Host Taylor Weech celebrates the International Day of Peace by taking a look at the state of peace (or lack thereof) in the world by the numbers, followed by a less literal examination of what peace is and how we might go about achieving it.

Includes portions of the following resources and articles:

UN News Announcement of 2015 observance: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=51926#.VgBdpGYt33U

Global Peace Index 2015 data: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=watAHldDB9g#t=25
http://www.visionofhumanity.org/#/page/our-gpi-findings

International Journal of World Peace summary:
http://www.ijwp.org/index.php/conquest-or-coexistence-the-future-of-a-post-colonial-world/

The Dalai Lama’s “Human Approach to Peace”: http://www.dalailama.com/messages/world-peace/a-human-approach-to-peace

Outro: The Plastic Ono Band “Give Peace a Chance”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlKX-m17C7U