To a New Generation : International Year for Peace & Trust 2025 : Resources & Activities !

 

International Year of Peace and Trust 2025

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“Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.”

Albert Einstein

2025 has been declared by The UN General Assembly (UNGA) the International Year of Peace & Trust.

The resolution calls on the international community to resolve conflicts through inclusive dialogue & negotiation in order to ensure the strengthening of peace & trust in relations between UN member states

Underlines that the International Year of Peace and Trust constitutes a means of mobilizing the efforts of the international community to promote peace and trust among nations based on, inter alia, political dialogue, mutual understanding and cooperation, in order to build sustainable peace, solidarity and harmony.

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• Education:

Just in time  to include the Intl' Year for Peace into school curricula, In a world where wars and violence are all around the world.  

Let's begin in school !!

Schools, teachers, students and parents will have a valuable focal point for their efforts in combating violence in school and worldwide. 

Intl' Day for Peace and Trust wants to decrease hate speech, racism, and values as accepting differences, listening to others, recognize others, respect others.

Living in a peaceful and united way. No more wars, no more hate or intolerance between people, countries.

 

Living Together in Peace is all about :

Accepting differences Listening to others Recognizing others Respecting others Living in a peaceful & united way

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• Activities

I'm sure teachers and schools will organized activities on Intl' Year for Peace and Trust all along school year 2025 that will help raise awareness of Year for Peace and encourage students, parents and all school community to join this aim.

Choose to mark different days and cross-curricular projects along this year, whatever the scale of their activity, their commitment matters. 

Invite your students to create public or private activities related to Peace and Trust inside and oudside the school to help spread the word about the Year of Peace and Trust 2025 and/or attend events in school city.

Make schools exchanges in your country or foreign countries, talking and working together to build future sustainable peace, solidarity and harmony.

• Books suggestions:

Different age and level

Peace

Paul Miranda/ Paul Baptiste

illustration: Estelí Meza

https://www.bookdelivery.com/pt-en/

Synopsis:

"A valuable, necessary lesson that beautifully defines peace for children and their adults."

A stunning and multicultural introduction to the concept of peace for young readers, now available in paperback. Peace is on purpose. Peace is a choice. Peace lets the smallest of us have a voice. From a hello and pronouncing your friend's name correctly to giving more than you take and saying I'm sorry, this simple concept book explores definitions of peace and actions small and big that foster it. 

Award-winning authors, Baptiste Paul and Miranda Paul, have teamed up with illustrator Estelí Meza--winner of the 'A la Orilla del Viento' the premier Picture Book Contest Award in Mexico - to create an inspiring look at things we can all do to bring peace into our lives and world.

Putting Peace First

7 Commitments to Change the World

Eric David Dawson

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/

Using the inspiring stories of real life peacemakers, each chapter highlights a different aspect of peacemaking, from Opening Your Heart to Taking a Stand.

When he was just eighteen, Eric David Dawson co-founded the non-profit Peace First based on the idea that young people can change the world for the better–not someday, but right now. 

Twenty-five years later, Peace First has reached millions worldwide, teaching young people how to become peacemakers and create real change. 

Now, Dawson has written PUTTING PEACE FIRST, the handbook every aspiring peacemaker needs.

Invite your students to Look Inside...

Champions for Peace

Women Winners of  Nobel Peace Prize 

Judith Hicks Stiehm

https://www.amazon.com/

Synopsis:

Only seventeen women have won the Nobel Prize for Peace since it was first awarded in 1901. Hailing from all over the world, some of these women have held graduate degrees, while others barely had access to education. Some began their work young, some late in life. 

In this compelling book, Judith Stiehm narrates these women’s varied lives in fascinating detail. 

The third edition includes the story of Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, the youngest laureate, who won as a teenager in 2014.

I Am Malala

Patricia McCormick

https://www.amazon.com/

Malala Yousafzai was only ten years old when the Taliban took control of her region. They said music was a crime. They said women weren't allowed to go to the market. They said girls couldn't go to school.

Raised in a once-peaceful area of Pakistan transformed by terrorism, Malala was taught to stand up for what she believes. So she fought for her right to be educated. And on October 9, 2012, she nearly lost her life for the cause: She was shot point-blank while riding the bus on her way home from school.

Malala's powerful story will open teens eyes to another world and will make them believe in hope, truth, miracles and the possibility that one person - one young person - can inspire change in her community and beyond.

The Little Book of Peace

World Peace Begins With The Individual

Nola Lucas

https://www.amazon.com/

"The Little Book of Peace" was written in the spirit to inspire peace in the day-to-day life of modern society, with the belief that world peace starts with the individual, based on the philosophy of Nichiren Buddhism.

The Little Book Of Peace is timely and timeless given the ongoing challenges of establishing peace, and honouring the sanctity of human life in today's world.

Note: This book is for any human being from any walk of life, regardless of age, race, gender or nationality; It is firmly rooted in the current reality of our individual day to day living, amongst the challenges of work, family life, maintaining various types of relationships within our individual communities and society at large.

It goes beyond the focus on the self and self happiness and also aims to make an impact on the positive development of the whole of humanity, that begins with the happiness of the self and spreads through our interaction with those who we are intertwined with.

"Someone once said that the Little Book of Peace is "A balm for the soul" however I would also like to think that most importantly, that it is a balm for our shared humanity."

Nola Lucas

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Teachers, it's just a suggestion! You will choose to read these or other books with your students depending of the level or age of them.

It could a big help tp develop the feeling of peace in the world with some of these examples, some of them from children or teens. 

You will complete with activities or cross-curricular different disciplines in school or around with community.

Don't forget the schools exchanges with schools from different countries to think about how you as teachers and students could help finish this feeling of impunity od some countries to other countries. 

Make grew a renew generation to the world!

Some of you think... Well, International Year for Peace and Trust was in 2021. Yes! But the world in 2025 is so dangerous, There is no peace in different countries and they are tormented so many people and the fear of a world war is touching us that the UN decided to repeat the respect for peace with the International Year for Peace and Trust 2025.

Let's develop students and teachers of lots of schools a positive development thought to the whole of humanity to Peace in the world!

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”

Martin Luther King Jr

G-Souto

17.01.2025

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Schools : The International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste : Resources and Activities

 

 International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste

https://www.un.org/

The fifth observance of International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste 2024, last 29 September, had highlight the critical need for financing to bolster efforts to reduce food loss and waste, contribute to achieving climate goals and advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Reducing food losses and waste is essential in a world where the number of people affected by hunger has been slowly on the rise since 2014, and tons and tons of edible food are lost and/or wasted every day.

• Theme2024:

"Stop Food Waste ! For the Planet and People."

 International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste

https://www.un.org/

Did You Know ?

• While an estimated 735 million people go hungry globally, food loss and waste generate 8 to 10 percent of GHGs and is a methane hotspot.
• Households waste over 1 billion meals worth of edible food every day, the equivalent of 1.3 meals every day for everyone in the world affected by hunger
• Opportunities to finance food loss and waste reduction and low-carbon diets remain untapped, with only USD 0.1 billion invested annually in 2019/20. This represents a minor fraction of annual needs, estimated at USD 48 to 50 billion.

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• Education: Inform, engage, educate !

Reducing food loss & waste is a key #ClimateAction step that can contribute to the protection of our planet, while helping tackle hunger around the world.

A 2018 International Food Waste Coalition report found that elementary schools were discarding 218.2 million meals annually. 

Teachers as consumers from across the food systems, must teach their students at school to cut food loss and waste to enhance the use of natural resources, mitigate climate change and support food security and proper nutrition for all. 

• Students have the power to raise awareness about food loss and food waste. By recognizing why food waste matters, students can take action to reduce the amount of food being wasted in their schools. 

• They can recover, reduce, and recycle the food that goes uneaten at their schools. 

• They can reduce food waste through improved ordering, prepping, and storage techniques, they can recover wholesome uneaten food and donate it to feed people in need, and they can recycle discarded food for other uses, including animal feed, compost, and energy generation.

• Activities:

One way to reduce food loss and waste, supported by your teachers in a cross-curricular, start a food recovery program at your school. 

This program involves collecting unused, unopened, and unexpired food from the cafeteria for example, and donating it to local food banks and shelters.

To start a food recovery program, supported by a teacher, talk to your school direction and cafeteria staff to get their support. You can also reach out to local food banks and shelters to see if they are interested in partnering with you.

Many students are unaware of the impact of food loss and waste. By educating your peers, students can help raise awareness and encourage them to take action.

Students can also create posters or infographics to display around the school to remind students to reduce food waste. 

If you have a school newspaper or website, you can write an article about food waste and how students can help, asking the responsible teachers of the school newspaper or the webmaster. 

By encouraging sustainable eating habits, you can help reduce food waste and promote healthier lifestyles. 

You can organize a food challenge or competition to encourage other students to eat more plant-based foods. 

You can also work with your school cafeteria to promote sustainable eating habits, encourage them to use reusable or compostable food containers and utensils, or offer smaller portion sizes.

• Resources:

The International Food Loss and Waste: Get Involved guide offers key messages, facts and figures, and actions that stakeholders can take to help reduce food loss and waste. You can download it here 

https://www.stopfoodlosswaste.org/

Reducing food waste is an important issue that requires everyone’s attention and effort, and schools, teachers and students can make a difference and contribute to a more sustainable future. 

G-Souto

02.10.2024

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