The vital relationship between peacebuilding & our environment
Global climate change and violent conflict are deeply intertwined. As land use, water access, natural habitats, and the migration of people are altered by shifting weather patterns, communities in already fragile or conflict-affected areas face a cascade of new...
Protecting Our Communities: Local Peacebuilding Systems in Nigeria
"We reached an amicable resolution between the farmers and herders: that the farmers will cultivate from a particular place to another, while the herders were told where not to go with their animals. This is one of hundreds of achievements that we have had...
Watering the Banyan Tree: Supporting Myanmar Peacebuilders since the Coup
Traditionally, the Banyan tree provides shelter and a space for gathering. In that spirit, the Watering the Banyan Tree project builds on our previous Karuna Myosae (Seeds of Compassion) initiative—using public arts, advocacy, and dialogue to promote...
New learning resources for Indigenous Peoples’ Day and beyond
A free, online bibliography for K-12 Educators, professors, librarians, & students of all ages
How communities in Nigeria are building peace
Through the Protecting Our Communities Initiative, we see how local communities are developing creative, practical approaches to global problems that affect us all. The communities participating in this initiative are in the middle of complex conflicts and...
Putting Dialogue to Work for Climate Justice
Over the past two years, Karuna Center has been co-facilitating Transforming the Conversation on Carbon Pricing (TCCP), housed at the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice (DSCEJ). In this unique initiative, a range of climate justice activists and policy...
A Brief Report From A Farmer-Herder Dialogue
We just got an uplifting report from our colleague Imam Sani Isah, who is a core team member of our Protecting Our Communities initiative in Nigeria! After months of preparation, including training for new facilitators, the project team led a pilot dialogue between...
A generation after war, youth build peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Over the past two years, we have worked with an amazing team of organizations through our Societal Transformation and Reconciliation (STaR) project in Bosnia and Herzegovina—Center for Peacebuilding (CIM), PRONI Center for Youth Development, Youth Initiative for...
How communities in Nigeria are preventing the spread of violent conflict
Local methods for preventing and de-escalating violent conflict are needed more urgently than ever before. The work of people in the Protecting Our Communities initiative in Nigeria shows why this is so important, as communities respond to conflict dynamics...
Adapting our peacebuilding work to a changing world
Over the past several months, we—like everyone—have been adjusting and readjusting our work to a constantly changing context. The political and social dynamics that fuel violent conflict have not faded away as the pandemic has spread. Instead, new challenges to...
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