Environmental and Peace Education Center
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The annual meeting of the Environmental and Peace Education Center will be held Sunday May 18, at 2:00pm, in the Eco Living Center (former Rutenberg Library) at Rutenberg Community Park on South Pointe Blvd. in South Fort Myers. The park is located between College Pkwy, and Cypress Lake Dr. The annual meeting will feature a 'state of the organization' report by EPEC President Tom Guelcher and the election of EPEC officers and board members. Fort Myers City Councilman Warren Wright will address the meeting, along with Florida Gulf Coast University Assistant Professor of Communications Jon Braddy. Immediately following the meeting a Peace Pole,sponsored by EPEC and Lee County Parks and Recreation, will be dedicated in the garden of the Eco Living Center. The first Peace Pole featuring the message "May Peace Prevail On Earth" was erected in Japan in 1955. Today more than 200,000 Peace Poles are located in 180 nations. The annual meeting and Peace Pole dedication are open to all. Refreshments will be served. We urge people to come early to look at the displays and literature in the Eco Living Center, a valuable asset for the people of Lee County.
The Environmental and Peace Education Center (EPEC) is a non-profit community grassroots education and advocacy organization in Southwest Florida. While EPEC continues to raise community awareness on a variety of peace and environmental issues, new initiatives are being launched to reach greater numbers of individuals and to accomplish necessary change. The EPEC Community Gardens Project has been started to foster the sense of community, to help feed the hungry and to promote sustainability practices. The EPEC Peace Fair Organizing Committee is using the focus of sponsoring a peace fair as a way to come together in coalition with other like-minded organizations on issues of mutual concern. Members of the Environmental and Peace Education Center believe that only by cooperating with individuals and other organizations can the worthwhile goals of peace, environmental justice and sustainability be realized.
There is more that unites humanity than there is that divides us. The future of all life on earth depends not only on the wise use of technologybut upon the expressionof our hearts.