Stories

Why not peace on earth, why not now?

The Peace on Earth Game and Peace on Earth Zones are based on the seven strategies that ignited and enabled the world to come together in common cause to bring a torch of peace around the world in 1986 and create Peace on Earth wherever it went. 

Called the First Earth Run, over a billion people around the world witnessed this global unitive event via the media with 25 million people and 45 heads of state in 62 countries directly participating.

It was a rare moment on the planet, but now because the time is right, the torch has been rekindled and an emerging grassroots movement is saying: “Yes, we can do this! Why not Peace on Earth. Why not now?” 

 The Game is built around seven unitive actions: Empowerment, Oneness, Unity, Cooperation, Abundance, Love and Faith. 

These actions have been combined with robust social change tools honed and tested in hundreds of cities with millions of people over these ensuing four decades.

When The Game is brought to a community and combined with these social change tools it creates a Peace on Earth Zone. 

The Game and Peace on Earth Zones have been successfully piloted over the past four years by 1,500 plus people in nine countries: Afghanistan, Australia, Canada, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Morocco, South Africa, and the United States. 

They have achieved remarkable results with over 10,000 actions taken and awe inspiring personal and community transformations. 

The Game is now ready to be brought to scale. The first phase was a global online version of The Game from August 2 to September 20, 2023 | Watch here

The Game’s seven actions are quests you take in your life to experience and model for others Peace on Earth. 

This is combined with participating in eight weekly 2-hour meetings to debrief your quest and prepare for the next one, learn from one another’s experiences, and participate in a global community of humanity’s dreamkeepers. 

Find out more |  Peace on Earth 2030


About the author

David Gershon is the co-founder and CEO of the Empowerment Institute. Based on his decades of transformative social change experience he has architected a bold strategic plan to accelerate humanity’s evolution called Reinventing the Planet. 

David is author of twelve books, including the award-winning Social Change 2.0: A Blueprint for Reinventing Our World and best-selling Empowerment: The Art of Creating Your Life as You Want It.

How can we thread ourselves back into web of life?
Apr 7, 2024
Overcoming personal and planetrary traum by rerooting ourselves in nature.
Is sorry always the hardest word?
Mar 27, 2024
Barbara Hunt on the liberating and transformational power of forgiveness.
Can we upshift how we think about money?
Mar 22, 2024
Sarah McCrum on discovering the positive energy of money.