{"id":25974,"date":"2013-02-25T12:00:12","date_gmt":"2013-02-25T12:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=25974"},"modified":"2013-02-24T00:50:41","modified_gmt":"2013-02-24T00:50:41","slug":"why-nonkiling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2013\/02\/why-nonkiling\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Nonkiling?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the context of current concern for killing in America and abroad, please see encouraging evidence for &#8220;nonkilling&#8221; potential change in free online knowledge resources at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nonkilling.org\"  target=\"_blank\">www.nonkilling.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Why &#8220;nonkilling&#8221; rather than peace, nonviolence, conflict resolution, or any other desirable human condition? Because nonkilling is the alpha and omega of life. From birth to natural death no human endeavor can be pursued if we are killed.<\/p>\n<p>The mission of the Center for Global Nonkilling is: &#8220;<i>To promote change toward the measurable goal of a killing-free world by means open to infinite creativity in reverence for life<\/i>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This requires drawing upon, advancing, and combining the Spiritual, Scientific, Skill, and Arts capabilities of humankind for change.<\/p>\n<p>With Aloha,<\/p>\n<p>Glenn D. Paige<br \/>\nMember of the TRANSCEND Network for Peace, Development and Environment<br \/>\nProfessor Emeritus of Political Science University of Hawaii<br \/>\nFounder &amp; Chair, Governing Council Center for Global Nonkilling <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nonkilling.org\"  target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.nonkilling.org<\/a><br \/>\nHonolulu, HI 96822-5033 USA<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:cgnv@hawaii.rr.com\" target=\"_blank\">cgnv@hawaii.rr.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;Everyone can be A Center for Global Nonkilling&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;No More Killing!&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why &#8220;nonkilling&#8221; rather than peace, nonviolence, conflict resolution, or any other desirable human condition? Because nonkilling is the alpha and omega of life. From birth to natural death no human endeavor can be pursued if we are killed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transcend-members"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25974\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}