Some of our passions 

  • social inclusion and transforming identity and difference violence 
  • community mediation
  • institutional violence and organisational transformation
  • The neurobiology of groups, relationship and conflict
  • civil society capacity building
  • restorative systems as ways to organise
  • accompanying those in conflict trauma
  • relationships between cultural, structural and personal violence
  • developing beyond participatory action research (PAR)
  • evolving collective consciousness about conflict, violence, justice and peace
Some resources

Some downloads:

Online resources:
Miki Kashtan's blog: The Fearless Heart
Dominic Barter: Restorative Circles
Sarah Peyton: Empathy Brain
International online NVC training: NVC Academy
Charles Eisenstein

​Reading:
Here's a list of some of the reading that has shaped our work:
  • Rosenberg, M. (2003) Nonviolent Communication: a Language of Life
  • Kohn, A (1993) Punished By Rewards.
  • Lederach, J. P. (1997) “Reconciliation: The Building of Relationship” in Building Peace: Sustainable reconciliation in Divided Societies, pp.23-35
  • Burton, J. (1990) “Human Needs Theory” in Conflict: Resolution and Prevention. pp. 36-48.
  • Francis, D. (2002) People, Peace and Power, Conflict Transformation in Action.
  • Mitchell, C. & Banks, M. (1996) Handbook of Conflict Resolution, The Analytical Problem-Solving Approach.
  • Fischer, L. (1962) ‘The Essential Gandhi’.Havel, V. (1991) Vaclav Havel: Open Letters.
  • Tolle, E. (2006) A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
  • Tolle, E. (1999 ) The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
  • Ignatieff, M. (1993) Blood and Belonging, Journeys Into the New Nationalism.
  • Bakan, J. (2004) The Corporation, the Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power.
  • Foucault, M. (1979) Discipline and Punish, the Birth of the Prison.
  • Freire, P. (1996) Pedagogy of the Oppressed.
  • Prescott, J. W. (1996) ‘The Origins of Human Love and Violence’ in Pre- and Perinatal Psychology Journal, Volume 10, Number 3: Spring 1996, pp 143-188
  • Avruch, K. (2003) ‘Culture’ in Cheldelin et al (eds) Conflict: From Analysis to Intervention. pp 140-153
  • Watts, A (1958) The Way of Zen.
  • Harris, T. A. (1973) I'm OK - You're OK.
  • Stiglitz, J. (2006) Making Globalisation Work.
  • Lerner, M. (1997) The Politics of Meaning.
  • Chomsky, N. (2007) What We Say Goes.
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