Examples of How to Help People Become Familiar with What the Earth Charter Says


Incorporate the Earth Charter in every occasion, environment, and context that involves or reaches large numbers of people.

* Incorporate the Earth Charter in curricula, syllabi, and pedagogic materials.
* Use the Earth Charter as an ethical framework for leadership development programs.
* Create Earth Charter workshops for the public.
* Make the Earth Charter available in public spaces (museums, airports, subway stations, elevators, etc.).

Translate the Earth Charter into every language in the world, as well as into different communications media/ forms of expression.

* Find volunteers from every part of the world to translate the Earth Charter.
* Enlist the cooperation of cultural producers to "translate" the Earth Charter into their particular medium of expression (film, theater, written word, visual arts, radio, etc.).

Incorporate the Earth Charter into evaluation and admissions criteria for jobs or appointments.

* Add the Earth Charter to standardized admissions tests (such as the SAT, LSAT, GMAT, GRE, etc.).
* Add the Earth Charter to civil service exams.
* Add the Earth Charter to professional certification examinations (lawyers, medical doctors, engineers, etc.).
* Add the Earth Charter to corporate recruitment and selection processes.

Add the Earth Charter to every space, medium, occasion or forum that communicates other documents or initiatives that do not contradict the Earth Charter principles.

* Make the unabridged text of the Earth Charter or the Earth Charter URL available through every international organization (for example, UNESCO, UNDP, WTO, etc.).
* Make sure the Earth Charter is accessible through search engines, as well as moderated/ edited portals (for example, www.about.com).

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