One World Week Aiming for a good life
The quality of life for ordinary people is the theme of the One World event this week.
Organised by peace, environment, and development groups, the activities aim to show people the importance of creating a world where everyone — including the poor, the weak, the inarticulate, and the handicapped — is nourished.
The groups believe that under our present economic system, some survive and prosper, while others get crushed. As the cogs turn, driven by forces beyond our control, we-find ourselves becoming producer or consumer units — and treating others in the same way.
The groups are working towards a new philosophy, where people come before profits, human rights and dignity are put before economic greed and where we all work together to conserve our planet’s resources. The One World Week concept was initiated by churches in Britain in 1978, and since then has been taken up worldwide by groups of all kinds.
One of the major events
marking One World Week is a book launch of Square One this Thursday evening, October 26. Square One has been specially written for New Zealanders and is a shortened form of the Brundtland Report on environmental issues. This will be at Epicentre, in the Arts Centre, at 5 p.m. Refreshments will be served. All interested
are welcome. On Friday, October 27, there will be a street theatre performance in Cathedral Square, starting at 12.30 p.m. This will be by SilliCon Planet Theatre and Natural Magic on the theme Making Peace with the Planet. Disarmament and the Environment This week also happens
to be United Nations week and the Week of Prayer for World Peace, which dovetail with One World Week.
The United Nations Association in Christchurch has chosen Disarmament and the Environment as the week’s issue. Katie Boanas, the Christchurch peace worker and regional representative of the New Zealand Foundation for Peace Studies, will speak for the United Nations group this Wednesday, October 25. The Role and Influence of New Zealanders on Disarmament is her topic. Her talk will be in the Stringleman Room of the Public Library, at 12.15 p.m. All welcome. Representatives of six world religions will mark Prayer for World Peace week in an inter-faith observance this Sunday, October 29.
People from all religions are invited to this event, to be held in the Blue Room of the Arts Centre, at 2 p.m. For more information about these events phone Patricia Morrison at 651026.
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