Right here on the Better Good Science Middle, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is frightening a variety of feelings: unhappiness, anger, concern, and extra. We’re studying the information day by day and wishing that there have been extra we might do to assist.
As an academic nonprofit, the perfect we are able to do, maybe, is to remind ourselves and our readers that peace is always possible, the overwhelming majority of individuals resist killing, even essentially the most violent primates are capable of change, there are steps we can all take to bridge our differences, and activism could make the world a better place. We’ve gathered articles under that can assist you perceive the roots of peace, warfare, and reconciliation; become involved in activism; and help your well-being and your kids’s—together with reminders of human goodness in instances of battle.
Should you’d wish to discover a extra direct method to help the individuals of Ukraine, our buddies at KQED created this excellent list of organizations addressing the human crises that warfare creates. We hope you’ll contemplate making a donation to considered one of them.
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Promoting peace and reconciliation
Reminders of human goodness
How political apology and forgiveness works
Resources for well-being and activism
Resources for children’s well-being
Selling peace and reconciliation
Reminders of human goodness
- Hope on the Battlefield: Navy leaders know a secret: The overwhelming majority of individuals are overwhelmingly reluctant to take a human life.
- Courage Under Fire: When the Bosnian civil warfare broke out, Svetlana Broz looked for the humanity behind the horrific headlines. She discovered tales of people that risked their lives to assist victims of the warfare—and who impressed others to comply with their instance.
- Worlds Without War: Ethnographic research discover that not all societies make warfare. In different phrases, warfare will not be intrinsic to humankind.
- Beyond Sex and Violence: Opposite to the everyday view, violence is one thing people resort to out of concern—or attempt to keep away from altogether.
- Peace Among Primates: Anybody who says peace will not be a part of human nature is aware of too little about primates, together with ourselves.
How political apology and forgiveness works
Assets for well-being and activism
Assets for youngsters’s well-being
