ABSTRACT
Humanity seems to be in a freefall towards disaster.The ecological fabric of our existence is being torn apart, as the violence of corporate globalization combines with the violence of war on a planetary scale. Alternatives beyond war, nonsustainability and social and economic injustice are becoming a survival imperative. These alternatives need to combine our making peace with the planet and our making peace among people from diverse cultures. One is not possible without the other because the roots of terrorism, violence and war lie in environmental and economic exclusion and the insecurity it generates. People’s security does not lie in larger military budgets, bigger bombs and stronger police states. It lies in ecological and economic, cultural and political security. Rebuilding these multiple securities can recreate peace, justice and sustainability.
