by Susan | May 22, 2017 | Monuments
Breathing is a memorial sculpture situated on the roof of the Peel Wing of BBC Broadcasting House, in London. The sculpture commemorates journalists and associated staff who have been killed while carrying out their work. It consists of a 10-metre high glass and steel...
by Susan | Jan 2, 2017 | Monuments
“The Caller” is in the middle of Straße des 17. Juni, facing the Brandenburg Gate. A quotation from the Italian poet Francesco Petrarch is inscribed on the base: “I wander through the world and cry ‘Peace, Peace, Peace.’ This bronze sculpture is 3...
by Susan | Nov 6, 2016 | peacemaker birthdays
November 9, 1877 Muhammad Iqbal “It is true that we are made of dust. And the world is also made of dust. But the dust has motes rising.” November 9, 1938 Yvon Chouinard “The more you know, the less you need.” November 9, 1960 Krista Tippett...
by Susan | Nov 1, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
November 1, 1990 McDonald’s, under pressure from environmental groups, said it would replace plastic food containers with paper. The switch to post-consumer paper made the company one of the biggest buyers of recycled fiber, an important contribution to the growth of...
by Susan | Oct 31, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
October 31, 1687 According to the legend of the Charter Oak, Joseph Wadsworth spirited the Royal Charter of 1662 out of Sanford’s Tavern and the clutches of Sir Edmund Andros, ran across the bridge over the Little River, and deposited it in the hollow of an ancient...
