EARTH@PEACE Project Beginning in November 2018, I am joining the team organising the 2019 Earth @ Peace Conference. Working alongside Emeritus Professor Joseph Camilleri OAM from La Trobe University, I will take on a (primarily) communications role in the lead-up to the conference and associated events. Event details from the website: At no stage, during the 200,000 years of human evolution, has our species experienced existential threats of the scale and intensity posed by climate change and nuclear weapons. Until now. Faced with the ‘globalisation of violence’ against people and nature, the key question is: Where can humanity turn to for guidance and inspiration? The Just War doctrine, the dominant strand in the Christian tradition and until recently, in international law, has tried to place conditions before the use of force can be deemed just. But Just War discourse is used more often to justify than to prevent or condemn war. Yet, weapons are increasingly lethal, and civilian casualties ever greater. In any case, the ‘just war’ concept has little to say about social, economic or environmental justice, let alone the global predicament we now face. Conscious of this, several voices in international law, the UN system, labour and social movements, academia, churches and other religious and ethical traditions are calling for a shift from ‘Just War’ to ‘Just Peace’. What does this mean? What are the principles that can guide this shift, theoretically and in practice? How is peace-building to respond to the cries of the poor, but also the cries of the Earth? How do we envision a peace that is both just and ecologically sustainable? And what does this all mean for Australia – for: the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians?the way we shape our economy and environment?our long-standing dependence on imperial power, military alliances, and use of force?our engagement with the peoples of Asia-Pacific? To learn about the speakers, conference dates, ticket prices and more, visit the official web page here: http://vox.divinity.edu.au/event/earth-peace-conference/