Sustainable development requires a widened understanding of security, including human, gender, and environmental security (HUGE) concerns. This ‘HUGE’ effort should be undertaken by millions of organized citizens who seek a balance with the natural environment for the benefit of future generations. One contribution to this goal of building a sustainable culture of peace is the Earth Charter's integration of concerns for a future peaceful and sustainable world. At the conclusion of this chapter we shall return to this measure, which opens a space for concrete actions from the global to the local level. Such actions are oriented at mitigating present environmental destruction and creating synergies for a ‘HUGE’ peace-building that will strengthen the harmonious relationship between humankind and nature.
This chapter addresses the following questions: (1) Which strategies, policies, and measures of sustainable development can contribute to a durable culture of peace? (2) How can these strategies, policies, and measures influence values, change behavior, and pave new avenues for conflict prevention and peace-building by negotiating a model of development that decreases pollution and environmental threats? (3) What are the key issues that have to be changed to improve cooperation and surmount the historical gaps among colonized nations and colonizers? (4) How can regressive globalization be overcome and a lasting cooperation developed that is able to reduce social, cultural, and economic gaps without further damaging the fragile equilibrium of Earth?
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Spring, Ú.O. (2009). Sustainable Development. In: de Rivera, J. (eds) Handbook on Building Cultures of Peace. Peace Psychology Book Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09575-2_15
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