01| A Question for Peace & Sustainability

Welcome to Peace of Earth! In this first episode, host and interdisciplinary researcher Akil Cole introduces his main research question, the reasons for this research and his two case studies: the Community Ecology Institute in Columbia, Maryland, USA and Soil for Life in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. He also introduces some key concepts, including the “Triangle of Violence” (direct, structural, and cultural violence), positive peace, and negative peace.

Learn more about the key concepts and people discussed in today's episode!

• Johan Galtung’s “Triangle of Violence”