What do the Dalai Lama and Nuclear Weapons have in common?

What do the Dalai Lama and nuclear weapons have in common?

If that seems like an odd question – it should! The Dalai Lama, in accepting the Distinguished Peace Leader award from the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation in 1991, spoke on the dangers of nuclear weapons and prospects for a world free of nuclear weapons [...]

Video Contest Ends Monday — Submit Yours Today!

Monday, June 16 is the last day to submit a video to NAPF’s Swackhamer Disarmament Video Contest. The contest seeks short (3 minutes maximum) videos on why US leadership is essential to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons.
We’re offering cash prizes of $1,000 (first prize); $750 (second prize); and $250 (third prize). Winning videos [...]

The Biggest Environmental Threat of All

I have four reasons for working for a world free of nuclear weapons. They’re names are Isaac, Luke, Josette and Nathaniel. My four children. For me, life’s a benevolent circle. The goal is to keep the circle going with grace and beauty so that the new people on the planet can enjoy themselves. Nuclear weapons [...]

Welcome

Welcome to the official blog of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (NAPF). With locations in Santa Barbara, CA and Washington, D.C., NAPF’s principal mission is to advance initiatives to eliminate [...]

Election 2008: Presidential Candidates and Nuclear Weapons

During the campaign, NAPF has collected quotes from the presidential candidates on nuclear weapons and nuclear policy. Below are some quotes from the presumed Democratic and Republican Candidates, Barack Obama and John McCain.
Democratic Candidate Barack Obama’s Quotes:
On nuclear weapons and Iran:
“The world must work to stop Iran’s uranium enrichment program and prevent Iran from acquiring [...]

Dalai Lama Award Acceptance

The Dalai Lama was awarded NAPF’s annual Distinguished Peace Leadership Award in 1991. During his acceptance speech, he spoke on the dangers and wastefulness of nuclear weapons, the need to live peacefully together, and practice non-violence. Seventeen years later, his speech is even more relevant and serves as a motivator for sending the [...]