What moves inside when you hear, “The adults of the world can no longer be trusted to safeguard the future of our planet.”? The words eerily echo the voice of environmental activist, Greta Thunberg. Yet, a children’s book fictional character, speaking about the greatest Call for Peace in human history, was simultaneously appealing to young people around the world to form an enormous Human Shield to prevent weapons of destruction from ever being used again. Listen in to the fascinating story of how the children’s book, Amelie Trott and the Earth Watchers, came to be written.
In 2004, she co-founded the Centre for Spiritual Growth & Healing in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, UK, which includes a Free Healing Clinic.
Dr. Dot Maver is an educator and peace-builder whose keynote is inspiring cooperation on behalf of the common good. Dot is a co-founder of the Global Silent Minute and is a founder and board member with the National Peace Academy USA, Global Alliance for Ministries and Infrastructures of Peace the River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding. and Garden of Light. Her work in education, politics and grassroots community organizing is focused on applied peace-building utilizing a shared responsibility and shared leadership model. She is a speaker and facilitator focusing on the spirit of cooperation and creating the conditions for a Culture of Peace.