Happy New Year with wishes in many of the worlds languages - and wishes for Peace

Music: Imagine / John Lennon

A video from the Institute of HeartMath honoring the International Day of Peace, also known as the World Peace Day, occurs annually on September 21. It is dedicated to peace, and is observed by many nations, political groups, military groups, and peoples. The United Nations General Assembly inaugurated this celebration in 1981.

A paraplegic ex-marine finds a new life on the distant planet of Pandora, only to find himself battling humankind alongside the planet's indigenous Na'vi race in this ambitious digital 3D sci-fi epic from Academy Award-winning Titanic director James Cameron. The film, which marks Cameron's first dramatic feature since 1997's Titanic, follows Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), a war veteran who gets called to the depths of space to pick up the job of his slain twin brother for the scientific arm of a megacorporation looking to mine the planet of Pandora for a valued ore. Unfortunately the biggest deposit of the prized substance lies underneath the home of the Na'vi, a ten-foot-tall, blue-skinned native tribe who have been at war with the security arm of the company, lead by Col. Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang).

Project-Peace On Earth is a digitally distributed global Musical Prayer for Peace that enables the world’s most spiritually inspired and famed musicians to perform from comfort of their home, a personal or historic sacred site, while on tour or during a concert or from the central host concert stage of Manger Square, Bethlehem, and plug into a unified global broadcast for peace.  A Christmas Day Celebration - December 25th, 2011 2 Hour Global Musical Prayer from Peace Manger Square, Bethlehem, and the Bethlehem Convention Center 9:00 AM USA PST / 12 PM USA EST / 7PM Bethlehem

The PBS Newshour ran a story this week highlighting the issue of water in the Middle East and the work that Ecopeace-Friends of the Earth Middle East are doing to address the challenges. EcoPeace Israeli Director Gidon Bromberg and Palestinian Director Nader Khateeb,

The Largest ever virtual Peace Summit is taking place: Sept. 14th - 21st Featuring:
Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Johan Galtung, Aqeela Sherrils, Ambassador John McDonald, Michael Bernard Beckwith and many more...

PeaceWeek will unite pioneers from around the world together for the largest virtual peace summit ever created, culminating with the International Day of Peace on Sept. 21st. It will be a celebration and exploration of everything that is working to foster peace, from the family level to whole nations.

Take part in a world-wide drumming video and help us pressure world leaders to push for peace in Sudan. In 2011, a referendum will determine whether or not the Southern region of Sudan becomes independent from the North. Experts fear that instability in the run-up to the referendum or its aftermath could reignite a civil war and cause massive human rights abuses unless international efforts are intensified to find a peaceful path through the next 12 months.

May Peace Prevail On Earth - Voices calling for peace to prevail on earth in 101 languages of the world

Keith Olberman's eloquent call all politicians, commentators, and activists to pledge that "Violence, or the threat of violence has no place in our democracy"