The Dream of the Good has grown out of the non-violence project “The Dalai Lama’s Perspective” that was developed within the non-profit organization Det Andra/Dream of the Good. The Dalai Lama’s Perspective was implemented in secondary schools in Stockholm in cooperation with daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter and the City of Stockholm in the school year of 1995-96. The project culminated with 7,000 secondary students listening to the Dalai Lama in the Stockholm Globen Arena, in May 1996.

Activities during the past three years:
Our activities during the past years have mainly consisted in spreading The Dream of the Good pedagogy in Swedish schools and supporting the ongoing research on the methods included in it. Many TV- and radioprograms about the Dream of the good, and many feature articles in newpapers have helped make the project known.

Since 2010 about 200 resource persons have been trained and certified to teach the methods in school, to teachers as well as students.
Norrköping, has become a pilot municipality for The Dream of the Good.
Our methods have been studied in the research project Barn i balans (Children in balance, Yvonne Terjestam, University of Kalmar)
We have held several seminars in the Swedish Parliament (Barns rätt till hälsa (Childrens right to good health), 2004 and 2005, Kulturens betydelse för hälsan (The importance of culture for good health), January 28, 2009)
We have participated in the Preschool Biennial  with an extensive program of seminars and workshops (for the 4th time, University of Linköping).
Research and pilot activities in Norway (University of Tromsö)
More than 1,500 teachers have participated in seminars and/or trainings in one or more of The Dream of the Good methods.
Some form of activity has taken place at about 100 schools in Sweden.
In the municipalities of Norrköping and Oskarshamn an extensive pilot project involving The Dream of the Good is ongoing and spreading to more and more schools. New projects are under way in Norrköping, Oskarshamn, Vingåker, Västerås, Nacka (Sickla), Gävle and Askersund. Pilot activities are ongoing in Norway.
In the fall of 2009 the methodology was introduced in the US.

Schools that have been involved The Dream of the Good during school years 2005-2008:
 
Bandhagens skola Vantör Bäckahagens skola Vantör
Böda skolan Borgholms kommun
Djäkneparksskolan Norrköping
Ekdalens skola, Norrköping
Ektorpsringen, Norrköping
Ektorpsskolan, Norrköping
Enebyparks skola
Enskilda Gymnasiet
Folkparksskolan, Norrköping
Fruängens skola Stockholm
Förskolan Armbandet Norrköping
Förskolan Björnbärsvägen, Sturefors
Förskolan Diamanten
Förskolan Kättsätter Norrköping
Förskolan Stenholmen Växjö
Göteborgs gymnasier (Kampanjen Stillhetsrummet)
Hagagymnasiet, Norrköping
Hagebyskolan i Norrköping
HTS-gymnasiet, Järfälla
Katedralskolan Växjö
Kristdala rektorsområde, Oskarshamn
Kristinebergs barnomsorgs område, Oskarshamn
Lillängsskolan Växjö
Lindalsskolan Kalmar
Myrsjöskolan Nacka
Prolympiaskolorna (12 schools in Sweden)
Rudanskolan Haninge
Rudbeckskolan Sollentuna
Rönnby förskola Västerås
Sandtorpet, Norrköping
Second Chance School, Norrköping
Simonstorps förskola
Skansborgs skola Järpen, Jämtland
Skarphagsskolan Norrköping
Skvaderns gymnasieskola Gävle
Slottskolan Borgholms kommun
Stationsgärdets förskola, Norrköping
Stockholms samtliga skolor (Kampanjen Stillhetsrummet)
Tanums gymnasium Tanumshede
Vallhallaskolan Oskarshamn
Vasaskolan Kalmar
Vasastans Montessoriskola Stockholm
Vibyskolan Stockholm
Vidåkersskolan Vingåker
Vilbergsskolan Norrköping
Örbyskolan Vantör
Örtagårdsskolan Rosengård, Malmö

Short history, some milestones
The Dream of the Good cooperated with the Schools and Education Division of the City of Stockholm during the periods 1995-1996 and 2002-2003, the activities included all municipal secondary schools in Stockholm.
Other cooperation partners are Kompetensfonden, Kulturhuset (the Culture House), Östasiatiska museet (the East Asian Museum), the Stockholm City Museum, the dialy newspaper Dagens Nyheter, Axelsons, The Biyun School and Forum för konstruktiv konflikthantering, various organizations, including The Red Cross, Save the Children, the Swedish Teachers’ Union, the Swedish National Police Academy, NBV, IOGT-NTO.
Here are a few more milestones:

In 2003, cooperation with the Swedish Television in connection with the visit of the Dalai Lama. The Speech of the Dalai Lama in the Stockholm Globen Arena was broadcast nationally and was made available for all Swedish schools.

2003 - 2004 Master thesis: “The Dream of the Good”. Ole Henning, the Peace Education Program at the University of Tromsö.  Scientific evaluation of the project’s methods.

2003 The essay “Drömmen om det goda” by Ann-Kristin Källström Sundgren, on the pilot activity at the preschools in Norrköping, was nominated for Götapriset, the biggest competition in the country for the public sector.  KvalitetsMässan (the Quality Fair)

 2004, 2005 and 2009 The Dream of the good has been presented at the Swedish Parliament. 2008/2009 a motion submitted in Parliament about the Dream of the good (2008/2009 Ub 480.

October 2001 Outer and Inner Peace
Panel discussion in the church of Adolf Fredrik with Archbishop K.G Hammar, Tomas di Leva, Peter Örn, Lisbeth Gustavsson.

Dec 2001: The Centenary of Alfred Nobel: Peace conference and seminars. The Swedish Red Cross and the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates.