Anderson
• Toward a Dialogical Civilization A Dialogue Between SGI President Daisaku Ikeda and Professor Tu Weiming
• Talanoa--Talking from the Heart Interview with Dr. Sitiveni Halapua
• Listening to Understand By Katarina Kruhonja
• The Dialogue Experiment By John Briggs and F. David Peat
• Two Worlds Under One Roof Interview with Dugan Romano
• Not So Great Expectations By Emma Cranidge

• Better Business
• Creative Business By Dylan Scudder
• Business as a Human Community Interview with Peter Senge
• The Business of Peace By Jane Nelson
• Responsible Investment By Nathan Foley-Mendelssohn
• Seeing the Links By Philippa Moore
• How Much Is a Cup of Coffee? Interview with Ashenafi Argaw
• Small and Beautiful By Grzegorz Galusek

• Sport and Society
• Sport and War: Combative Societies and Combative Sports By J. A. Mangan
• The Chipping Effect By Dan Doyle
• It Isn't Just a Game By James C. McKinley, Jr.
• Mirror of the Heart By Kouichi Oguruma
• "I Have Lost My Sight but I Have Not Lost My Vision" Interview with Henry Wanyoike
• Sport and Development By Amir A. Dossal
• Right To Play in Pakistan By Farah Malik
• Football--the New Religion? By Eddy Canfor-Dumas
• Humane Modes of Competition By Andrew Gebert

• Strengthening Our Connections -- A New Look at Life
• Global Family: The True Evolutionary Mandate of Globalization By Elisabet Sahtouris
• A Model of Social Cooperation By Eshel Ben Jacob, Yakir Aharonov and Yoash Shapira
• Exquisite Beauty Interview with Alastair Fothergill
• Healing the Split Between Planet and Self By Deborah Du Nann Winter
• Our Way Is Respect Interview with Henriette Rasmussen
• Toward a New Way of Being By Daisaku Ikeda
• Interacting with the Earth By Tsunesaburo Makiguchi （ 1871-1944 ）
• A Closer Look at Life

• Creating Hope
• Approaching Hope By C. R. Snyder
• "Hope Is Not for Wimps" By Frances Moore Lappé
• Publish Your Life By Jonathan Morgan
• Hero Books
• Victoria's Story
• Culture: Reviving Hope By Proeung Chhieng
• Cambodian Culture Reborn: My Story By Em Theay
• Making Hope By Daisaku Ikeda
• Hope for Human Nature By Hazel Henderson
• Hope During Crisis By Ziyad Alawneh

• The UN: Past, Present, Future
• The Relevance of the UN in Its 60th Year By Shashi Tharoor
• A Time of Hope
  Conversations with Early Staffers of the UN By Andrew Gebert
• Adding History to the Debate: A Proposal for UN Security Council Reform By Jean Krasno
• An Overview of the UN
• A Working Partnership--The UN and Civil Society Interview with Gillian Sorensen
• Faith in the Future--the Role of the UN Religious Community By Hiro Sakurai
• On the Ground with the UN By Shohrat A. Orazov
• Delegates for a Day By Jan Fredrickson
• A Vision for the Earth Interview with Robert Muller
• Youth Voices

• Our Diverse Capacities: A Buddhist Perspective
• The Tyranny of "Normalcy" By Lennard J. Davis
• Disability and the Developing World By Khalfan H. Khalfan
• Women's Issues By Dinah Radtke
• Exploring the Neurodiversity Spectrum An interview with Valerie Paradiž and Elijah Wapner
• The New Genetics By Bill Albert
• Dispensing Disability Awareness By Jeremy Opperman
• Designed for Life By Patricia Moore
• Changing Attitudes in China By Li Li

• Nonviolence In Practice
• The Character of Nonviolence By Stuart Rees
• Definitions of Nonviolence
• A Strong Spirit An Interview with Mariane Pearl
• The Salt March--Gandhi's and My Own By Jan Øberg
• Training for Transformation By Betsy Raasch-Gilman
• A Way of Life By Di McDonald
• Nonviolent Cyber-activism By Felix Brann
• Nonviolence Education for Youth By Jill Strauss
• Toward a New Era of Dialogue: Humanism Explored By Daisaku Ikeda, SGI President

• Healing the Africa in Us By Ben Okri
• Shaping a New Future for Africa By H.E. Alpha Oumar Konare
• Women and Development in Africa By Ifi Amadiume
• Looking to Africa By Akio Nishiura
• MDG Success in Rural Mali By Almahady Moustapha Cissé
• Building Technological Bridges in Africa By Uwem Robert Otu
• Africa 2005 By Henri Epessé
• The African Renaissance

• The UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development By Richard Clugston
• ESD or the Commercial Imperative? By Anastasia Nikolopoulou
• Owning the Future By Hamish Aitchison
• A Decade of Opportunity By Daniella Tilbury and Dimity Podger
• Learning for Sustainability By Ben Hren
• Conceptualizing ESD By Michael Scoullos
• The Philippines Experience By Angelina Galang
• Roots & Shoots By Jackie Conciatore
• SUA and the Challenge of ESD By Jay Heffron and Alain Vizier

• Music and Mediation By Kjell Skyllstad
• Azra: Linked by Music By Svanibor Pettan
• Transformative Power Interview with Youssou N'Dour
• The Spirit of Fès By Zeyba Rahman
• Music and the TRANSCEND Method By Olivier Urbain
• Finding Peace of Mind Interview with Billy Bang
• Rocking Behind the Iron Curtain By András Simonyi
• Sounds of the Silk Road

• Matters of Life and Death
• Living and Dying with Dignity: A Buddhist View By Yoichi Kawada
• A Christian Perspective By Peter Sellick
• Jewish Bioethics By Gary Goldsand, Zahava R. S. Rosenberg and Michael Gordon
• An lslamic Perspective By Anwar Nasim

• Friendship--An Introduction
• Friendship as a Source of Social Change By Rebecca G. Adams
• Facilitating Friendly Workplaces By Kathleen Kevany, University of Western Ontario
• Can Nations Be Friends? By Joseph V. Montville
• Thoughts on Friendship By Daisaku Ikeda
• Building Friendship: The Friendship Village, Israel By Jonatan Peled
• Creating a Strong Community By Sandra Nahornoff
• People-to-People Links By Fan Li

• When People Cross Borders
• On the Move By Jean-Philippe Chauzy
• Longing for Home An interview with Ruud Lubbers
• Assisting Asylum-Seekers By Robert Harrap
• Trafficking on the Rise By Jean-Philippe Chauzy
• Worse than a Nightmare By Stella Enachii
• Waves of Change in Hawai`i By Eric Ishiwata
• Nomadic Peoples, Migration and Biodiversity By Dawn Chatty

• Human Security Now Interview with Amartya Sen
• Protection and Empowerment: From the Report of the Commission on Human Security
• Making Democracy Work for the People By Fidel V. Ramos
• Toward a Secure Globalization By Ira Rifkin
• No Borders: Global Citizenship in the 21st Century By Hamid Shirvani

• Peace Stories
• Peace is Possible By David Krieger
• A Turning Point By Elise Boulding
• Building Bridges By Khaled Hawary
• Across the Ethnic Divide By Jessica Nkuuhe
• A "Cold" Peace in Abkhazia By Natella Akaba
• A Moment of Nonviolence By Rajmohan Ramanathapillai
• Eco-Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth By Lester Brown
• The International Criminal Court--Hope for the Victims By Ilaria Bottigliero
• Looking for Hope By Daisaku Ikeda

• Literacy--Renewing the Challenge
• Questioning the ABC's of Women's Literacy By Anna Robinson-Pant
• Overcoming the Challenge By Raymond Roy
• Indigenous Knowledge Systems: An Invisible Resource in Literacy Education By Catherine Odora Hoppers
• The SGI-Brazil Literacy Program: Helping People to Help Themselves By Yaeko Hanayama
• Science and Achieving the Goal of a Hunger-free World By M. S. Swaminathan
• Crisis Response Interview with Carolyn McAskie

• Protecting Children from War
• Protecting the Least Protected Interview with Olara Otunnu
• Focus on Sierra Leone
• A Girl in the Battlefield By China Keitetsi, former child soldier
• Life as a Refugee By Mukhtar Mohamed
• The Reality of Debt Relief By Zie Gariyo and Esther Banyenzaki of the Uganda Debt Network

• Creating a World Fit for Children Interview with Kul Chandra Gautam
• Global Education for Peace By Michael Nobel
• Nonviolence in Practice By Arun Gandhi
• Nonviolent Approaches to Protecting Community Resources in Cambodia By Judy Saumweber
• Bringing Human Rights to Life By Godelieve Cooymans, SGI-Italy

• Life on Earth: Taking Constructive Action to Secure Our Future By Fayen d'Evie
• Cities and Sustainable Development By David Satterthwaite
• Building Natural Assets By Sunita Narain
• Successful Dialogue By Joan Anderson, SGI Office of Public Information
• On the Ground with UNMEE By Lydia Lobenthal

• The Way Forward
• Searching for Appropriate Responses By Majid Tehranian
• Revealing Our Interconnectedness By Judith Large
• A Systemic Analysis of Security By Helmut Burkhardt
• Dialogue of Civilizations: Efforts Beyond the Self in World Religions By Nur Yalman
• The Necessary Action By Kai Frithjof Brand-Jacobsen
• An Essay By Patricia Lomden
• Managing the World's Oceans By Hari Srinivas
• Water Blindness By Melanie L. J. Stiassny

• Faith, Reason, Gender By Margaret Wertheim
• Conflict Mitigation: Lessons and Challenges By Jan Øberg
• Freedom and Diversity By Ken Saragosa, SGI-USA
• The International Year of Volunteers 2001: Helping to Build Cohesive Societies By Natasha Mistry
• SGI: The Challenges Ahead Interview with Karel Dobbelaere

• Inclusive Development in an Aging World By Sylvia Beales and Sarah Graham-Brown
• Peace by Peaceful Means--Plans for a Global Nonviolent Peace Force By David Hartsough and Mel Duncan
• The Longest Distance His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan bin Talal
• Realizing Human and Ecological Security By Maximo Kalaw

• The Art of Life Interview with Herbie Hancock
• Our Richest Language By Paul Robertson
• The Spirit of the Century: One Human Family By Mary Robinson
• Education as Transformation By Victor Kazanjian

• The Human Condition at the Dawn of the 21st Century By Fritjof Capra
• Poverty and Development: An Interfaith Perspective The World Faiths Development Dialogue
• The Refugee Perspective: Freedom Isn't Free An Interview with Nejat Shanino

• Bridging the Digital Divide
• Falling Through the Net By Don Richardson
• Access for All By Susan Walters
• Weaving a Web of Support By Charles Brennick
• Her War Story: Twentieth Century Women Write About War By Sayre P. Sheldon
• The Price of Life By Justice Edwin Cameron
• Venezuela: Fighting for the Right to Medical Treatment By Edgar Carrasco

• Women's Health: Key to a Better World By Gro Harlem Brundtland
• Reconciliation--Beyond the Power Paradigm By Mary Bigley
• Corporate Citizenship in the 21st Century By Anita Roddick
• Debt Cancellation: A Moral and Economic Imperative Interview with Jeffrey Sachs

• Working Children--Hopes and Realities By Edelweiss Silan
• The Children's Voices
• The Deeper Meaning of Hiroshima By John D. Montgomery
• Sustainable Development and the Earth Charter By Maximo Kalaw
• Parliament of the World's Religions--Discovering New Ways of Life By Anthony George

• Preventing Conflicts: Exploring the Alternatives Interview with Dr. Randall Forsberg
• The Renewal of Humanitarianism By Jim Whitman
• Partnerships for Peacebuilding: Canadian NGO-Government Relations By Janet Durno
• Women and a Culture of Peace By Joan Anderson
• Refugee Survey Team Visits Kosovo and Western Tanzania

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