Keys to Global Peace: Non Violent Conflict Resolution and Sustainable Development Learning…

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This course will cover various approaches to building peace and sustainable development around the globe. It will combine lectures by Pace professors, from a variety of different disciplines, and other guest speakers, with class discussion and student service projects. Lecture topics include: building community: the interdependence of peace and sustainable development; nonviolent communication as a peace-building tool around the globe; Peace processes in the middle east; sustainable development in developing countries; The business community and global conflict resolution; The role of the united nations in developing world peace; tools for inner peace: Meditation, contemplation, and journaling; effects of war on children; and collaboration as a method for developing public policy.