Virtual Library

Ethics in a global world: the Earth Charter and religious education – 2008

Inspiration for Global Governance: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Earth Charter

In this book, Dutch Minister of State, Ruud Lubbers, leads the reader through the recent history of governance. He states with some emphasis that both the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and the Earth Charter (2000) constitute an important…

Experiencias Educativas con la Carta de la Tierra

Esta publicación ofrece 27 historias (ejemplos) de cómo la Carta de la Tierra ha sido utilizada en diferentes ámbitos. Se espera que esta publicación ofrezca historias – casos de estudio de todo el mundo – que nos muestren de qué…

General Presentation – Volunteers

This is a general presentation about the Earth Charter to be used in educational settings

Presentación para profesores de Educación Preescolar

Taller para Professores de Pre-Escolar sobre como trabajar con la Carta de la Tierra

Education for Sustainable Development based on the Earth Charter

This is an essay of hope in humanity’s moral and intellectual capacity to envision, jointly plan and carry-forth a concerted effort to meet the historically unique challenges we face and also to create opportunities for fulfilling the potential of our…

Buddy Experiment

Report on experiment with Intergenerational Partnership through pairing of different generations. IUCN Commission on Education and Communication and Earth Charter Youth Initiative, Global Youth Action Network, TakingItGlobal, Peace Child International, Peace Child Peru - Embajadores del Desarrollo, Youth Action for…

The Oak Tree – Fairy Tale

This beautiful fairytale inspired by the Convention on the Rights of the Child was written by Volodymyr Motyrov during his internship in UNICEF. It also relates to the 4th pillar of the Earth Charter: Democracy, Nonviolence and Peace.

Propuesta Para Escuelas Secundarias Carta de la Tierra – UNA

This article describes a tool created by Maria Isabel Torres, professor of the Faculty of Education at the National University of Costa Rica (UNA). This tool aims to help high school teachers to incorporate the notions of sustainability contained in…

Principes pour impliquer le secteur privé

Principes pour impliquer le secteur privé dans l’Initiative de la Charte de la Terre, adoptes par le Conseil en 20008