ABSTRACT
Since the inaugural issue of the Journal of Peace Education of in 2004, a handful of articles and editorials on peace education theory have emerged (Harris 2004; Synott 2005; Danesh 2006). However, they lack critical dimensions of how power operates in and between cultural groups and between human beings and the planet. Based on present and future environmental circumstances such as climate change and human population growth, a critical eye on power dynamics and place-based violence needs guide in the field of peace education, if it will remain responsive and relevant to the messy problems of the concrete and dirt world of communities that we inhabit. This article offers a simple suggestion; analysis of situated power dynamics and violence can lead toward peaceful solutions aligned with ideals of social, economic, and environmental sustainability.
