Contributing to peace through participation to support unselfish feed forward to the next generation of life

The commons can be regarded as the sacred web of life (Capra 1996). But unless we consider ways in which we show agency (Giddens 1984) through making choices to protect the commons, we will contribute to the demise of the commons and the undermining of peace. Remember, as Edmund Burke admonished, 'All it takes for evil to prevail is for people of good will to do nothing', to paraphrase the well-known aphorism. We have a choice; it is not our destiny to make decisions that undermine the future for this generation and the next.