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- May Peace Prevail On Earth international -

Allanton Peace Sanctuary is a meeting place of the heart, bringing together people of all faiths & cultures.
Located in the beautiful countryside of Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland.

 

WHAT’S ON

Events
Maintenance Week - Deep Clean and Decorating
Nov 11
Maintenance Week - Deep Clean and Decorating

We need your help…
At the end of a busy year, after hundreds of visitors, we invite volunteers to help tidy up and redecorate.

 

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Peace starts with every one of us. May you be Happy May your family and friends be Happy May everyone that supports your daily life be Happy May all people be Happy May all living beings everywhere be Happy #maypeaceprevailonearth #lovingkindnessmeditation #metta #happy
May Peace be in Bhutan. May all living beings in Bhutan have Peace. Famous for its Gross National Happiness and long seclusion from the rest of the world, Bhutan opened its borders in the 1970s, adopted a democratic system with first parliamentary elections in 2008, and became a constitutional monarchy (BBC & Pulitzer Center). May peace be with King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Prime Minister Lotay Tshering, who is a highly regarded doctor and continues to perform surgery each Saturday and offer “medical advice to trainees and doctors” each Thursday (The Telegraph & Guardian). The education and spiritual beliefs of Bhutan promote respect and protection of the environment. Over half of Bhutan’s land is designated as a national park, or wildlife sanctuary, all of which are connected by biological corridors and ethnic groups are allowed to live within them. “This is the only nation on the planet that can claim to have done so” (The Ecologist). Bhutan is Carbon-negative. The constitution ensures 60% forest cover in Bhutan, but because many believe planting trees can prevent Climate Chaos forest cover is maximised (83.9%), potentially at the expense of other important habitats (Pulitzer Center). To protect sacred sites, tourists are limited by a “$250 minimum daily spend” (The Guardian). Sacred peaks (above 6,000m) may not be climbed. Bhutan is the first fully organic nation in the world (The Ecologist). The building of hydroelectricity megadams for energy export to India provides crucial income, but threatens river ecosystems, and river flow may be vulnerable to climate change with “glacial lake outburst floods, intense monsoon events [and] extreme winter droughts” (The Ecologist & Pulitzer Center). May peace be in India and China. May peace be with Nepalese Bhutanese people resettled across the world.
The grass has just been cut around our Peace Pole Henge. The mower is pulled by big and friendly working horses. We love the harmony this brings to the space. #maypeaceprevailonearth #allantonpeacesanctuary #peacepoleproject #allantonpeacepole #workinghorses #workinghorse #grasscutting
May peace be in Northern Ireland. May all living beings in Northern Ireland have peace. The Good Friday Agreement (1998) reduced violence in Northern Ireland. However, fundamental divisions remain between Protestant/Unionists and Catholic/Nationalists (The Conversation). May peace be with the power-sharing parties: the Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Fein. Their veto of “any legislation that encroaches on issues of community” has prevented them “from forming a functioning government” since March 2017. May peace be with anti-sectarian parties: the Greens, Alliance and People Before Profit (The Conversation). Infinite understanding and forgiveness. Within the UK, Northern Ireland has the highest poverty rates, unchanged for a decade. Urban Catholic working class communities suffer the worst deprivation: high unemployment (especially for young men), lack of social housing (exacerbated by an “historical institutional bias”), lack of education and healthcare. Post-conflict trauma, from 30 years of The Troubles, has led to a “major mental health and drug epidemic”. The 2007 global economic crisis exacerbated the situation, and there followed “the dissident republican resurgence from 2008 onwards” (Pulitzer Center). May peace be with the New IRA (Irish Republican Army). Northern Ireland voted to remain in the EU. Brexit threatens a customs border disrupting all-Ireland trade and the current all-island economy (The Independent). The soft border was a good political compromise for peace. Infinite hope and improvement. In July 2019, the UK government acted to allow equal marriage and abortion in Northern Ireland, to be inline with the rest of the British Isles (which includes Ireland). If the Northern Ireland Assembly, which is currently suspended, does not return by 21 October these laws will become effective, with regulation in place from March 2020 (The Independent). May peace be with LGBT, women and men, reproductive rights and anti-abortion campaigners. #maypeaceprevailonearth #peacepoleproject #allantonpeacepole #allantonpeacesanctuary #northernireland