Following is a list of organizations which, like FIUTS, are working to build a more peaceful, globally minded world, and have a variety of useful resources to share.
 YES! Magazine publishes positive, solution-oriented stories about people creating a more just, peaceful, and sustainable world. The Yes! Education Connection Program supports educators and students in creating a more just and sustainable world. Educators can inform and inspire students by using positive YES! stories about solutions to real world challenges in class.
 Facing the Future empowers teachers with the resources they need to ignite their students’ interest in complex global issues while helping them achieve academically. Their approach is positive and solutions-oriented, and their business model is systemic and leveraged: Facing the Future programming reaches hundreds of thousands of students each year at a cost of less than $2 per student.
 The World Affairs Council of Seattle, a non-profit, non-partisan organization, is the leading foreign affairs forum in the Pacific Northwest. Since 1951, the Council’s purpose has been to promote greater understanding of global affairs in our Puget Sound community through a balance of public events, educational activities and the international visitor program.
 The United Nations Cyber School Bus is a educational entity that promotes global learning to primary, intermediate, and secondary students around the world. The program includes an interactive database with statistics regarding countries, a Model UN Discussion Area that allows students to talk about global issues, and a Health Module that lets classrooms worldwide connect to learn more about health issues.
 The Film Connection is a community of film lovers, social activists and lifelong learners who use our non-profit online film library to watch, discuss and act on compelling films from around the globe. An initiative of the global humanitarian agency Mercy Corps, The Film Connection offers a growing library of DVDs that tackle the issues facing the world we live in.
 Kiva lets you connect with and loan money to unique entrepreneurs in the developing world. By choosing a loan on Kiva, you can "sponsor a business" and help the world's working poor make great strides towards economic independence. Throughout the course of the loan (usually 6-12 months), you can receive email journal updates from the entrepreneur you've sponsored. As loans are repaid, you get your loan money back.
 Peace Corps is a government entity that promotes world peace by sending volunteers around the world. Its mission is to help the people of interested countries in meeting their need for trained men and women, help promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples served, and help promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans. The Worldwise Schools program helps connect teachers and students to volunteers worldwide.
 EarthCorps is a non-profit organization founded in 1993. It is dedicated to building global community through local environmental restoration service. As an AmeriCorps affiliate, EarthCorps provides one-year intensive programs for young adults (18-25) to learn best practices in conservation techniques and develop skills in leading volunteers (ages 8-80).
 The Carlson Leadership & Public Service Center developsservice-learning, community-based participatory research, and service opportunities for UW students that sustain reciprocal partnerships, deepen learning, advance civic leadership, and contribute to our greater community.
 NAFSA serves international educators and their institutions and organizations by setting standards of good practice, providing training and professional development opportunities, providing networking opportunities, and advocating for international education.
The Earth Charter is a declaration of fundamental principles for building a just, sustainable, and peaceful global society for the 21st century.
Created by global civil society, endorsed by thousands of organizations and institutions, the Charter is not only a call to action, but a motivating force inspiring change the world over.
 WiserEarth serves the people who are transforming the world. It is a community directory and networking forum that maps and connects non-governmental organizations and individuals addressing the central issues of our day: climate change, poverty, the environment, peace, water, hunger, social justice, conservation, human rights and more.
 The mission of Pura Vida is to create good by using capitalism to empower producers, motivate consumers, inspire business leaders, and ultimately serve the poor. They believe in a different approach to business. One driven by good rather than greed. One that sees capitalism as an agent for compassion. Operated for charitable benefit, Pura Vida helps farmers, families and at-risk children in coffee growing communities around the world to build more hopeful futures. The work of Pura Vida is rooted in a desire to empower the poor in coffee-growing regions of the world.
My hope is that more and more people will discover that the peace we all yearn for is not just the work of governments but the task of each one of us. We can all become makers of peace. We can do our part. The future of the world is in the hands of each of us, and it depends on our commitment together with others for peace, each according to our own gifts and responsibilities. Peace is not a question just of stopping this or that catastrophe, but of rediscovering a vision, a path of hope for all humanity.
- Jean Vanier
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