News

21.8.2009

e-GLO 2: Call for applications!

e-GLO, Earth Charter Global Learning Opportunity, is a semester-long, online community leadership course inspired by the Earth Charter.

21.8.2009

New Earth Charter Action Groups!

Thirty-four new Earth Charter Action Groups have been formed since May 2009.

21.8.2009

New Earth Charter Channel in YouTube

The Earth Charter International Secretariat has recently launched a video channel on YouTube.

21.8.2009

New book utilizes the Earth Charter as a resource for English teachers

Professor Barbara M. Birch from the University of California, Fresno has used the Earth Charter in a book entitled The English Language Teacher in Global Civil Society (published by Routledge in 2009).

21.8.2009

Recent Endorsements to the Earth Charter

ECI continuously receives letters indicating that organizations and individuals have endorsed the Earth Charter. This is highly appreciated.

21.8.2009

UMAPAZ spearheading EC Teacher Training Programme in schools of Sao Paulo

Since 2007, UMAPAZ (the Open University of Environment and a Culture of Peace) has operated an awareness raising and education programme in schools of Sao Paulo, and will offer an Earth Charter Action course starting this August 2009.

21.8.2009

New project to develop indicators for values-based educational experiences

The Earth Charter International Secretariat joined a consortium of organizations and research institutions in a two-year research project to develop indicators to measure values components of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) projects.

19.8.2009