<p>During the 1960s&iuml;&frac14;&OElig; Satish Kumar and a companion made a two and<br />

a half year walk for peace from his home country of India through<br />

Pakistan&iuml;&frac14;&OElig; Afghanistan&iuml;&frac14;&OElig; Iran&iuml;&frac14;&OElig; the Soviet Union&iuml;&frac14;&OElig; Poland&iuml;&frac14;&OElig; East and<br />

West Germany&iuml;&frac14;&OElig; Belgium&iuml;&frac14;&OElig; France&iuml;&frac14;&OElig; England&iuml;&frac14;&OElig; and America. They car-<br />

ried no money on this 8000 mile walk&iuml;&frac14;&OElig; depending totally on the<br />

hospitality and goodwill of the people of each country. The story<br />

of this marathon walk is told in his book&iuml;&frac14;&OElig; No Destination. Satish<br />

was offered an award from the Soviet Union for the book&iuml;&frac14;&OElig; but he<br />

declined it&iuml;&frac14;&OElig; saying that Russia must first release dissident writers<br />

who are imprisoned.<br />

Satish entered into the religious life as a 9-year-old boy when he<br />

became a monk in the Jain religion. This is a religion in India<br />

famous for its respect and total dedication to uphold and protect<br />

all sentient life from pain. By the time he was 18 years old&iuml;&frac14;&OElig; he had<br />

decided to combine spiritual practices with social action; he left<br />

the monkhood and joined the Gandhian movement under Vinoba<br />

Bhave.<br />

Satish joined Vinoba in persuading landlords to donate land to<br />

the landless--the aim of which was to establish a peaceful economic<br />

revolution. After some time&iuml;&frac14;&OElig; Vinoba encouraged Satish and his<br />

friend to make the long walk for peace.<br />

In 1968 Satish was invited to England by Christian Aid to estab-<br />

lish and direct the London School of Non-Violence. He taught<br />

courses in non-violent action&iuml;&frac14;&OElig; sustainable economics and develop-<br />

ment in the Third World. During this period he became a close<br />

friend of Dr E. F. Schumacher&iuml;&frac14;&OElig; a founding father of the Green<br />

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