Earth Charter

03.1.2007

Christian Brother Encourages Adoption, Teaching of Earth Charter – Australia

Australian Christian Brother Moy Hitchen tells the Catholic News Service that he encourages adoption and teaching of the principles of the Earth Charter by the Christian Brothers, because it offers “guidelines for stewardship of the earth.” Advocacy for environmental justice has taken Brother Moy, who blogs his Eco-Journeys at the web site of Edmund Rice International. into some of the globe’s most economically and ecologically challenged communities.

26.12.2006

Moacir Gadotti Shows the Way Forward on ESD at UN Conference

The Earth Charter was a part of the International Workshop on the U.N. Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, held in Bonn, Germany, on the 28th and 29th of November, 2006.

 

Moacir Gadotti, the Earth Charter Initiative Affiliate in Brazil and Director of Paulo Freire Institute, participated and spoke. He asked, “What skills do we need to learn to promote Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)? What attitudes and behaviors can we stimulate to improve ESD?”

22.12.2006

City of Munich endorses the Earth Charter

By unanimous vote, the Munich City Council officially endorsed the Earth Charter on Oct. 25, 2006, acting on a petition filed by the Ecological Democratic Party. Joachim Schwanck, spokesperson of the Department of Health and Environment, introduced and supported the petition to the councillors.

22.12.2006

Earth Charter inspires hope and action at Fourth Congress of the Valencian School Federation

The Fourth Congress of the Escola Valenciana Federation took place in Valencia from December 5-8, 2006, on the theme of “The Valencian School and a Sustainable Society.” Participants sought to share experiences and pedagogical strategies to educate and galvanize the school community, as well as the society in general, in favor of a sustainable and peaceful Valencian Country and world. The final resolutions adopted by the Congress reaffirmed “the commitment for the reflection-action didactic principles — education in favor of the defense and respect towards the environment, coexistence, interculturality, solidarity and peace.”

20.11.2006

Earth Charter in Japan and China

The Earth Charter Initiative in Japan has received a new burst of energy thanks to the efforts of Earth Charter Commission, and ECI Council member, Senator Wakako Hironaka.

17.11.2006

International Statement in Favor of Life, of Peace, of Equality

In commemoration of Human Rights Day on December 10, 2006, an international coalition of individuals and organizations is promoting a worldwide mobilization in favor of justice, solidarity and peace. Live events are planned, as well as virtual ones on the internet, via mobile phones (SMS), and in the communications media (press, radio, TV

01.11.2006

Michael Slaby's New York Diary (Nov 2006)

Yes! I made it through the tight security controls at the airport, and here I am, on my first flight to the US, ever!

 

However, the trip began on a sad note: While waiting to get on board, I phoned my good friend and colleague Sylvanus Murray from Sierra Leone. Sylvanus is the founder and coordinator of the Earth Charter Youth Group Sierra Leone, who achieved incredible successes in reintegrating former child soldiers into their communities. Sylvanus has also been invited to come to New York, and participate in the Young Leaders Peacebuilding Retreat at the Retreat Center in Pine Bush, upstate New York, that is run by the Chan Buddhist community Dharma Drum Mountain. Sylvanus told me he had spent eight days in Conakry to apply for his visa and was rejected. Eight days! While I can enter into the US without any visa at all, and even felt my hands shaking just when I couldn’t find my hotel’s address when I was asked to fill out one single paper form for my visa-free entrance into the US, poor Sylvanus spent several weeks to get all his files ready, and still was rejected.