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24.9.2007

The Earth Charter Highlighted at UNEP Youth Leadership Training in Shanghai

The Earth Charter was highlighted at the 2007 Asia-Pacific Young Leaders Programme on Environment for Sustainable Development that took place in Shanghai. The ten-day programme was organized by the UNEP-Tongji Institute of Environment for Sustainable Development (IESD)

12.9.2007

ECI offers Earth Charter Course for "Multipliers"

In July 2007 at UPEACE in Costa Rica, ECI offered a pilot 5-day course called Earth Charter as a Vision for the Future. Organized by the Earth Charter Office in Costa Rica, the course was offered in collaboration with AmanaKey, a large Brazilian educational and training center founded by ECI Council member Oscar Motomura.

11.9.2007

Earth Charter in Vietnamese

The Earth Charter is now available in Vietnamese and it is being used in the activities for the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development in Vietnam.

25.7.2007

Catching up on the Earth Charter in Business

The Earth Charter Initiative and NCDO, jointly with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), hosted a special high-level event on Thursday 8 May 2008 during the Amsterdam Global Conference on Sustainability and Transparency

15.7.2007

Mexico: 2007 Monterrey World Forum of Cultures Endorses the Earth Charter

The organizers of the Monterrey World Forum of Cultures 2007 endorsed the Earth Charter in a ceremony on 3 July 2007.

29.6.2007

The Earth Charter as a Vision for the Future: Workshop in Costa Rica, July 23-27-2008

This official ECI program will train participants to work independently to turn the Earth Charter vision into reality — becoming volunteer Earth Charter “consultants” in the communities in which they work and live.

22.6.2007

Dominican Ministry of Education Celebrates World Environment Day with Earth Charter Workshop

To celebrate World Environment Day, the Dominican Republic‘s State Ministry of Education organized a national workshop on the Earth Charter for school teachers. The Vice Minister of Education and the General Curriculum Director attended and participated in the workshop.

22.6.2007

Tatarstan Surges Forward to Implement the Principles of the Charter

A remarkable meeting took place recently in Kazan, Tatarstan, where the President, Prime Minister, and many top officials and ministers reaffirmed their commitment to the Earth Charter. (Tatarstan is a semi-autonomous, multi-ethnic Republic within the Russian Federation. Its Parliament formally endorsed the Charter in 2001.